A Writer’s Take on the Mass Poetry Fest
I haven’t done a lot of writing about last weekend’s Massachusetts Poetry Fest, except to say I loved it, opting instead to take the little time I had to post some audio so you can listen in on some of the great events. (I’ve also been a bit busy to blog as you might have noticed this week and last.)
So it’s nice to see other blogger/writer impressions of the event, especially people from outside Lowell. Here’s a post by Dell Smith, with lots of goodies and context. (I really like his writing blog, already. He’s good!) And he sort of nails us…
It was great to see a festival of any literary pedigree in Lowell. Lowell is home to a vibrant poetry scene and carries its literary history with a fanatical, domineering pride.
Heh. That’s Lowell all right… Dell also lovingly describes for us one of the discussions he attended (one I was interested in except for a conflict with another event - something that deliciously happened all too commonly that weekend). Go read!
For my part, I was definitely inspired and had a great time. I focused on writing workshops because well, it’s been ten years since I had the pleasure of being part of any. I miss college! And what happens? That night, I couldn’t go to sleep until I wrote out a new poem kicking around in my head. So, I can even say that the Poetry Fest did its job.
My compliments to the hardworking folks who put this Poetry Fest together in record time. It was remarkable. I can’t wait til next year!
[Link via Paul at richardhowe.com.]
(PS: you can read Paul’s own take on the event too.)
Update: OK quick correction. Dell Smith actually does live in Lowell. Shows me up for not reading sidebar bio info. But don’t hold that against him, it’s still a great post about the Mass Poetry Fest. 
