Celebrate National Poetry Month in Halifax

Information (and its many colors) courtesy of Jack Scully.

FREE ….Celebration of “National Poetry Month”

Wednesday evening, April 18, 2018

6:30 – 7:30 pm

at the Holmes Public Library, Halifax, MA

All are welcome.

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“Making Poetry Accessible to Everyone”

Presented by local poet and newspaper columnist Bill Alberti, who will render a reading of his original poetry and speak about what inspires a poem.

Bill will conduct a discussion addressing the questions:

What is poetry?

What inspires a poem?

What is the poetic process?

How does poetry enrich our lives?

   

Bill Alberti, a Brooklyn-born poet-artist and musician, earned his B.A. from Stonehill College, his Master of Creative Arts from Bridgewater State University, an honorary   degree from Nanjing University and completed post-graduate studies at the University of Ireland. Bill, who worked with Robert Pinsky, a former National Poet Laureate of the U.S., has five published chapbooks of poetry and many of his poems have appeared in various newspapers and journals.  He is the author of the newspaper column, The Poet’s Pen. Bill’s poems cover a variety of topics and are noted for their ease of accessibility, and often, their sense of humor.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Halifax Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.