CALLING ALL POETS, WRITERS, READERS, AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE, YOUNG, OLD, IN BETWEEN, KNOWN, UNKNOWN, SUBMERGED, EMERGED AND EMERGING:
Rhyming, free verse, expensive or expansive verse, reverses, metered, learned, unlearned, experimental—all varieties are welcome.

This is an invitation to the next Poetry On The River reading at the Slack Tide Cafe on Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg, Sunday, August 27^th, sponsored by the Noyo Center for Marine Science. This is a monthly series, held on the last Sunday of the month, 1-3 pm. Sunday, August 27^th will feature Melissa Eleftherion Carr, current Poet Laureate of Ukiah, and Michael Riedell, past Poet Laureate of Ukiah (2016-2018) for the first half of the program, followed by open mic readings.

Please get this around far and wide, as we’d like to reach all over Mendocino County and beyond. Any suggestions or ideas you have, including other people to invite, would be greatly appreciated.

Marine/ocean-themed poems are encouraged, but not required.

Thanks, and looking forward to seeing you Sunday, August 27^th, 1-3pm, at the Slack Tide Café, 32430 N. Harbor Drive, CA 95437, noyocenter.org

For more information, contact: Larry Felson.