Please join us for Amanda’s first Poetry Party workshop, “Resolute Creativity,” in the Cupertino Library’s Story Room on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
Resolve to enjoy more creativity in your life in 2016. Writers will share strategies for keeping active as we read and write poems. We’ll also explore the link between scent and memory as we check out some interesting (pleasant!) scents and create a sensory portrait. We’ll also enjoy a visual art activity.
On January 7, 2016, Cupertino will welcome its third Poet Laureate, Amanda Williamsen, and express its thanks to its second Poet Laureate, Jennifer Swanton Brown.
During her term from 2013-2015, Jennifer hosted an Unsung Holidays reading series, participated in civic festivals, judged a poetry contest in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads, hosted a Poetry Hack-a-Thon, and reached out to writers young and old with workshops and lessons.
Amanda plans to continue many of Jennifer’s efforts, including hosting a diverse reading series, visiting schools, and bringing poetry to many of our town’s events. Her main project will be to conduct a Poetry Memoir Class for adults. Through a collection of inter-related poems, writers can create or enhance a memoir in an approachable, meaningful, and fun art form. A Poetry Memoir can transform a daunting task into an album with a series of snapshots to create a portrait of a life.
Join us at the Cupertino Senior Center on January 7 at 7:oo p.m. to thank Jennifer for her service and welcome Amanda. Light refreshments will be served.
Pictured above: Dave Denny, CPL #1, Amanda Williamsen, and Jennifer Swanton Brown.
Here are a couple of photos from yesterday’s final Poetry Kitchen in Los Gatos.
Left to right, standing, Jennifer Swanton Brown, David Perez, Erica Goss, Nils Peterson, Sally Ashton, Parthenia Hicks. Seated, Amanda Williamsen and David Denny.
Today, the Cupertino Poets Laureate past, present, and future are reading with Erica Goss and other county laureates in the final Poetry Kitchen reading. Sounds a little bit like a Charles Dickens story.
Join us!
Cupertino Poet Laureate 