My friend, poet David Vincenti, and I are going on tour, a poetry tour. Our program is titled Voices from History: Where Poetry and History Collide. In the program Voices from History, a study of history through poetry, I provide a tour of the battlefields and camps of the Civil War through the eyes of Confederate soldier Hercules McGraw (via my book Private Hercules McGraw: Poems of the American Civil War), and David Vincenti offers a view of the life of Galileo Galilei that will surprise many who think they already know the famous astronomer. Through our compelling verse and discussion of the times about which their poems speak, Vincenti and I will entertain fans of poetry and fans of history alike.
Thus far we have scheduled several dates. More events will be schdeuled soon. Here’s what we have thus far.
Chester Public Library
Chester NJ
Wednesday, October 3
7PM
Ridgewood Public Library
Ridgewood NJ
Saturday, October 20
2PM
Franklin Lakes Public Library
Franklin Lakes NJ
Wednesday, November 7
7PM
Port Jervis Public Library
Port Jervis NY
Thursday, January 3
7PM
West Caldwell Public Library
West Caldwell NJ
Sunday, April 14
2PM
Cedar Crest
Pompton Plains NJ
Sunday, April 21
2PM
Here’s a bit about Dave. You know enough about me. If not, there’s a link to my bio above.
David Vincenti is a father, husband, poet, engineer, accordionist, and project manager. His poems have appeared in the Paterson Literary Review, the Edison Literary Review, and The Journal of New Jersey Poets, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His first chapbook, To The Ones Who Must Be Loved, was published in 2010. David curates the Spoken Word Series in Hoboken, NJ.
Hope to see you at a reading.
This sounds wonderful, Scott. Wish I lived close enough to get to some of them. I would definitely support you guys. Unfortunately, I am way over here in Illinois. But I hope you have great turnouts. Be sure and contact high schools and colleges as well. Surely they would be open to a program like this. You have probably already thought about that, but I’m ever the “teacher,” you know. Besides, I’m old enough to be your and David’s mother, so that puts me in the position of being able to give advice wherever I want.
Blessings on your new venture.
P. S. I have created a new poetry blog over on the “Blogger” hosting site. I got to thinking about it after I connected with Adele Kenny — as a result of seeing her challenge here. I have been having issues with the font sizes and layouts on WordPress — and a failure to get tech support (which is the main reason I chose WP originally) — so I thought it was worth checking out something else. I figured posting the poems was the best test for how easily I can control the font and layout, and so far I’ve been very happy. No plans to delete my three blogs on WP, but I think I’ll do some more experimenting on Blogger as well. I’ll leave the link. When you’re spending some time visiting around the Net, you can check it out. Only have about 6 or 7 poems posted so far though. http://pickapeckofpoems.blogspot.com/
Thanks, Sandra. It should be fun.
Yes, I perused your new poetry blog. Even posted a comment.
Good luck and God bless.
Thanks for taking the time to post a comment. One person had a little trouble with that, so it helps to know others have been able to do it without a serious hitch.
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