August 25th Floetry - Featured Poet Series
Volusia County in the Spotlight
Join featured Florida Poet Mary-Ann Westbrook from Volusia County, followed by a community open mic. Also included will be anniversary cake to celebrate 15 years of Ancient City Poets gatherings. We started on the last Sunday of August 2009 and we have been gathering ever since. The Waterworks is located at 184 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084. Access to the Waterworks is through the St. Augustine Main Library parking lot, on the opposite side of the complex. (Use 1960 North Ponce de Leon in your GPS.)
Our feature, Mary-Ann Westbrook will share at 3 PM, followed by a brief book signing and meet and greet opportunity, and then a community open mic featuring the first ten who sign up.
MARIE-ANN WESTBROOK
Mary-Ann started writing poetry 25 years ago when she and her husband were full time RV travelers. Upon settling in Ormond-By The-Sea she joined Tomoka Poets Society of Florida State Poets Association. She is currently serving as their president. She is also a past secretary and past president of Florida State Poets Association. She currently serves as Vice President of Creative Happiness Institute that nurtures all of the arts in the Daytona Beach area. Mary-Ann also serves as a lead usher at the Peabody Auditorium and the Daytona Beach Bandshell Summer Series Concerts. For fun, she is a walker/hiker and a kayaker. She finds joy in the morning sunrise on the beach and the evening sunset over the Halifax River.
If you would like to share a poem, please see the facilitator at 2:30 PM to get your name on the list on the day of the event. There is space on the list for ten poets at five minutes each. At 3:30 PM, the readers will be called to the podium in the order their names appear on the sign-up sheet.
Share your polished poems or bust out fresh ink from your notebook during St. Augustine’s longest-running open mic poetry event. Invite a friend or two or three. Ancient City Poets has always been open to the public and there is no charge at the door to get your name on the list.
This gathering will be the fifth in an eight-part series of monthly events celebrating creative writing and reciting presented by Ancient City Poets, the St. Augustine PoetFest, and the St. Johns Cultural Council. This series is coordinated by Chris Bodor, in recognition of his role as the Beat Poet Laureate for the State of Florida. For more info on the National Beat Poet Foundation please check out their website.
https://nationalbeatpoetryfoundation.org/
