Title: WFOP Fall Conference
Location: Ramada Hotel Stevens Point (formerly The Country Springs Hotel) 1501 North Point Dr. Stevens Point, WI 54481 Ph: 715-343-7906 • ramadapoint.com
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Description: Nov. 13-15 I\’ll be attending the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets\’ fall conference, and presenting on that Sunday. Featured speakers are Denise Duhamel and WI Poet Laureate Marilyn Taylor.
FRIDAY FEATURES:
Open Mic (Longer poems welcome!)
Live music by AnnaRanAway
SATURDAY FEATURES:
\”It Takes Two To Know One: Poetry In Collaboration\” by Denise Duhamel
\”Punch Lines and Line Breaks: Humor in Contemporary American Poetry\” by Denise Duhamel
\”Why Bother To Rhyme? Some Answers From An Addict\” by Poet State Laureate Marilyn Taylor
And Roll Call poems by WFOP members
SUNDAY PRESENTATIONS:
\”The New Free Verse\” by Wendy Vardaman and Sarah Busse
\”Morph Rhyme Structure: Alphabetic and Transformative\” by Lester Smith
\”Threesome as Poetic Form\” by Michael Kriesel
\”Starting Your Own Small Press\” by B.J. Best and Charles Nevsimal
And Roll Call poems by WFOP members
Start Date: 2009-11-13
Start Time: 4p.m.
End Date: 2009-11-15
End Time: 12noon
Lester:
How was Empty Shoes received at the Conference?
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