Events
Open Mic Poetry Reading – Tuesday, Oct 13, 2015 at Pioneer Book
Join the Rock Canyon Poets for an evening of poetry. Not just any poetry—we want poetry that aches to be published, poetry that pushes the boundaries of the page, poetry that doesn’t need a performance, poetry that simply needs to be read. Bring your words in all of poetry’s traditional forms (from the sonnet to free verse) or just bring your ears for listening.
Where: Pioneer Book – 450 West Center Street, Provo
When: October 13, 2015 (2nd Tuesday of every month)
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Lit Mag/Journal Exchange and Discussion on Poetry
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Poetry Reading
How to Sign Up
Add your name in a comment below, or email rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.
Each poet may read for up to 5 minutes. Maximum of 9 poets per reading. If there is time remaining, poets in the audience will have an opportunity to read.
Inspired: A FREE Community Poetry Writing Workshop
Is there a literary work so powerful that it moves you to write, but you just don’t know where to start? A free community poetry writing workshop entitled “inspired” helps participants create a new poem as a response to a literary work (poem, book, or other) that inspires them. Offered in participation with the Utah Humanities Book Festival by Rock Canyon Poets and Pioneer Book, this workshop will be presented in two sessions, followed by a reception and poetry reading. Participants will be encouraged to submit their poem to be included in a printed anthology and contributors will receive a free copy.
Where
Pioneer Book, 450 West Center Provo, Utah 84601
What to Bring
- Two printed copies of the poem or prose excerpt of the writer/poet you are inspired by. Prose excerpts should be 1 – 2 pages.
- Pen and paper to write and/or an electronic device to write on (laptop, etc)
- Drink/snack if you so desire
How to Sign-up
To sign-up, email your name and contact information to rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com. Seating is limited. Bring a sample of the author/poet that inspires you and come ready to write!
Schedule
- Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 at 6pm – Workshop #1: share prompts, craft demonstration, writing exercises
- Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 at 6pm – Workshop #2: share and workshop first draft of poems
- Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 at midnight – Final poem submission due for anthology
- Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 at 6pm – Anthology launch party/reception and poetry reading
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE BOOK FEST CALENDAR
Poetry at the Provo Pride Festival! . . . Sept. 19, 2015
Rock Canyon Poets and Peculiar literary magazine have a booth at the Provo Pride Festival! Come by and see us…
- Add a line to our community poem
- Sign up for email news and a drawing
- Info on upcoming events and open mics
- Meet some of our poets
- Learn how to become a member
- Chapbooks for sale (only $5)
WHEN: Saturday, September 19, 2015
TIME: 10am – 6pm
WHERE: Memorial Park, 800 East Center Street, Provo (directions)
Open Mic Poetry Reading – Tuesday, Sept 8, 2015 at Pioneer Book
Join the Rock Canyon Poets for an evening of poetry. Not just any poetry—we want poetry that aches to be published, poetry that pushes the boundaries of the page, poetry that doesn’t need a performance, poetry that simply needs to be read. Bring your words in all of poetry’s traditional forms (from the sonnet to free verse) or just bring your ears for listening.
Where: Pioneer Book – 450 West Center Street, Provo
When: September 8, 2015 (2nd Tuesday of every month)
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Lit Mag/Journal Exchange and Discussion on Poetry
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Poetry Reading
How to Sign Up
Add your name in a comment below, or email rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.
Each poet may read for up to 5 minutes. Maximum of 9 poets per reading. If there is time remaining, poets in the audience will have an opportunity to read.
CANCELED – Poetry Reading and Open Mic – Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at Pioneer Book
Join the Rock Canyon Poets for an evening of poetry. Not just any poetry—we want poetry that aches to be published, poetry that pushes the boundaries of the page, poetry that doesn’t need a performance, poetry that simply needs to be read. Bring your words in all of poetry’s traditional forms (from the sonnet to free verse) or just bring your ears for listening.
Where: Pioneer Book – 450 West Center Street, Provo
When: August 11, 2015 (2nd Tuesday of every month)
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Browse the shelves at Pioneer Book and mingle
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Poetry Reading
How to Sign Up
Add your name in a comment below, or email rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.
Each poet may read for up to 5 minutes. Maximum of 9 poets per reading. If there is time remaining, poets in the audience will have an opportunity to read.
Magazine Launch Party and Open Mic – Tuesday, July 14, 2015
A new queer literary journal, peculiar, will have its official launch party at Pioneer Book on July 14, 2015 at 7pm. Select contributors to the journal will read their poetry, and copies of the journal will be available to the public for purchase.
Join the Rock Canyon Poets for an evening of poetry. Not just any poetry—we want poetry that aches to be published, poetry that pushes the boundaries of the page, poetry that doesn’t need a performance, poetry that simply needs to be read. Bring your words in all of poetry’s traditional forms (from the sonnet to free verse) or just bring your ears for listening.
Where: Pioneer Book – 450 West Center Street, Provo
When: July 14, 2015 (2nd Tuesday of every month)
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Browse the shelves at Pioneer Book and mingle
7:00 – 7:30 p.m. Peculiar Launch Party and Reading
7:30 – 8:00 p.m. Open Mic
How to Sign Up
Add your name in a comment below, or email rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.
Each poet may read for up to 5 minutes. Maximum of 9 poets per reading. If there is time remaining, poets in the audience will have an opportunity to read.
Rock Canyon Poets reading at the Utah Arts Festival!
Rock Canyon Poets are proud to announce they will be reading poetry at the Big Mouth Stage on Thursday, June 25, 2015 from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. as literary artists for the Utah Arts Festival.
Arts Fest: Big Mouth Stage, Thursday at 7pm
Rock Canyon Poets boasts diverse membership, ranging from 18 to 70 years in age with many backgrounds–including literary journal founders, editors, ex-military, business professionals, a playwright, and a periodontist. Individually, they have received several awards and been published in magazines, anthologies, journals, chapbooks, and full-length books of poetry. Rock Canyon Poets offer poetry with the tactile clarity of tin-can messages through fuzzy strings to the ears of an audience. These poems are tumbleweeds in semi-truck grills. They get stuck in your teeth, build bridges of spun sugar, and make it possible to mount a camel without a sturdy ladder.
The Utah Arts Festival takes place Thursday, June 25 – Sunday, June 28, 2015, 12 noon to 11pm, on Library and Washington Squares in downtown Salt Lake City (200 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111).
Co-founded by Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen and Trish Hopkinson in January, 2015, Rock Canyon Poets was established to develop camaraderie among Utah Valley poets, provide consistent workshopping and reading opportunities, and promote the disciplined study of writing poetry as a serious art form. Members meet twice a month at Pioneer Book in historic downtown Provo. The group sponsors poetry readings and an open mic on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Membership is by invitation or portfolio submission only.
For more information, contact the Rock Canyon Poets, rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.
Poetry Reading and Open Mic – Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Pioneer Book
Join the Rock Canyon Poets for an evening of poetry. Not just any poetry—we want poetry that aches to be published, poetry that pushes the boundaries of the page, poetry that doesn’t need a performance, poetry that simply needs to be read. Bring your words in all of poetry’s traditional forms (from the sonnet to free verse) or just bring your ears for listening.
Where: Pioneer Book – 450 West Center Street, Provo
When: June 9, 2015 (2nd Tuesday of every month)
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Browse the shelves at Pioneer Book and mingle
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Poetry Reading
How to Sign Up
Add your name in a comment below, or email rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.
Each poet may read for up to 5 minutes. Maximum of 9 poets per reading. If there is time remaining, poets in the audience will have an opportunity to read.
Poetry Reading Featuring Award-winning Poet: Meg Day
This event is not to be missed! We are very fortunate to feature Meg Day just before she leaves Utah at Pioneer Book in Provo on Tuesday, May 12, 2015.
Meg’s poetry has provided her with several notable awards. Most recently, she is the 2015-2016 recipient of the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. Past recipients include May Swenson and Elizabeth Bishop, among other amazing poets. As part of the scholarship, Meg will be traveling outside of North America for a year to continue her research and writing. Read complete article…
To read more about Meg, and purchase her full-length book of poems Last Psalm at Sea Level visit her web site at www.megday.com.
You can read a sample of Meg’s poems online here: Vinyl Poetry, Volume 10, July 2014.
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