who we are
We are a group of poets interested in creating community
by connecting audiences to poetry in meaningful and playful ways
that surprise, move, and delight
(and that don't make anyone feel stupid or bored to tears)
what we do
We start with one of our poets' poems, randomly selected by the audience,
and we improvise the reading, poem by poem, through audience suggestion,
following different threads, juxtapositions, themes, & connections,
until we come to an ending.
We don't know where we are headed and neither do you! We find our way together.
At the end of the reading we make a poem (called a cento) using the connecting lines from the poems read. This is the poem the audience has created with us!
And our fantastic guests who've joined in!....
Elvis Alves Grace Cavalieri Mike Cohen Valerie Fox Ona Gritz Luray Gross Henry Israeli Ann Michael Mary Ann L. Miller Camille Norvaisas Dara-Lyn Shrager Daniel Simpson John Timpane Yolanda Wisher Matt Wolf
"I admit I was inspired! I went home and wrote the first poem I'd written in years!" -- BCCC student
