Open Mic following the Featured Readers — feel free to share one poem, one page.
At Casey Community Center, 810 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Free and feel free to just walk-in, or get a ticket on Eventbrite, to help us know how many people may attend.
Jay Hall Carpenter has been a professional artist for over 40 years, beginning as a sculptor for the Washington National Cathedral, and winning numerous national awards for his work. His first poetry collection, Dark and Light, Poetry (2012), was followed by 101 Limericks, Inappropriate For All Occasions (2017), then by his celebrated collection, Model Home, Poems (2021), and Mount Fiji, 36 Sonnets (Fallen Tree Press, 2022). His writings can be found in two anthologies, Faery footprints (Fae Corps Publishing, 2019), and Written in Arlington, (Paycock Press, 2020). He has written poetry, plays, musicals, and children’s books throughout his career and now sculpts and writes on a mountain in Vermont.
Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram is the host and producer of the internationally recognized poetry podcast Quintessential Poetry: Online Radio, YouTube and Zoo. Through his work as a retired professor of Counselor Education and Supervision and as a noted poet and spoken word artist, Dr. Ingram also leverages the arts, especially poetry, to bring attention to the effects of power, privilege, and oppression in our society. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and his second poetry collection, Metaphorically Screaming, is eagerly anticipated. For more information about Dr. Ingram or the podcast, visit www.qporytz.com.
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