Bardic Trails online poetry series

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Join us on the first Tuesday of every month for an online gathering of words, wit, and wisdom! The brainchild of the Talking Gourds Poetry Club, each Bardic Trails poetry night will feature an award-winning guest poet sharing their new and exciting work. The featured poet for this month is Deborah Kay Kelly of Boulder, CO!

Topic: Bardic Trails
Time: May 2, 2023 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Raised in Minneapolis, a fourth generation on Positively 4th St., Deborah lived many years in Chicago, and is home in Colorado. Her poems are found, four with award recognition, in several journals based in the US and Europe. She has led and written widely on behalf of non-profit organizations at work in the US and Mexico. Deborah serves on the volunteer board of Tupelo Press. Her website is https://www.deborahkaykelly.com

Recognitions include: "Metabolic", Finalist, Punt Volat Award for Poetry; "Postcards to Ilya Kaminsky", Finalist, La Piccioleta Barca Competition; "Mississippi/Minnesota", Wundor Editions Award for Innovative Poetry; "Brother on the Bridge", Semi-finalist, Telluride Institute.

Other Publications include: Plant-Human Quarterly, KHÔRA, Isele Quarterly, Asymptote, Thalia Magazine, Alternating Currents , Northern Colorado Writers Anthology, Fourth River Review, Stonecoast Review, The Bombay Gin, and The Art of Fungi Magazine. Several others have appeared in columns by Art Goodtimes in The Telluride Watch.

Recordings of "Metabolic" and "Postcards to Ilya Kaminsky" may also be heard on the podcast, Words in the Air, episodes 30 and 31, available on Apple, Audible, and other platforms. Links on are on Deborah's website.

We'll follow Deborah's reading with Q & A about her work and inspirations, with time afterwards for poetry sharing from attendees- a Gourd Circle of sharing whatever poetry you wish or just listening in. For those who desire, the poetic prompt for May is Fragment.

Bardic Trails is brought to you by the Telluride Institute, Between the Covers Bookstore, the Telluride Arts District, and the Wilkinson Public Library.

Event Type(s): WPL Programs

Age Group(s): Adult

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