A few weeks ago I saw an announcement in the paper that poetry submissions were being accepted for an upcoming creativity festival. The selected poets would be featured readers at a Saturday night event. On the very last day possible, I sent in my three poems and paid my five bucks. What could it hurt?
Go figure—I got selected. So tomorrow night I get to use my 6 minutes to read a few poems. My first real public poetry reading! Woo-hoo!
I have dutifully practiced and timed my poems and comments so I stay within the allotted time. I did a run-through at my Toastmasters group on Monday. I need a few more read-throughs to stay fresh, a new folder to put my pages in, and voila! I will be set.
If you’re in the Raleigh, NC, area and need something fun to do on a Saturday night (yes, poetry reading is great fun!), check out poetrySPARK, part of the 4-day SPARKcon festival.
I’ll let you know how it goes. And then I can start planning my remaining 9 minutes…
Karin S. Wiberg 
Wonderful!
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Thanks! The butterflies have already started…!
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Great news!
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Thanks! I was a little surprised actually… 🙂
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Have fun! I’ve done a few open mic readings lately and they are stimulating and entirely different from the writing itself.
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Thanks! I am looking forward to it. I have been to readings in the past, but never been a participant.
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You did awesome!
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Thanks, George!
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That is terrific. Good luck!
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Thanks! I think it went pretty well. 🙂
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