Lunenburg Get Togethers
Every Second Thursday Evening
6 – 7:30pm
Lunenburg Library, Room 101
97 Kaulbach St, Lunenburg, NS
Whether you are a long-time reader and writer of poetry, or new and unsure of whether or not you “get it”, you are welcome here!
Spot of Poetry Get-Togethers are informal gatherings where all levels of poetry readers and writers are welcome. Generally speaking, each person reads a poem aloud, we chat about it as a group, and then listen to the poem again. We also share some of our own writing based on the week’s theme. Strictly no pressure!
See the Reading Log & Prompt Archive down below.
Please join us for
Upcoming Get-Togethers
WHEN
Saturday, May 28, 2022
@ 2-4pm
Workshop THEME
Exploring Poetry with Alison Smith
Join poet Alison Smith, author of the collections This Kind of Thinking Does No Good, The Wedding House, and Six Mats and One Year for an afternoon exploring elements of poetry in this hands-on workshop. Learn about poetic approaches to the elusive topics that matter to us, from our intimate relationships to broader issues such as patriarchy and justice.
Registration required, please call 902-634-8008
WHERE
In person at the Lunenburg Library, room 101
WHEN
Thursday, May 5, 2022
@ 6-7:30pm
THEME
Permission
However you interpret permission! Demanding it, granting it, withholding it - bring a poem you have read or written that you would like to share!
WHERE
In person at the Lunenburg Library!
Every second Thursday evening. Dates for 2022: May 5, May 19
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
@ 12-1:30pm
WHAT
Drop-in to write poetry together! We'll read and share prompts and see where the words take us.
WHERE
Lunenburg Library, Room 103 (or room 101)
Every second Tuesday lunch.
Dates for 2022: May 24, 2022
Thursday, February 17, 2021
@ 6-7:30pm
WHAT
Join our ongoing project to write from the perspective of inanimate objects!
WHERE
Zoom
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Every second Thursday Evening. March 3, 17, 31
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Past Get-Togethers
Reading Log of Past Get-Togethers
014: Polarity
"Nothing is more permanent than the temporary." ~ A.E. Stallings Unbeknownst to most of us, we...
013: Sunsets
Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colourswhich it passes to a row of ancient trees.~...
012: Colour: Aubergine
Aubergine as colour and fruit inspired a range of poems that were funny, sensual and political....
011: To the Edge
To the Edge! What is an edge, and how do we define our relationship to it? Sometimes an edge is an...
010: Beginnings
We welcomed 2021 with the theme of Beginnings. In this transitional time of year, it was...
009: Thresholds
We gathered outside at the Lunenburg Bandstand for a lovely celebration of the Winter Solstice and...
008: Time Capsules
This week’s theme, Time Capsules, led us down many different roads! We looked at savouring...
007: Finding Your Way
Many of the poems we read this week, Finding Your Way, seemed to share a thread with our previous...
006: Ancestors
Thank you to everyone who attended our first Zoom gathering - riddled with my technical...