Coffee with the Poets meets the second Wednesday of each month at Phillips and Lloyd bookstore on the square in Hayesville, NC. This event, sponsored by NCWN West, features a local poet and opens the floor to anyone in the community who wants to read an original poem. Begun in 2007, Coffee with the Poets is popular with those who write poetry and those who come to listen and enjoy coffee, tea and delicacies from Crumpett’s Dessertery.
Featured on Wednesday, February 9 at 1:00 p.m., will be Linda Smith, poet and writer from Hayesville. Her poetry is inspired by the mountains that surround this area. Her inspiration also comes from memories of the past. Linda has published poems, essays and fiction in various anthologies such as Lights in the Mountains, Mountain Time, Sand, Sea and Sail, the Freeing Jonah series, and in Night Whispers and Looking Back. Her work also appears in the new anthology Echoes Across the Blue Ridge. Linda Smith is the new publicity chair for Netwest.
Coffee with the Poets provides a comfortable and casual atmosphere for meeting writers and poets and sharing news and information about literary events in Clay, Cherokee, Towns, Union and surrounding counties. Come and join us at Phillips and Lloyd books.
I'm looking forward to hearing Linda read during "Coffee With the Poets." She's a great poet and always gives a wonderful reading. It's an event you will not want to miss.
ReplyDeleteI try to keep up with all of you, even though I live outside your bounds. Seeing all these poets who have a chance to exchange work and critiques makes me envious indeed. Could anyone figure out a way for those of us too far away to make some exchanges via email?
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