Poetry events at Ukiah library on Saturday (press release)

UKIAH, CA., 4/28/2017 — The Ukiah branch of the Ukiah library is hosting two events on Saturday, April 29, to close out poetry month. One is a kind of poetry workshop on the move, starting at 11am. The next event, at 3pm, is a poetry reading by Amy Berkowitz, followed by an open mic. Here’s the press release, with details:

Into the Wild Poem – Open to both teens and adults, this will be a guided poetry walk through downtown Ukiah. Using various creative writing exercises and methods, we will make poems based on visual & aural observations of our surroundings, chance operations, & play with metrics, rhythm, & cadence to discover where the line breaks take us. Into the Wild Poem will be facilitated by Melissa Eleftherion Carr (MLIS, MFA), author of field guide to autobiography, huminsect, Pigtail Duty, and others. We will meet in front of the Library near the bicycle racks.