Thursday, May 31, 2007

Pure Poetry!

Pure Poetry is my poetry advocacy group that I started about two years ago. When I went to the SC Book Festival in 2005, poetry was an ignored genre! Not good for me, because I was trying to sell my first book, The World: Poetic Connections. The next year, I got a group of poets together, I bought booth space at the SC Book Festival and we read our poems from the booth. Success! And we were given a space on the program to read in one of the conference rooms! At the 2007 festival, we were on the program, sold lots of books, and had a great time.

The next event for Pure Poetry is at the Beaufort County Library on June 15th from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $20.00 and that price includes a gourmet lunch. Tickets may be purchased by calling Bay Street Trading at 843-524-2000. Advance tickets are available, but no tickets will be sold at the door. Reading for Pure Poetry will be Marjory Wentworth, the South Carolina Poet Laureate, Susan Meyers, Linda Annas Ferguson, Dennis Stiles, Karen M. Peluso, Patricia Bee, and of course, yours truly!

If you are in the Beaufort, South Carolina area, please make plans to attend this fun summer event!