Shameless Self-Promotion
For those of you in the Boston area who wish for a brief respite from Christmas shopping, there’s this instead...
What do Japanese poetry, Delta Blues, and Jack Kerouac have in common?
They’ll all be part of the program in the December performances of the
Metro West Renku Association, a trio of poets featuring Brett Peruzzi of
Saxonville, Raffael DeGruttola of Natick, and Paul David Mena of Wayland.
And you’ll have TWO chances to catch this show, one on a weekday evening
and the other on a Saturday morning.
The Metro West Renku Association started out in 1999 writing traditional
Japanese renku, a linked verse form that foreshadowed haiku, and written
by groups of poets in Japan for hundreds of years. Over the years the group
has adapted renku to American sensibilities by creating a companion form
that came to be called “bluenotes”, based on the 12-bar blues tempo and
taking its subject matter from various aspects of the blues. In time,
other ancient Japanese rules about subject matter were also set aside,
resulting in a series based on the life and writings of Jack Kerouac.
These performances will not be your High School English teachers’ idea
of a poetry reading. In addition to reading our poems, there will be a
simultaneous slide show of original photography by Mary Melodee Mena.
The blues-related poems will be accompanied by blues recordings in the
background, and will feature the live blues harmonica of Brett Peruzzi
in between verses.
Both are preceded by an open mike, so you can get on stage to read
something yourself if you’re so inclined, or you can just listen to
other talented writers.
Here are the particulars on where we’ll be and when:
****Saturday, December 17, 10:30 a.m.****
Cafe' Espresso
108 Mechanic St.
Route 140
Bellingham, MA
Poetry in a coffee house! Great cappucino; finger snapping and berets are
optional.
Check out the web site for directions and other information:
http://www.cafe-espresso.org/special-events.htm
****Wednesday, December 21, 7:30 p.m.****
Amazing Things Arts Center
55 Nicholas Road
Framingham, MA
Check out the web site for directions and other information:
http://www.amazingthings.org/
For those of you in the Boston area who wish for a brief respite from Christmas shopping, there’s this instead...
What do Japanese poetry, Delta Blues, and Jack Kerouac have in common?
They’ll all be part of the program in the December performances of the
Metro West Renku Association, a trio of poets featuring Brett Peruzzi of
Saxonville, Raffael DeGruttola of Natick, and Paul David Mena of Wayland.
And you’ll have TWO chances to catch this show, one on a weekday evening
and the other on a Saturday morning.
The Metro West Renku Association started out in 1999 writing traditional
Japanese renku, a linked verse form that foreshadowed haiku, and written
by groups of poets in Japan for hundreds of years. Over the years the group
has adapted renku to American sensibilities by creating a companion form
that came to be called “bluenotes”, based on the 12-bar blues tempo and
taking its subject matter from various aspects of the blues. In time,
other ancient Japanese rules about subject matter were also set aside,
resulting in a series based on the life and writings of Jack Kerouac.
These performances will not be your High School English teachers’ idea
of a poetry reading. In addition to reading our poems, there will be a
simultaneous slide show of original photography by Mary Melodee Mena.
The blues-related poems will be accompanied by blues recordings in the
background, and will feature the live blues harmonica of Brett Peruzzi
in between verses.
Both are preceded by an open mike, so you can get on stage to read
something yourself if you’re so inclined, or you can just listen to
other talented writers.
Here are the particulars on where we’ll be and when:
****Saturday, December 17, 10:30 a.m.****
Cafe' Espresso
108 Mechanic St.
Route 140
Bellingham, MA
Poetry in a coffee house! Great cappucino; finger snapping and berets are
optional.
Check out the web site for directions and other information:
http://www.cafe-espresso.org/special-events.htm
****Wednesday, December 21, 7:30 p.m.****
Amazing Things Arts Center
55 Nicholas Road
Framingham, MA
Check out the web site for directions and other information:
http://www.amazingthings.org/
What do Japanese poetry, Delta Blues, and Jack Kerouac have in common?
They’ll all be part of the program in the December performances of the
Metro West Renku Association, a trio of poets featuring Brett Peruzzi of
Saxonville, Raffael DeGruttola of Natick, and Paul David Mena of Wayland.
And you’ll have TWO chances to catch this show, one on a weekday evening
and the other on a Saturday morning.
The Metro West Renku Association started out in 1999 writing traditional
Japanese renku, a linked verse form that foreshadowed haiku, and written
by groups of poets in Japan for hundreds of years. Over the years the group
has adapted renku to American sensibilities by creating a companion form
that came to be called “bluenotes”, based on the 12-bar blues tempo and
taking its subject matter from various aspects of the blues. In time,
other ancient Japanese rules about subject matter were also set aside,
resulting in a series based on the life and writings of Jack Kerouac.
These performances will not be your High School English teachers’ idea
of a poetry reading. In addition to reading our poems, there will be a
simultaneous slide show of original photography by Mary Melodee Mena.
The blues-related poems will be accompanied by blues recordings in the
background, and will feature the live blues harmonica of Brett Peruzzi
in between verses.
Both are preceded by an open mike, so you can get on stage to read
something yourself if you’re so inclined, or you can just listen to
other talented writers.
Here are the particulars on where we’ll be and when:
****Saturday, December 17, 10:30 a.m.****
Cafe' Espresso
108 Mechanic St.
Route 140
Bellingham, MA
Poetry in a coffee house! Great cappucino; finger snapping and berets are
optional.
Check out the web site for directions and other information:
http://www.cafe-espresso.org/special-events.htm
****Wednesday, December 21, 7:30 p.m.****
Amazing Things Arts Center
55 Nicholas Road
Framingham, MA
Check out the web site for directions and other information:
http://www.amazingthings.org/
posted by extraspecialbitter at 3:00 PM
10 Comments:
and for the rest of us,
bluenotes
thank you! so much so for sharing -so shamelessly so.
calls for an ice cold Dos Equis and makes my day :)
ps - i'm buying
pps - my shameless ignorance;
what is
rdg
pdm
bp
rdg
???????? Thx, ma
ppps - got it!
(red face)
special and his crew have a given names
(red face)
Ma - no need to be embarrassed. it's an entirely new language to me too. :^)
she sells sea shells by the seaside;
try
so much so for sharing so shamelessly so
after Dos Equis number FIVE!!!! ;)
Damn. I wish I lived in Boston so I could attend this. Sounds intense.
Ma - doesn't five Dos Equis equal Dies Equis? Anyway, I trust that you slept soundly last night.
Hermes - maybe we'll have to take our show on the road.
i did, under the Black Moon, thank you.
ps - this might be one for the road
http://www.phoenixblues.org/
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