Fourteen poets, ten visual artists, four performing artists, and more will participate in the 5th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival October 16 and 17, 2009 in downtown Belfast, Maine.
One of the only community-based, non-academic poetry festivals in the country, the event features established, professionally recognized poets and artists from throughout Maine along with emerging poets to create a lively mix.
A unique feature of the Festival all five years has been the Gallery Walk, in which the audience moves among seven downtown galleries to view the collaborative exhibits by artist/poet teams and hear the accompanying poetry.
New this year is the Maine Postmark Poetry Contest.
Over 160 poets from around Maine submitted entries by the July 4 deadline. The winner will be announced in August and will read at the Festival. Calligrapher and book artist Jan Owen will create a calligraphy version of the poem for the winner.
Also new is “Old Home Night” for Waldo County poets of all stripes and persuasions to come out of the woods and off their boats to read from their work.
Join us in October in Belfast for an inspired and inspiring weekend.
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