Hobnobbing with the Philosophers: Poetry Month Wrap &The Evening in Silk

Detail from “The School of Athens”
a fresco by Raphael (1483 – 1520)
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By Maik Strosahl

What a month! I just love to participate in as many poetic events as possible in April for National Poetry Month. And with the project I announced in my “Ghosts of the Allagash” post, it turned into an adventure.
    I made a sign and took it with me while handing out the origami booklets I mentioned a few weeks ago.

Hobnobbing with the Philosophers: Ghosts of the Allagash

Detail from “The School of Athens”
a fresco by Raphael (1483 – 1520)
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all published instalments]

By Maik Strosahl

For National Poetry Month in April, I have been putting together origami poetry booklets that I will be handing out in various locations around Mid-Missouri.
    I revived a title I used while with the Poetry Society of Indiana (formerly the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs) for a booklet in 2007. For that project I cut a pomegranate in half, then took a very low-resolution photo. We called the booklet “Poemegranate,” and it included the creative efforts of 11 poets from around the state.

The original “Poemegranate”

The invitation inside its cover