SACKETS HARBOR â The main speaker at a poetry gathering here on Saturday hopes the event helps people become well-versed in such literary works, either by creating poems or writing them.
âIf we want to be the fullest human beings we can and should be, we need to have poetry in our lives,â said Cindy Hunter Morgan. âTo the extent that we can promote that and share that, is a service to everybody. Itâs really wonderful to see Hay Memorial Library making that commitment and offering that experience for the community.â
Ms. Hunter Morgan will present a two-hour online workshop on Saturday, called âWhatâs Hiding in a Lakeâs History? How Research and History Inspire Poetryâ as part of the Great Lakes Poetry Gathering.
SACKETS HARBOR â Poetry will take center stage in this village on May 22 when Hay Memorial Library hosts the Great Lakes Poetry Gathering.
It is an all-day regional poetry program with maritime character and covering historic, geographic and natural themes of the Great Lakes.
Organizers are hosting the event as a blend â a live virtual session in the morning upstairs at the library, 105 S. Broad St., followed by socially distanced workshops and readings in the afternoon at the Union Hotel in the village and (weather permitting) readings outside in the waterfront gazebo.
The online morning workshop and reading, from 10 a.m. to noon, will feature poet Cindy Hunter Morgan, author of âHarborless,â published by Wayne State University Press. âHarborlessâ won the 2017 Moveen Prize in Poetry and was a 2018 Michigan Notable Book.