| | Event: | POETRY: OUT LOUD AND OUTSIDE, Cheshire | | Date: | August 18th, 2024.
| | Time: | 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM | | Location: | Riverbound Farm Sanctuary, 1881 Cheshire Street, Cheshire | | Contact: | patriciamottola@yahoo.com | POETRY: OUT LOUD AND OUTSIDE
Pat Mottola, Poet Laureate of Cheshire, CT and President of CPS, is pleased to host a series of poetry events and readings in Cheshire, CT. The first in this hidden gem known as Riverbound Farm Sanctuary on the Quinnipiac River, and features award-Winning Poets Luisa Caycedo-Kimura and Aaron Caycedo-Kimura. Followed by Open Mic
Free event! Everyone welcome! Bring a friend, a picnic, a poem!
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born writer, translator, and educator. Her honors include a Connecticut Office of the Arts Emerging Recognition Award, a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at the Anderson Center, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale, and a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry. She currently serves as an Editor of Slapering Hol Press.
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a writer and visual artist. He is the author of two poetry books: the full-length collection Common Grace (Beacon Press, 2022) and Ubasute, winner of the 2020 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition. He is also the author and illustrator of the non-fiction book Text, Don’t Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life (TarcherPerigee, 2017). His honors include a MacDowell Stanford Calderwood Fellowship, a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry, and a St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award in Literature. Aaron has taught creative writing at Boston University, University of Hartford, and beginning in the fall of 2024, he will be teaching creative writing as a Visiting Lecturer in English at Trinity College.
ABOUT RIVERBOUND FARM:
Riverbound Farm offers picturesque walking trails, one of which travels alongside the Quinnipiac River. It is home to a variety of wildlife, including deer, wild turkey and bobcat. It has a wide variety of birds year-round and during migration. There is a pollinator garden in an open area just down one of the hiking trails, where one can sit and watch bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Come early or stay late to enjoy this poet’s paradise.The solitude of the property, nature in its truest form, will inspire and refresh you.
There is off-road parking to the side of the house (don’t miss the driveway!)
The rustic bench seating and the mossy lectern add to the charm, but feel free to bring a lawn chair (recommended) or cushion.
See you there!
Pat Mottola
President, CT Poetry Society
Poet Laureate, Cheshire, CT
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