Write in community! Sponsored by the Northern Arizona Book Festival, local poets and writers will teach an accessible poetry workshop on the lawn of the Downtown Flagstaff-Coconino Public Library! Each workshop focuses on a topic or form and challenges you to write on the spot in community with other writers. Please bring a blanket or folding chair to sit on, writing materials, and yourself! There is no age limit and we welcome all writers at any level.
“Twice is Nice”
Repetition in poetry creates strong ties between concepts and elucidates new meaning to the same words and phrases. Explore the concept through the creation of a poem in the pantoum form as well as other exercises!
Lydia Gates is a queer autistic performance poet and crochet artist who lives Flagstaff, Arizona with her wife Lucy and their three adorable feline monster children.
She is the managing organizer of FlagSlam, a poetry slam in Northern Arizona that was established in 2000. She has been featured by Arizona Republic and is a 2024 Viola Awards finalist. She also competes in poetry slams on a regional and national level including the 2017 and 2018 National Poetry Slams, the 2019 Southwest Shootout, the 2023 Beyond the Neon Regional, the 2023 and 2024 Bigfoot Poetry Slam, and the 2024 Chicharra Poetry Slam. Her 2024 featured performances include Discover Flagstaff, the Art X festival, Poet Brews, Harvest, MOCAF, and Off the Rails.
Her poetry collections, I Was an Empire (2017), She Dreams the Moon (2018), Changeling (2021), and Algorithmancer (2024) are available on Amazon.
SUMMER SUNDAYS:
May 25th; June 1st, 22nd, 29th;
July 6th, 20th, 27th;
August 3rd, 17th, 31st
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