 Poets in the Park 2015Saturday, 20 June 2015, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Anderson Park | 7802 168th Ave NE | Redmond, Washington More details to come. If you’re interested in giving a reading or workshop at Poets in the Park, please contact Michael Dylan Welch at WelchM@aol.com. Preference for readings will be given to poetry-related organizations or publications that put together sets of people to represent them in 25-minute or 50-minute stage segments. Proposals also welcome for poetry related installations and activities—we welcome your creativity!. Poets in the Park 2014Saturday, 19July 2014, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Anderson Park | 7802 168th Ave NE | Redmond, Washington Enjoy poetry readings, activities, and vendors at our Café and Picnic stages, poetry book fair (coordinated by Parkplace Books), workshops, and more—all FREE! Enjoy your picnic lunch on the lawn or in our café area or picnic shelter. Espresso and pastry sales provided by Motofish Coffee (free coffee if you write them a haiku they can publish). Ice cream sales provided by Chillz. Poetry labyrinth, Haiku on Sticks, Haiku Kite installation, make your own weathergrams, RASP poetry anthology poems on sticks, and more! Sponsored by the Redmond Arts & Culture Commission and the Redmond Association of Spokenword,    Poets in the Park 2014 PhotosSaturday, 19 July 2014, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Location/ParkingAnderson Park is located at 7802 168th Avenue NE in Redmond,
Washington. You’ll find plenty of free street parking (come early to park
closer to the event). Additional parking available at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. ScheduleDon’t miss a moment of our many readings and performances. Come early to catch it all! Bring your picnic lunch to enjoy on the lawn or at our Café or Picnic stages.
Activities/InstallationsHaiku Kite (add a haiku to the kite's tail) Groups and Organizations:Black Heron Press Participants
Elizabeth Austen (Washington State Poet Laureate) HistoryMichael Dylan Welch started the Poets in the Park conference in 2004, and the first two conferences were held at Marymoor Park’s Clise Mansion in Redmond, Washington. These well-attended events took place in April of 2004 and March of 2005. The 2014 revival of this event took place at Redmond’s Anderson Park, cosponsored by the City of Redmond and the Redmond Association of Spokenword, as more of a social and poetry reading/performance event, with fewer workshops. Bring a blanket and picnic lunch to enjoy on the park lawns while listening to poetry at the next Poets in the Park! Poets in the Park is one of Michael’s proposed duties as the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 poet laureate of the city of Redmond. See also the 2014 Redmond Summer Poetry Walks. |