Window Poetry

Imagine this:  poems in windows of 60 (yes, SIXTY) Loveland businesses! 

 

Well, you don’t have to imagine it because it is true! 

 

As part of National Poetry Month, a dedicated team—lead by Veronica Patterson—has made this happen: poems by local writers and past poet laureates who have visited Loveland are displayed in windows of businesses downtown and out in Centerra throughout the month.  What a great way to give poetry legs to walk around in the community!

 

Come see for yourself at Night on the Town in Loveland this Friday, April 10!  Many local businesses in the downtown area will be open late and serving treats!  The hot spots to be for poetry this Friday are the Loveland Museum and Gallery and Artworks. 

 

There will be a reading at the Loveland Museum (5^th and Lincoln), honoring a some local dynamos of verse: Lynn Kincannon, Evan Oakley and M.D. Friedman.  And Robert Pinsky will make a virtual appearance through the magic of video recording.  Doors open at 6, I think the reading begins at 6:30. 

 

Also, you are invited to bring a copy of a favorite published poem to the museum on Friday (anything from Dr. Seuss to Dr. William Carlos Williams) on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper. All submissions will become part of a bound volume of Loveland’s favorite poems.

 

At Artworks (Railroad and 3rd), a show featuring visual art in conversation with poetry will be opening that same night.  The poster included here lists the featured artists and poets. 

 

If you can’t make it to both on Friday, give the museum event priority this week and come back to Artworks next Friday evening, April 17, for a reading of some of the poems in the exhibit.