Planning for Poetry
June 13th, 2008In two weeks, the Pulitzer will be hosting a poetry event focusing on the theme of Light. This June 25th event will be different from any other poetry event we’ve done in the past and it is all due to a “happy accident” that occurred during the Water poetry panel back in early December 2007.The Water poetry event was set up as a panel format, where four poets would direct their thoughts to a public audience. Due to a huge snow storm, that audience was brought down to just ten people. There was never any discussion of cancelling the event and in the moment it was decided that we would arrange chairs in a wide circle and have the audience and poets sit and discuss together. As the evening wrapped up, all of the participants, both poets and non-poets alike decided this new, more intimate setting allowed for better discussion and was overall a great success.
Planning for the June 25 poetry event, it was decided that we would continue to test this new round table discussion format. Working with the Poetry Foundation out of Chicago, we have invited four out-of-town poets (Joseph Donahue, Albert Mobilio, and John Yau) along with some local writers. As always, the subject of Light relates to the current exhibition at the Pulitzer- Dan Flavin: Constructed Light. The discussion will be recorded and will then be available for download on the Pulitzer’s and Poetry Foundation’s websites.
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