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About Poets Ink!
Poets
Ink! and has been gathering for slightly more than
four years now.
Poets Ink! is not a society or anything like
that and all poets experienced or not are
welcome.
We
began as two with a specific project for the
Stroll, quickly became three, all based in St.
Albert and now have a varying number on each
Thursday somewhere between three and ten, and on
rare occasions more.
We
are gathered to write. The core group, now
five, take turns preparing a set of
exercises and at the end of the evening, each
participant will leave with at least two pieces
to develop when they have more time and personal
space.
As a group, Poets Ink! has:
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Hosted several readings
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Hosted three evenings titled Poetry and
Pasta,
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Read regularly at several book stores, pubs
and the like;
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Participated in the Stroll of Poets,
Edmonton, Poetry Week, the Roar, Raving
Poet's Society and as part of Edmonton
Poetry Week
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Participated in the reading and instruction
day at the Victoria School of the Arts
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Studied in workshops with such fine and
well-known poets as Patrick Lane, Lorna
Crozier and Sheri D. Wilson
While we take our writing seriously, fun is also
a part of each night's writing regular attendees
include some with publishing credits back ten
years or more and one of us started to write
poetry about seven months ago.
We
have simple rules:
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No membership, everyone is welcome when
they can come;
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No agm;
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No fees;
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No votes, but let us discuss any good
idea;
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Bring a paper and pencil, you will
write; don't expect to finish any of the
exercises, not likely to happen; and
Good
food, lots of choices for drink, coffee, tea,
wine and beer, etc. etc.
You'll be welcomed, mild critique usually in the
form of question about why you have done
something.
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