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The SCP Christmas and New Year 2021 Poetry Reading, Online

November 13, 2021
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poems The SCP Christmas and New Year 2021 Poetry Reading, Online

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You are invited to a reading of exquisite poetry and conversations with the poets. This reading is part of a quarterly series of online poetry readings planned for 2021-2022.

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Date & Time

Sunday December 12, 2021
2 p.m. (New York time), 7 p.m. (U.K. time)
Duration: 1 hour

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Location

Join Zoom Meeting Here (at the designated time above)
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James Sale

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Theme

Poems will be on the Christmas and New Year holidays.

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Featured Poem & Readers

CHRISTMAS

David Watt: “Voices from Childhood: A Christmas poem.”

Bruce Wren: “Under Christmas Eve” read by James A. Tweedie

Mark F Stone: “Make Christmas a Verb”

Evan Mantyk: “A Psalm of Christmas”

NEW YEAR

Adam Sedia: “The New Year”

Susan J Bryant: “My Covid New Year’s Revolution”

Connie Phillips: “Lights” read by Andrew Benson Brown

Scath Beohr: “O thou fount of Joy, I praise thee” read by Joseph Sale

Poems and readers subject to change.

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Open Discussion with Poets

For 10 minutes or so after the featured readings

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Attendance

This event is open to everyone. On December 12, simply visit this page and click the link that will appear at the top of this listing under “Location.” On the day of the event, the link will also be published as a reminder. 

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