Llama and friends - back on the farm for now
Sunday, July 8, 2012
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| Billy the Ewe Photo by Wayne Pridemore |
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| Ed Portnow and Wonky from Earthcraft Services, Inc. Photo by Wayne Pridemore |
Currently there are no animals in the City as we wait for plants to regrow. The animals were victims of their own success and will be brought back to sites in the near future as things sprout back up. This is a pilot project and as such we’re going through a learning process seeing how quickly the animals consume available plants, how the community reacts, etc.
Poem: I love crows!!!!
Monday, April 16, 2012
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| American Crow. Photo by Frank Kleyn |
Poem: Third Place Commons
Sunday, January 15, 2012
| Young and old dance to the music of a Hawaiian band at the Third Place Commons Photo by Diane Hettrick |
| Dinosaurs are an important part of chess Austin Carpp and his sons play at Third Place Commons Photo by Diane Hettrick |
Poem by Bob Barta: A Leaf
Friday, October 14, 2011
Richmond Beach teen wins in King County Library 2011 Teen Poetry Contest
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
| Maia stands in front of the octopus in the Richmond Beach Library, holding her gift card. Photo courtesy RB Library |
Shorecrest student awarded Honorable Mention in Poetry Month contest
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Poem: A Lot to live for: a life in service to others
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Call to Poets for 2011 Poetry Month Contest
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
- Secondary Student (grades 7-12)
- College Student
- Non-Student Adult.
Submit your poems to the Shoreline - LFP Arts Council
Friday, January 21, 2011
Call to Poets
2011 Poetry Month Contest
Poetry Month Celebration, Thursday, April 29 - Student winners
Friday, April 23, 2010
Announces the
The Third Annual Poetry Month Celebration
Thursday, April 29 – 7:00 pm
Winners in the Student Division:
(Juror Janée J. Baugher’s comments included)
First Place: Beatrice Garrard - The Practice Room
Edmonds Woodway High School
“I was especially impressed with the intriguing, contemplative narrative, as well as the vivid, imaginative details.”
Second: Place: Hallie Dunham - So Late, Too Soon
The Evergreen School
“Enviable use of compression, rhythm, and typographical arrangement.”
Third Place: Kathryn Hedges - Galaxy
Shorecrest High School
“A whimsical poem with lovely imaginative leaps. The poem’s conceit resolved in a most surprising way.”
Honorable Mentions:
First: Kamile Jordan - So Be It
The Evergreen School
“Excellent union between literal and figurative language. Super use of repetition.”
Second Place: Kamile Jordan - Something Un-kept
The Evergreen School
“A sophisticated metaphorical poem that evoked yearning and mystery.”
About the Juror:
Originally from Renton, Washington, Janée J. Baugher has performed at Bumbershoot, Get Lit!, Arts Edge Arts Festival, and is a former Jack Straw Writer. Currently, Baugher just completed her second term as a Humanities Washington Inquiring Minds Speaker. Since receiving an MFA degree from Eastern Washington University, Baugher has taught at Highline Community College, UW-Experimental College, and Richard Hugo House. A former poetry editor of Willow Springs and Switched-on Gutenberg, Baugher regularly collaborates with visual artists, composers, and choreographers. Her recent collaborations were produced at University of Cincinnati–Conservatory of Music, Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen, MI), and Dance Now! Ensemble (Miami Beach, FL). Her début collection of poems is Coördinates of Yes (Ahadada Books, 2010.)
More on the featured poets:
Poet Jared Leising has been selected by Jack Straw Productions as the curator of their 2010 Writers Program. Jared is the author of the chapbook The Widows and Orphans of Winesburg, Ohio. His poems have appeared in various Washington publications such as Pontoon, Crab Creek Review, and Stringtown, as well as on Metro Buses and local radio. Jared was selected by Nancy Rawles as a Jack Straw Writer in 2001, has worked as a writer-in-residence for Ballard and Nathan Hale High Schools, been a nominee for Seattle Poet Populist, and before moving to Seattle, he received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. Currently, he teaches English at Cascadia Community College, serves as president of the Washington Community College Humanities Association, and is on the board of directors at 826 Seattle.Kelli Russell Agodon:
The M.C.:
Aarene Storms is a librarian, a storyteller, and a huge fan of poetry. She serves as a judge for the King County Library System Teen Poetry Contest, and originated and maintains the annual "Serendipity Poetry Project", which places printed poetry in unexpected locations inside local public libraries, including the libraries in Lake Forest Park and Richmond Beach. She also shares stories, music and poetry as a storytelling-host of KSER Radio's Sunday morning program Global Griot.
Poetry Month Celebration, Thursday, April 29 - Adult winners
Winners of the Adult Division:
(Juror Belle Randall’s comments included)
First Place: Joanne Peterson - E-Z Livin' Mobile Home Park: Thank you Jesus
“I admire this poem for the unabashed seriousness of its content; for the way it evokes an American landscape which we all recognize from experience, although we haven't necessarily seen it before in poetry; and for its images, which are accurate and--and the same time-- evocative of a mood and emotions.”
Second Place: M.C. Miller - Crazy Quilt
“A gem of under statement, this poem pays homage to craft, in its three line stanza structure and repetition of sounds ("in floss...stitch off"), as well as its explicit statement. That the images should vividly convey one distinctive kind of quilt seemed to me an accomplishment.”
Third Place: Joanne Peterson - After Ramona
“A tour de force in the tradition of Slam poetry, this dramatic monologue lets everything ride on the authenticity of the poet's voice. We all recognize the speaker's plight, although the circumstances are entirely his own. Thanks to details like the "Honey Nut Cheerios," it all rings true.”
Honorable Mentions:
First: Michael Schein - Not Saying the F-Word
“By refusing all words beginning with "F", the speaker reduces to absurdity the supposedly liberal book store's call for conventional civility. The poem reveals a tension that does, in fact, exist, in poetry as in society, between indirect ("tell the truth, but tell it slant") and literal language.”
Second: M.C. Miller - Chief Sealth's Gravesite
“This poem says something unexpected in a memorable image ("their grassy pate rippling”) The statement is throughout and original. The speaker does not find it necessary to strike a pose, as so many poets do, but is effortlessly at home in his or her own voice.”
Third: Peggy Barnett - On Your Left
“Like the other dramatic monologues among the winning submissions, this poem is striking for its vitality and immediacy.”
About the Juror:
BELLE RANDALL is the former recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Poetry (2005-7). She has been a panelist for the NEA. Her most recent book is The Coast Starlight, forthcoming from David Robert Books later this year (2010). Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals including The Threepenny Review, Poetry, TriQuarterly, and PN Review (England), as well as such anthologies as Contemporary Religious Poetry and A Gift of Tongues. A former Wallace Stegner Fellowship winner and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, she taught for twenty years in the University of Washington Writer's Certificate Program and at Cornish College of the Arts.
Third Annual Poetry Month Celebration
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Winners of the annual poetry contest in student and adult categories, juried by poets Belle Randall and Janee J. Baugher, will read their poems. Published poets Jared Leising and Kelli Russell Agodon will then read and discuss their work. Sponsored in part by Friends of Third Place Commons and Humanities Washington.
More on the featured poets:
Poet Jared Leising has been selected by Jack Straw Productions as the curator of their 2010 Writers Program. Jared is the author of the chapbook The Widows and Orphans of Winesburg, Ohio. His poems have appeared in various Washington publications such as Pontoon, Crab Creek Review, and Stringtown, as well as on Metro Buses and local radio. Jared was selected by Nancy Rawles as a Jack Straw Writer in 2001, has worked as a writer-in-residence for Ballard and Nathan Hale High Schools, been a nominee for Seattle Poet Populist, and before moving to Seattle, he received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. Currently, he teaches English at Cascadia Community College, serves as president of the Washington Community College Humanities Association, and is on the board of directors at 826 Seattle.
Kelli Russell Agodon is the winner of the 2009 White Pine Press Poetry Prize judged by Carl Dennis. Her manuscript, Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room, will be published by White Pine Press in the fall of 2010. Kelli was born and raised in Seattle, is a graduate of Shorecrest High School, and attended the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University's Rainier Writing Workshop, where she received her MFA in creative writing. She is also the author of Small Knots (2004) and Geography, winner of the 2003 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Currently, Kelli lives in the Northwest with her family. She is the co-editor of the literary journal, Crab Creek Review.
Third Place Commons is located inside the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. For more information please contact the Arts Council office at 206-417-4645 or email.
Call to Poets for the 2010 Poetry Month contest
Sunday, February 7, 2010
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council seeks submissions for its third annual Poetry Month Celebration. Selected poets will be invited to read at a special event during April, National Poetry Month, which will also feature recognized local published poets, including Kelli Russell Agodon and Jared Leising. Winning poems will be displayed at the Shoreline Arts Festival in June. Poems will be judged in three separate divisions: Secondary Student (grades 7-12), College Student, and Non-Student Adult.
Cash prizes will be awarded in College and Adult categories. Submission deadline is March 19, 2010. Application forms are available online at the Arts Council website. For more information please contact the Arts Council office at 206-417-4645 or email.
The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers. - Alan Bold
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.
An Evening of Poetry, Spoken and Sung
Sunday, November 8, 2009
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