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- Written by: Ted Kooser
To celebrate my 75th year, I’ve published a new book of poems, and many of them are about the way in which we come together to help each other through the world.
Here’s just one:
Two
On a parking lot staircase
I met two fine-looking men
descending, both in slacks
and dress shirts, neckties
much alike, one of the men
in his sixties, the other
a good twenty years older,
unsteady on his polished shoes,
a son and his father, I knew
from their looks, the son with his
right hand on the handrail,
the father, left hand on the left,
and in the middle they were
holding hands, and when I neared,
they opened the simple gate
of their interwoven fingers
to let me pass, then reached out
for each other and continued on.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation ( www.poetryfoundation.org ), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright 2012 by Ted Kooser from his most recent book of poems, Splitting an Order, Copper Canyon Press, 2014. Poem reprinted by permission of Ted Kooser and the publisher. Introduction copyright 2014 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. They do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Clive Matson will visit the Lake County Arts Council Gallery on Saturday, Oct. 25, and Sunday, Oct. 26, to present a writing workshop.
This will be the 10th year that Matson has been coming to our area.
People in his workshops succeed in bringing out the stories and poems inside them, the passions that blossom in our everyday lives. Some writers are astonished at the ease and value of the writing that pours out.
His favorite quote of the day is Van Gogh’s “I dreamed my painting and I painted my dream.”
Matson will show how that simple transfer, bringing a dream into concrete reality, works well in writing.
This workshop is for beginners, for developing writers and for professionals who want to expand their horizons.
Saturday will be for getting acquainted and starting to write. On Sunday there will be time for more writing, reading, compassionate criticism and summary.
Clive Matson writes poetry, short stories, essays and plays. He has led writing workshops for 35 years, holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University and teaches at the University of California Extension in Berkeley.
The workshop will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main Street, Lakeport.
The workshop fee is $55 per person.
To register, call the Main Street Gallery at 707-263-6658.
For more information about the workshop, call Clive Matson at 510-654-6495 or go to his Web site, www.matsonpoet.com .
This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Kelseyville resident Linda Guebert announces the release of her second book, a mystery novel titled “The First Lie.”
According to Guebert, it is the story of a young woman who has been told all her life she is adopted, only to find out when she begins to look for her birth family that she was never adopted at all.
“As she gets closer to the truth of why her mother lied to her, she uncovers even more family secrets,” says Guebert, “secrets that someone is determined to keep hidden at all costs – even murder.”
Guebert’s earlier book, “The Hardest Thing I’ll Ever Do: A Journey of Sorrow, Healing & Hope,” was published in 2013.
In it she shares her personal grief journey following the sudden death of her husband, Ken Kysely.
Both books are available at Watershed Books in Lakeport and through the Lake County Library system.
An e-book version of The First Lie can be ordered from www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com .
For more information, contact the author at
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Rotary is sponsoring the Brazilian group “Getting the Show on the Road” on Sunday, Oct. 19.
The group of talented young people will perform at the Marge Alakszay Center at the Lakeport Unified School District campus, 250 Lange St.
The show starts at 5:30 p.m.
The performance is free, although donations are welcome.
Getting the Show on the Road is a cross-continental music, dance and acting performance tour.
Traveling across the United States, young artists from the favellas of Rio de Janeiro will perform classic Brazilian songs, original musical compositions and dance routines plus unique interpretations of Brazilian and American songs.
For more information visit www.gettingtheshowontheroad.com or www.facebook.com/showontheroad .