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Poetry on the Salish Sea

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Poetry lovers! Help bring poetry alive on the majestic, rugged Olympic Peninsula this summer. Your donation to Poetry on the Salish Sea will support six extraordinary poetry readings (May to October) outside in the gardens at Wilderbee Farm, minutes from downtown Port Townsend on the coast of the Salish Sea.


Hi, I'm Kathryn Hunt, the artistic curator of Poetry on the Salish Sea. Your generous support of poetry will provide free access for residents and visitors to six outdoor poetry readings, enable us to get the word out and cover printing costs. Give what you can: $10, $50, $100. Everything helps. And please share our GoFundme widely on your social media. Come join us!

Full event schedule below and here


Six extraordinary poetry readings, May to October

Upcoming
Sunday, August 20 @ 3 pm | Sheila Bender, Sharon Carter, and Samantha Della-DeVoney

Hosted by Wilderbee Farm
223 Cook Avenue Extension
Port Townsend, Washington

This summer Wilderbee Farm will host Poetry on the Salish Sea, monthly poetry readings by poets from around the Olympic Peninsula and beyond.

On Sunday, August 20 at 3 pm, Sheila Bender, Sharon Carter, and Samantha Della-DeVoney will take the stage to read their poetry. The three poets are part of Poetry on the Salish Sea, a poetry series running from May to October at the Wilderbee Farm & Meadery at 223 Cook Avenue Extension, minutes from downtown.

The reading will be outdoors in the Meadery garden. Seating is limited; get there early or bring a camp chair or blanket. Additional readings in the series will be on Sept. 10 and Oct. 1.
See the full series schedule below and author bios at wilderbeefarm.com.

Poetry on the Salish Sea is sponsored by Wilderbee Farm, The Production Alliance, the Port Townsend Arts Commission, and the Imprint Bookstore.

The series is curated by Kathryn Hunt.

Please support Poetry on the Salish Sea – poetry and poets – with your generous donation to our GoFundMe. Thank you.

See the full schedule for Poetry on the Salish Sea below or here or here

Sunday May 21 at 3pm
Tess Gallagher, Alice Derry, and Kathryn Hunt

Sunday June 25 at 3pm
Kathleen Flenniken (Washington State Poet Laureate 2012-2014), Peter Pereira, and T. Clear

Sunday, July 23 at 3pm
Arianne True (current Washington State Poet Laureate), Laura Da', and Lisbeth White

Sunday August 20 at 3pm
Sharon Carter, Sheila Bender, and Samantha Della-DeVoney

Sunday September 10 at 3pm
Sati Mookherjee, Shin Yu Pai, and Caitlin Scarano

Sunday October 1 at 3pm
Gary Copeland Lilley, Rick Barot, and Kate Miller


Wilderbee Farm, host and sponsor (Casey and Eric Reeder)
The Production Alliance, fiscal sponsor
Port Townsend Arts Commission, sponsor

Wilderbee Farm
223 Cook Avenue Extension
Port Townsend, Washington
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Kathryn Hunt
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Port Townsend, WA

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