PoemTown Randolph is in its final week with the grand finale live poetry event on Saturday, April 27 at 7PM at Silloway Maple on Boudro Road in Randolph Center featuring farmer poets Taylor Katz and Phillip Mulligan.
Taylor Mardis Katz is a poet, herb farmer, and shopkeeper living in Chelsea, VT. A native of New York, she moved to San Diego for three years to study poetry before moving to Vermont with her partner to start Free Verse Farm. She has worked on farms in Costa Rica, San Diego, and France, and for years she worked as a poet for hire, writing poems for strangers who found her on the internet. She is currently submitting her first manuscript, titled Honeymeadow, and estimates that during the winter months, her body is comprised of 30% Vermont cheddar.
Phillip Mulligan's poetry circles the need for connection with place with the search for the lightness of a bird in flight. Born and cultivated as a farmer he left his generational home with his young family for Chelsea, Vermont where they lived for thirty-eight years with pine, a work horse, a flock of sheep and occasional chickens. Phillip and his wife Susan now live in the city of Lebanon, NH.
Of course, Silloway's legendary maple creemees will be available after the reading.
Addmission is free and the event is open to the public. The poems posted throughout the downtown will be up until the last day in April, so make sure and get around to see the great work by Vermont poets from around the state.
We have some extra copies of this year's PoemTown anthology containing all the poems that are posted around town. If you are interested in a copy, they are $15. We can mail you a copy for an additional $5. Contact me by replying to this post if interested.