This is a recent series under the guidance of
Alan Casline, & held at Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands, under the steardship of
John Abbuhl. There was a tour of the arboretum at 6PM, which I missed, before the poetry reading. But I did see a tree as I parked my car on John's front lawn, & that's usually enough for me. The place was quite quite packed. Alan has learned the 2 secrets to having a audience for a poetry reading: have an open mic so people show up to read (not necessarily to listen), or have
lots of scheduled poets.
Tonight there 14 poets, plus spouses (spice?), friends, stalkers, etc., & one winsome & occasional guitar player,
Jim Williams.
Alan Casline was the MC & introduced each poet with a "tree quote." Of course there were a proliferation of Nature poems, such as
Marion Menna's about coyotes & fledgling birds,
Virginia Acquario's poems about the Florida Keys, & of course
John Abbuhl's philosophical rhymes starting from his walks outdoors with his notebook. Then there was
Howard Kogan's poem about a poetry reading, &
Carol Graser's classic piece, "Plastic Factory."
Dennis Sullivan managed to conflate summer squash & sex.
Other readers included the MC,
Alan Casline,
Obeeduid,
Therese Broderick,
Mimi Moriarty,
Tom Corrado,
Catherine Connolly,
Jim Williams &
Mike Burke.
Look for future readings at Pine Hollow Arboretum in the coming months, at 16 Maple Ave., Slingerlands, NY.
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