The 2010 Collins Poetry Residency poet is Salvatore Marici of Port Byron, Ill.. Sal will serve as poet-in-residence at the Midwest Writing Center throughout the month of October and facilitate two workshops, two public readings, and an online poetry journal. One of his goals for the residency is to encourage community-based poets who are developing their craft outside of a formal academic setting, and to provide a forum to showcase their work through the residency’s online poetry journal and in a public reading of their poems at 7 p.m. on October 27 at MWC.

Sal began writing poetry in 2002 and has never looked back. Since then, his poetry has seen print in numerous literary journals and regional and national publications. In 2009, he took second place in MWC’s Iron Pen contest, and this year was a national finalist in the Mississippi River Valley Poetry contest. He is a member of the Quint City Poets and the LeClaire Writers, and is a regular participant in MWC’s Out Loud monthly open reading.

Over the month of October, Sal will engage the community in a variety of poetry events that will inspire others to experience their community (past and present) through poetry and to share the experience of place through poetry. Through his own work and original poems from members of the larger poetry community, Sal will facilitate a dialogue of poems that speak to the larger theme of experiential place. He is seeking poems for the online journal on places encountered that served as inspiration or muse.

Resident Poet Events
 

Online Poetry Journal • Call for Submissions

http://communitybasedpoetry.blogspot.com/

October 1-27

Submissions will be accepted beginning September 15 and should be emailed along with an optional context statement (no more than 2-3 sentences), name, and a brief poet bio to 2010collinspoetry@gmail.com. Publication of poems will commence October 1 and continue through October 27. 

                                                                            Poet-in-Residence Interview
                                                                               Sunday, October 10, 1 p.m.
                                                                              Art Talks with Bruce Carter
                                                                                                      WVIK 90.3


                                                                                               Poetry Reading
                                                                            Thursday, October 14, 7 p.m.
                                                                  The Independent Scholars’ Evenings
                    sponsored by The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions, LTD
                                                                               The Moline Club, 2nd Floor
                                                                                     513 16th Street, Moline


                                                                        High School Poetry Workshop
                                                                                       Thursday, October 21
                                              Black Hawk College Optional Education Program
                                                                                                      East Moline
 

Poetry Reading • River Valley District Library, Port Byron, Ill.

Friday, October 22

7 p.m.

Meet MWC’s resident poet, Salvatore Marici, and hear him read from a selection of his published and emerging poetry.

Poetry Workshop• Midwest Writing Center

Saturday, October 23

1-3 p.m.

Don’t Sweat the Metaphors

This workshop will focus on the elusive and emergent quality of metaphor using active verbs to facilitate movement and imagery. Illustrations will be shared to show how a poet may draw from metaphor without prior intent. The workshop is open to all ages. $10 members/$15 non-members. Call 563-324-1410 to register for this workshop!

Poetry Reading • Midwest Writing Center

Wednesday, October 27

7 p.m.

All poets published in the online poetry journal throughout the 2010 Collins Poetry Residency are invited to participate in a public reading of their poems. There is no charge for this event and the public is welcome.

Poetry Workshop • River Valley District Library, Port Byron, Ill.

Saturday, October 30

10 a.m. to 12 noon

Poetry and Sensory Image

This workshop will focus on the construction of sensory images in poetry that engage a reader’s senses in the poem experience. The workshop is open to high school students and adults. $10 donation to the Midwest Writing Center or River Valley District Library. Call the library at 309-523-3440 to register.