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"In Any Language"
an
evening of music and
spoken word performances
celebrating friendship
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Weather
Update!
Yes, we're on for
tonight.
See you at Scooter
Joe's |
Las Comadres
Joan Logghe
and Miriam Sagan
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Joan Logghe |
Miriam Sagan |
Saturday, December 8th,
2007
7 to 9 pm at
Scooter Joe's Cafe
more details...
 "Though poetry is the art of connection, the
writing of it can be quite solitary. That's why, in part, it's so marvelous for
poets to gather at events such as these--to meet and to honor and to read. After
all, poetry is an aural and oral practice. But the real reason to come? It's
fun. "Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Director, Telluride Writers Guild
Access Idiom
Colorado Poetry Conference
- poetry
- expression
- dignity
- freedom
Mission Statement
Access Idiom, Inc. creates opportunities for collaboration,
education and artistic expression. Access Idiom, Inc.
empowers people with access to a broad scope of literary
culture, performing arts, and additional ongoing events, all
built on the foundation of the written and spoken word.
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The Skyland Community School
Collaboration, poet/teachers working
with youth.
See what we're
doing here.
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It seems to me we live in a unique age when it
comes to poetry and the appreciation of the spoken word. Ever
since Bob Dylan inspired the Beatles to write about more than
just holding hands, pop music throughout the world has been
inundated with poetic language. Gone are the days when people as
a whole could be considered poetry illiterate. Everyone coming
to age since the 60’s has grown up completely at home with
metaphor, simile and the rudiments of poetic expression. This is
even more true now that rap is an international rage.
 Sadly,
a great many still associate poetry with that stuff our language
arts teachers tried to shove down our throats; that stuff we
couldn’t quite relate to or understand. Thus many feel
intimidated at the concept of poetry and balk at the thought of
attending a poetry reading. How do we combat what the late poet
Trinidad Sanchez called “poemaphobia”? I would suggest we strive
to make our poetry events more entertaining, more inclusive,
more participatory and more relevant. We need only to meet our
audiences half-way –our words will do the rest.
Seth
Performance Poet and Author
Annual Poets' Picnic 2007
Labor Day, September 3rd
with singer/song writer
Kate Denning
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Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
brought Denver's Longest Multi-lingual Poem, to
our Annual Poets Picnic in Washington Park. |
Some words from our friends
about us, and about poetry.
There are many paths to poetry; some of us
come to it as children, courtesy of a bedtime reading by a
grandparent, others through teachers who bring it alive in
the classroom. Still others catch the energy of a
performance and are hooked. Some might find it in the quiet,
meditative state of their own minds, or hear its music in
the recitation of rituals, the voices of creatures, or the
hum of human activity all around them--things that draw
forth a response in words. This versatility in the sources
of poetry gives it such richness, such broad application, in
our lives.
 Poetry
burns its blue flame in surprising places, rarely flaring up
in mass media or pop culture but never going out altogether.
Every so often the celebration of this ancient and vital art
brings people together around that flame, to enjoy its
diverse range of expression and renew the spirit of
cooperation, appreciation, and uninhibited expression. At
its best, such a celebration can give courage and pleasure
to all who participate, reminding each of us why we first
came to poetry, and why we keep coming back all our lives.
Chris Ransick
Denver Poet Laureate
author of Lost Songs & Last Chances
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