{"id":78,"date":"2016-10-18T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T20:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/?p=78"},"modified":"2016-11-14T08:46:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T15:46:01","slug":"poetry-night-light-extinct-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/2016\/10\/18\/poetry-night-light-extinct-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Night: Light and Extinct Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I had the pleasure of\u00a0attending a poetry reading by\u00a0Kristin Berger <\/a>and Scot Siegel<\/a> from their new books\u00a0How Light Reaches<\/em> Us<\/em> and Constellation of Extinct Stars<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Samm Newton<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

During this intimate event at Grass Roots\u00a0Books\u00a0& Music bookstore<\/a>, <\/span>\u00a0the poets took\u00a0the audience\u00a0on a journey through time and place.\u00a0<\/span> Each poem was carefully crafted and read with striking emotion. This collaboration\u00a0shared a special theme, OR-7, or as we have come to affectionately know him, Journey. Journey<\/a> is the first wolf seen\u00a0in Western Oregon since the 40\u2019s and Northern California since the 20\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0During this adventure, Journey shares his perspective on things such as snow, humans, and love, which was\u00a0spiritedly read by\u00a0Scot. Kirsten complimented this poem through the eyes of Journey’s mother. The opportunity to animate this realm\u00a0provided the\u00a0perspective\u00a0not only of a\u00a0wolf but\u00a0a\u00a0mother. <\/span><\/p>\n

The poets also provided the opportunity to explore landscapes,seasons, nature and the elements. I\u00a0connected with references to the\u00a0desert South West and a description of how drought begins. The audience also\u00a0confirmed their interest with subtle expressions throughout the reading and a warm applause at the end. The audience was attentive and engaged during the Q & A session.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This unique collaboration reminded me of\u00a0the\u00a0strength found\u00a0while working with others. They shared some of the benefits of their partnership, such as offering\u00a0edits and approval.\u00a0Kristen and Scot provided a great example of collaboration and\u00a0offered\u00a0a creative space\u00a0to tune into the senses during their\u00a0poetry reading.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Now as we move into the rainy season here in Corvallis\u00a0I will\u00a0remember that poetry has the power to transcend time\u00a0and seasons, perspective\u00a0and place.\u00a0A tool\u00a0that will help this desert gal\u00a0see the rainbows at the end of\u00a0countless rain showers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I had the pleasure of\u00a0attending a poetry reading by\u00a0Kristin Berger and Scot Siegel from their new books\u00a0How Light Reaches Us and Constellation of Extinct Stars. During this intimate event at Grass Roots\u00a0Books\u00a0& Music bookstore, \u00a0the poets took\u00a0the audience\u00a0on a journey through time and place.\u00a0 Each poem was carefully crafted and read with striking… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1103788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections-on-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}