Poetry on the Prairie

Join us at Art on the Prairie again this year as we present "Poetry on the Prairie" in Perry, Iowa. We are ecstatic to welcome several local poets to join in on the fun. This event is free and open to the public!

Below is our schedule of events

Saturday, November 11:

• 10:00 -10:30 | Coffee/Networking
• 10:30 - 12:00 | Ekphrastic Workshop with Deb Marquart
• 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunchtime Erasure & Centos with Kelsey Bigelow & Dawn Terpstra
• 1:00 - 2:30 | Feature Poet Readings led by Dawn Terpstra
• 2:30 - 3:00 | Break
• 3:00 - 4:30 | Poetry Slam & Open Mic led by Kelsey Bigelow

Sunday, November 12:

• 11:00 - 12:00 | Lyrical Iowa Poet Readings led by Editor & Poet Marilyn Baszczynski
• 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunchtime Erasure & Centos with Kelsey & Dawn
• 1:00 - 2:30 | Spoken Word Workshop with Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey
• 3:00 - 4:00 | Open Mic led by Pat Boddy and David Williamson

The Saturday feature reading will highlight the following poets:

• Lola Nakashima-Brooke
• Deb Marquart
• Corinne Stanley
• Vincent Ali
• Leah Huizar
• Steve Rose

The Lyrical Iowa reading will include:

• Kathy Geren Christy
• Maggie Ripperger
• Dawn Terpstra
• Heather Ann G Clark
• Dennis Maulsby
• Shelly Reed Thieman
• Janet Carl
• Ginnie Padden
• Margaret Flint Suter
• Ashley Wolftornabane
• Jim Hackett
• Arsema Berhane

See the full list of Art on the Prairie events at artontheprairie.org