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May Kitchen Sync Open Mic

4/26/2019

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Thursday May 16, 6:30 - 8:30
at the
​Patterson-Appleton Art Center in Denton.


In geometry a prism is a kind of polyhedron that can take on an amazing number of shapes.  It also, in geology, a kind of sedimentary deposit, but we generally know it as a crystal hanging from a string in sunlight window that splits white light into dots of rainbow color, which darts and bobs in delightful array across the walls and furniture, prompting hearts to gladden and spirits to rise.  Its ability to split light into its diverse components in order to reveal the glory of each color is reflected in the ribbons of the maypole and then by its dancers, who weave the colors back together into their original whole.  This time, however, the true value of each hue remains shining boldly forth, enhancing and complementing one another. ​

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Denton Poets' Assembly April Meeting & Critique Session

4/15/2019

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Denton Poets' Assembly April 20 meeting will begin promptly at 10 a.m.  at the Emily Fowler Public Library in Denton, Texas. 

DPA business activities during National Poetry Month will center on finalizing Merging Visions XI with the Merging Visions Collections XI publication going to print the week of April 15th . Kudos to Rebecca Hines for keeping this project on tract, coordinating collection of exhibition statements and biographies from participating poets. 
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Richard Kushmaul and the PST Summer Conference Committee have completed all but final details needed to get the conference underway. Information regarding the conference and details about the 50th Annual Summer Conference can be found on the Events menu of the PST website and the Summer Conference menu of this webpage

Member response poems will be centered on the poetry of Edward Hirsch and an essay by the poet.  

Susan Maxwell Campbell’s presentation will focus on the works of Edward Hirsch. After her presentation Susan will distribute a list of quotations by famous poets and ask DPA members to express Agree/Disagree opinions.    

Patrick Lee Marshall, DPA Secretary, will serve as our Spotlight Poet.

After the Spotlight poetry readings, members and guests will read free choice poems.

DPA Members in the News
The Fort Worth Poetry Society announced that Mr. Robert Schinzel DPA member, won First Prize in the Society's 2019 William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest. His winning entry was entitled "Westbound 380."
Christine Irving, DPA Treasurer, placed 3rd in the William D. Barney Contest.
DPA was well represented at the Lucidity Poetry Retreat, April 2, 3 & 4 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Participants included Patrick Marshall, Betty Roberts, Christine Irving with Robert & Martha Schinzel


We adjourn at noon.

A critique session will be available following the meeting for those wishing to participate in the critique.

Denton Poets' Assembly meets on the third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. - noon at the Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street, Denton, TX 76201. Meetings are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. For more information, visit http://DentonPoetsAssembly.weebly.com
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Kitchen Sync Open Mic

4/6/2019

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​Thursday April 18th , 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 
at the
​Patterson-Appleton Art Center in Denton.

Kitchen Sync is an open mic for poets, sponsored by GDAC and taking place on the third Thursday of each month at the Patterson-Appleton Art Center in Denton.
 
Each month we offer a prompt to prime our poetic pumps. 
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April Prompt: Fool

The Fool speaks aloud hard truths that might cause trouble if anyone else told them. She gets away with veracity because s is perceived as being foolish and therefore harmless. We listen when she speaks openly of situations we prefer to deny, because she is entertaining in her difference.  Besides she is a misfit and cannot be held fully responsible. The fool plays and everybody believes that play is not serious; she can address the difficult, controversial issues in play all around them.  No one is more subversive than the Fool.
 
The Fool’s way of teaching, sometimes known as “crazy wisdom,” runs counter to a culture’s mores, morals, and ideals.  By turning society’s expectations upside down he brings the reality of what is, into clearer focus.  He speaks in parables and paradoxes, we struggle to understand. But, sooner or later we experience an epiphany and when the dust clears we find ourselves wiser. 

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