Left In Lowell

The schedule is set for the Mass Poetry Fest 2009. I can’t even tell you how awesome last year’s was - and in its mere second year, this October boasts a much bigger, even better Festival. I block out the entire weekend for it - yes, I am a former poetry geek, it was my focus in college…but seriously, this rivals the Folk Festival’s music-related events in quality, and quantity, of poetry events. It’s first class.

Last year, after attending my first day, I was hit with the inspiration to write a poem for the first time since just after college, after attending workshops and readings and wandering around downtown Lowell on that bright, perfect autumn afternoon. For a long time, I’ve promised myself I would someday go back to writing poetry, but life, work, and my political activism has made that very difficult. For me, being immersed in others’ writings, and workshops, is the key to my own writing, and that’s something I can’t fit in daily right now. So at least I will get one weekend to bury myself in one of my most cherished loves - poetry. And who knows? Maybe I’ll write another one this year.

Go check out the new website and just-released schedule, and reserve your seat (tickets are free, but they need donations!).

Correction - I did write one poem since college…posted on this blog on July 28 2006 about the Folk Fest preparations. Not my best work and definitely not edited into a final form but there you have it.