Word Poetry Crawl

Word’s popular Poetry Crawl returns! Join us on an easy walk around Blue Hill village to hear a sequence of readings by remarkable poets, one poet at each of five local venues. There are 15 minute between readings to allow for relocating to the next venue. Dress warmly. The out-of-doors locations have an indoor alternative if weather is inclement.

• 2:30-2:50 Blue Hill Books: John Reinhart
• 3:05-3:25 Shaw Institute: Annaliese Jakimides
• 3:40-4:00 Juniper: Ed Go
• 4:15-4:35 John Murphy Trail: Christian Barter
• 4:50-5:10 Congregational Church: melissa goodrum

Here’s info on our featured poet to read at the Shaw Institute:

Annaliese Jakimides makes poems, art, and stories (true and un), from her memory bank of scrappy Boston, her first-generation refugee family, decades living on the land in northern Maine, her New Orleans musician love, and more. She’s published 1,000+ short-works in magazines (Utne, GQ), journals (Beloit,Consequence), and anthologies (MLA winners Breaking Bread, Alive to This), and on NPR. Cited in national competitions, Pushcart, and Best of the Nets, the four-time MLA finalist is cofounder of the Belfast Poetry Festival, serves on MWPA’s Community Advisory Board, cowrote the musical Love Affair, and is, for the first time, at work on a book-length project. annaliesejakimides.com.