Poetry On The Wall Event

This weekend I am involved in a poetry event, "Poetry on the Wall II" sponsored by Crossing Arts Alliance  located in the Franklin Art Center, Brainerd, Minnesota. There will be a reading and reception from 1-3 pm. 
Award-winning author Sheila O'Connor ( Sparrow Road, Where No Gods Came and Tokens of Grace) will be a part of the event.
"Poetry on the Wall" is currently on display in the Q Gallery until February 28th. 

The exhibit features over fifty poems by twenty-one poets that reside in Region Five. Selected poems will be read  and a people's choice and top three poems will be awarded. A booklet of the selected poetry is available for purchase. 
This project, under the artistic direction of Millie Morris and managed by Krisita Rolfzen Soukup of Blue Cottage Agency, was made possible through a grant from Five Wings Arts Council. 

Follow this link to a news segment regarding the event with an interview with one of the poets, Doris Stengel. She discusses the art of poetry and her writing journey. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPWPYBu4v9s

This is one of the three poems I submitted. 

Autumn Ablaze

The season starts with a slow burn

as feathery grasses turn buff

and Tamaracks a mustard yellow.

A red- tailed hawk soars above

carpets of persimmon and bittersweet,

Monarch butterflies mob

a burnished bush.

Geese veer so low

you can hear

beating of their wings

as they swoop the lake.

A crackling bonfire

releases clouds of red-orange sparks

flying into the cold night sky

our laughter fades into

contented silence

as embers flicker

and smolder.

Autumn stretches ahead

like a winding country road

with maples and sumacs

bursting into flames

autumn is ablaze.

by Sue Ready