The First Congregational Church of Newbury will host a Poetry Salon on Saturday, May 4 beginning at 4:30 pm. Four published New England poets, Sydney Lea, Garret Keizer, Mark Hart, and Tom Kinder, will offer readings in the church sanctuary located at 4915 Main Street in Newbury, VT.
At 6:00 pm, the Women's Fellowship will serve a benefit supper in the vestry next door for Church World Service and the Oxbow Senior Independence Program. Dessert will feature all things maple, with anyone invited to enter a favorite for a maple dessert contest. During this time, amateur poets are encouraged to share a brief poem.
Sydney Lea is the former Poet Laureate of Vermont, a former Pulitzer Prize finalist, and lives in Newbury, Vermont. He will publish his 20th book and his 30th poetry collection in September.
Garret Keizer has written numerous acclaimed books, including "Help: The Original Human Dilemma", "The Enigma of Anger", and "A Dresser of Sycamore Trees". A regular contributor to Harper's magazine, he has just published his first poetry collection, "The World Pushes Back". He lives in Sutton, Vermont.
Mark Hart will read from his most recent book of poetry, "The Joy of Blasphemy", and the previously published "Boy Singing to Cattle". He is a therapist, meditation teacher, and Buddhist student advisor at Amherst College. He lives in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Thomas Cary Kinder is a pastor, poet, and hymn writer who lives and serves in Strafford, Vermont. He will be reading from his upcoming "Sonnets of Celebration and Love" as well as from his seven book "Sonnets for the Struggle" series.
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