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SUMMARY:Inspired Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening of reading and listening to poetry!\n\nBring your newest work\, your favorite work\, or a poem you read from another poet. We come together on a quarterly basis to read our work and or the work of others and enjoy filling our ears and hearts with poetry. This is a safe space to share your poetry. There is no critiquing\, just appreciation for sharing inspired words.\n\nAnd for those of you who do appreciate a theme here is this session’s challenge by choice: Ephemeral: consider transitions\, something fleeting yet consistent\, spring ephemerals\, and either create or find poetry on this topic.\n\nCome read and listen on Wednesday\, April 29 from 6:30-8:00pm in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room with poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building. Tea and treats will be served.\n\nSponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild.\n\nThis program is free and open to the public. Please register by contacting Belding Memorial Library at bmlashfield@gmail.com or 413-628-4414.\n\nThe Library is located at 344 Main St. in Ashfield\, MA.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/inspired-poetry-share-2
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share
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SUMMARY:Inspired Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening of reading and listening to poetry!\n\nBring your newest work\, your favorite work\, or a poem you read from another poet. We come together on a quarterly basis to read our work and or the work of others and enjoy filling our ears and hearts with poetry. This is a safe space to share your poetry. There is no critiquing\, just appreciation for sharing inspired words.\n\nAnd for those of you who do appreciate a theme here is this session’s challenge by choice: The first time I met you: consider the first time you met someone or did something new and either create or find poetry on this topic.\n\nCome read and listen on Wednesday\, March 4th from 6:30-8:00pm in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room with poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building. Tea and treats will be served.\n\nThis program is free and open to the public. Please register by contacting Belding Memorial Library at bmlashfield@gmail.com or 413-628-4414.\n\nThe Library is located at 344 Main St. in Ashfield\, MA.\nSponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/inspired-poetry-share
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share
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SUMMARY:Potluck Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:What do you bring to the table? Whether food or skill\, speak to what you bring to the banquet of life. Come share your poems about community and activities you enjoy doing in a group or anything else that speaks to your heart – this is a potluck after all. (And you don’t have any of your own\, find and read someone else’s poetry.) Come read and listen on Wednesday\, July 16\, 6:30-8:00pm in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room with poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building. Wine\, tea\, and treats will be served. \nThis program is free and open to the public. Please register by contacting Belding Memorial Library at bmlashfield@gmail.com or 413-628-4414.\nThe Library is located at 344 Main St. in Ashfield\, MA. \nSponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/potluck-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Share,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream Lovin' Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:“Summer lovin’ happened so fast\,” sang the Firefly. “And so the drama ensues\,” teased Puck. Come\, sit for a spell. Drink the fairies’ sweet wine\, let the tales spin and tangle\, and share poems of dream lovers\, night weavers\, fantastical moments\, and stands for the pursuit of freedom and happiness. And if you don’t have your own poems\, read someone else’s. We always have a selection available.\nCome read on Moonday\, June 24\, 6:30-8:00pm\, in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room\, 344 Main St.\, Ashfield\, MA. Treats will be served. \nThis program is free and open to the public. Please register by contacting Belding Memorial Library at bmlashfield@gmail.com or 413-628-4414. \nFacilitated by writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building  Sponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild. \nArianna Alexsandra Collins: Naturalist. Writer. Poet. Wiccan High Priestess. Wild Edibles Enthusiast. Arianna holds an M.S. in Environmental Administration and has over thirty years of experience in teaching\, community engagement\, and public ritual. She is a writer and poet and has a bi-monthly column “Into the Outside” in The Ashfield News\, She has featured articles on learning wild edible and medicinal flora in MassWildlife\, Ecological Landscape Alliance\, and Northern Woodlands. Arianna is a contributing author in the 2023 Nature Portals: Animate Earth Practices. You can find examples of her poetry and articles on her blog Hearken to Avalon. She is also the author of the historical fantasy novel Hearken to Avalon. Through her business Offerings for Community Building she offers a variety of services in community engagement activities\, outdoor immersion experiences\, and administrative support.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream-lovin-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Harvest Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, October 1\, from 1:30-3:00pm for a Fall Harvest Poetry Share. We will circle up and share autumn-themed poems at Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield\, MA. This can be your own work or favorite work by others. Weather permitting\, we will be outside under a tent. Refreshments will be provided. (Arianna\, your SDWG admin\, always brings a sampling of her wild-crafted herbal teas.)\nThe Library is located at: 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, MA \nThis is event is co-facilitated by Belding Memorial Library\, Offerings for Community Building\,  and Straw Dog Writers Guild. \nTo register for this free program contact Belding Memorial Library:\n413-628-4414 bmlashfield@gmail.com \nThis free program is brought to you with grant funding. American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/fall-harvest-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Share,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Join Arianna Alexsandra Collins\, SDWG admin and business owner of Offerings for Community Building\, for a summertime poetry share on Saturday\, August 13\, 1:30-3:00pm at the Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield. We will circle up\, share summertime themed poems – this can be your own work or favorite work by others –  and sip sun-tea! Weather permitting\, we will be outside under the tent. This event is co-facilitated and sponsored by Belding Memorial Library\, Offerings for Community Building\, and Straw Dog Writers Guild. \nTo register\, contact Belding Memorial Library: email bmlashfield@gmail.com or call 413-628-4414 to reserve a spot. Belding Memorial Library is located at 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, MA \nThis event is brought to you free with grant funding from the American Rescue Plan. The Humanities Grants for Libraries is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/summer-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
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