Summer Poems in Central Park, Thursday, July 7th, 2005, at 8 PM

Performance poetry in Central Park is becoming a summer tradition in Fairfield. After the two successful readings of "The Night Poetry Dances" last year in the main square, the Candlelight Reading Series founded by Freddy Niagara Fonseca continues this trend with Summer Poems in Central Park on Thursday, July 7, at 8 PM.

Among the many cultural and fun offerings in our town, this yearly poetry festival is to occupy a unique place in the hearts of lovers of the well spoken word penned by great poets. Hearing poetry recited outdoors, surrounded by a balmy evening breeze and atmospheric lighting is like being part of a spontaneous, creative event. "How great will it be to feel the loving presence of summer holding us while listening to its many expressions in poetry," Freddy says.

Featured local readers/poets Sharalyn Harris, Megan Robinson, story teller Tracy Chipman who will also regale us with one of her delightful stories, Jimmy Moore, Jim Claitor and Freddy Niagara Fonseca will be celebrating summer (and also spring!) with selections of mostly light poetry from all over, including their own.

There will be a sound system and lights on both sides of the performance space. Although there will be plenty of seats, feel free to bring your lawn chair if you like. The event will be held on the grass in the northwest section of Central Park facing northwest. Everyone is invited.

PROGRAM

Summer Poems in Central Park, Thursday, July 7, 2005, 8 PM with Megan D. Robinson, Sharalyn Harris, Tracy Chipman, Jimmy Moore, James D. Claitor and Freddy Niagara Fonseca

FNF--William Wordsworth--Written in March

FNF--Emily Dickinson--The Grass so Little Has to Do

FNF--Freddy Niagara Fonseca--The Language of the Trees

TC--Tracy Chipman--Preface/Protection

TC--Mary Oliver--The Rose

JM--Jimmy Moore--As the Chroe Flies

JM--Jimmy Moore--Thunderstorm on Highway 1

JM--Jimmy Moore--Iowa Sky

MDR--Nikki Giovanni--ego-tripping (there may be a reason why)

MDR--Megan D. Robinson--Beeware

MDR--Jeanne Foster--Garlic

JDC--William Stafford--Any Morning

JDC--Ogden Nash--I Didn’t Go to Church Today

JDC--Juan Ramón Jiménez--Butterfly of Light

SH--E.E. Cummings--I Thank You God

SH, FNF, TC--Sharalyn Harris--I Always Get the Wanderlust in Spring

SH--Carl Sandburg--Under the Harvest Moon

JM--Delmore Schwartz--Once and For All

JM--Carl Sandburg--Mask

JM--Jimmy Moore--DEAR CANADA WILD RYE,

TC--Judson Mitcham--The Knowledge of Water

TC--Tracy Chipman--Lakota Story: Devil’s Tower

JDC--Ogden Nash--Summer Serenade

JDC--Robert Frost--Spring Pools

JDC--Mary Oliver--Song of the Builders

SH--Sharalyn Harris--Don’t Forget To Write

SH--Wallace Stevens--The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm

SH--Mary Oliver--Little Summer Poem Touching the Subject of Faith

FNF & SH--Hsieh Ling-yün--By the Stream

FNF--Wang Ch’ing-hui--Now the Lotuses in the Imperial Lake

FNF--William Shakespeare--Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?

JM--Jimmy Moore--Fourth and Depot

JM--Jimmy Moore--Wild Rabbit in the Woods

MDR--Jeanne Foster--The Irises

MDR--Jane Flanders--Dandelion Greens

MDR--Megan D. Robinson--Why Do You Tremble?

TC--Mary Oliver--The Honey Tree

TC--Mary Oliver--Honey at the Table

TC--J. Renaldi--Mother Nature

SH--Christopher Smart--For the Flowers Are Great Blessings

SH--Sappho--To Aphrodite of the Flowers, at Knossos

SH--Sharalyn Harris--I Know A Place in a Far Off Woods

JDC--Mary Oliver--August

JDC--Tu Fu--Written on the Wall at Chang’s Hermitage

JDC--Jimmy Santiago Baca--Knowing When

MDR--Nancy Willard--How to Stuff a Pepper

MDR--Teresa Noelle Roberts--Apotheosis of the Kitchen Goddess II

MDR--Lisel Mueller--The Mermaid

FNF--Freddy Niagara Fonseca--The Quiet Way of Unforgotten Trees

FNF--Amado Nervo--Cowardice

FNF--Thomas Moore--The Meeting of the Waters

The 2005 Readings

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