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Open-Mic Readers, July 2012
The WGPP reading held on July 19, 2012 featured the following open-mic readers: Jerry Dyer “Books Will Burn” Dennis Noren “Wildflowers of the Sonoma Coast” Casey FitzSimons “A Letter From Agnes” and...
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Open-Mic Readers, August 2012
The featured reader for August was David Swanger. The following poets presented their works at the open-mic that followed. As always, please bring any errors in names and titles to our attention and...
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Open-Mic Readers, September 2012
The following poets read their works at the open-mic session of the Willow Glen Poetry Project’s monthtly reading in the Willow Glen Library on September 20, 2012: Sally Ashton “You Can’t Make A Hat...
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Open-Mic Readers, October 2012
In October the featured reader was “Us”. Poets were encouraged to share a poem written by someone else as well as read one of their own. We had a great turnout and a whole bouquet of poems to enjoy....
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Open-Mic Readers, November 2012
These local poets read from their (and others’) works on November 15, 2012 at the Willow Glen Library. Dennis Richardson “Antlers in the Treetop by Whogoosed Themoose” Kelly Cressio-Moeller “In The...
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Open-Mic Readers, December 2012
Readers who read in December 2012: Dennis Richardson “Don’t Talk to Trees” Judith Oppenheimer “Feliz Navidad” Kelly Cressio Moeller “Panels From A Deepening Winter” Casey FitzSimons “Over The Starboard...
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Open-Mic Readers, January 2013
January’s reading was extremely well attended. Thirty seven poets presented their works at the open mic on Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at the Willow Glen Public Library. Blaine Burgstrom “Big Vision”...
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Featuring Matthew Zapruder, March 2013
Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Come On All You Ghosts (Copper Canyon 2010), a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His poems, essays and translations...
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Open-Mic Readers, March 2013
March’s reading with Matthew Zapruder was followed by 25 poets at the open mic: Jerry Dyer “Spit at the Stars” Vicki L. Harvey “Love and Survival” by Paul Retzinger Lesa Medley “Insomniac Parade” Nancy...
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Featuring You (And Friends), April 2013
Our next reading is Thursday, April 18, 2013 April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate this, Willow Glen has a longstanding tradition of extending the feature spotlight to the entire community, and...
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Open Mic Readers, April 2013
For the April 18, 2013 reading, poets were invited to read two poems: one from a favorite author, as well as one of their own. As usual, we had a stellar turn-out for this fun event. First, David...
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Featuring David Denny, May 2013
A native Californian, David Denny grew up in the suburban beach communities of Orange County. His father, an Eisenhower Republican, was a steel salesman and his mother, a New Deal Democrat, worked as a...
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Open-Mic Readers, May 2013
May’s reading was very well attended and we had 30 local poets reading their works: Lynn Rogers “He Has Come” Gerald Heinen “Limericks According to the Alphabet” Barbara Tinsley “Exiled by Poetic...
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Featuring Bob Dickerson, June 2013
Our feature poet for June will be Bob Dickerson: Actual birthplace and birthdate unknown. Clue thought to reside in Bible. Book of Amos. Discovered as abandoned, mewling infant in an alligator preserve...
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Featuring Tim J. Myers, July 2013
Our feature poet for July will be Tim J. Myers: Tim J. Myers will be reading from his new book of poetry out from BlazeVox, Dear Beast Loveliness: Poems of the Body. Tim J. Myers is a writer,...
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Open-Mic Readers, October 2014
This October we decided to do April in October. That is, “Poetry Month” in Fall: There was no featured reader, but poets got to read their own work as well as the work of a poet who they admire. We had...
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Open-Mic Readers, November 2014
We had a great turn out as usual! Kelly Cressio-Moeller “Ithaka” Vicki L. Harvey “Sensibilities” Howard Pugh “To Men At Home In The Land” Lesa Medley “The Door Is Open” Jerry Dyer “Liebestod” Diane...
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Open-Mic Readers, December 2014
An enjambment of poets gathered for the December open-mic Jeffrey Leonard “Peterson- 50%” Karen Franzenburg “Hope Vanished” Beth Phillips Brown “Thinking of Madeline on a Summer Evening” Robbie Sugg...
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Open-Mic Readers, January 2015
January saw a few poets coming in from the cold! Nick Butterfield Haiku : “New” and “Day One” Karen Franzenburg “Mendocino Memories” Bill Cozzini “Cowtipping” Lesa Medley “Rediscovering Passion”...
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Open-Mic Readers, February 2015
After an inspiring reading by featured reader, Robbie Sugg, more local poets took to the podium Joel Katz “Our Valley” by Philip Levine Casey FitzSimons “On Entering the Shed” Jerry Dyer...
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