Food? Poetry? Do they mix? Yes, in the Candlelight Reading Series, a monthly staple on the Fairfield cultural scene, everything is possible!

Come, stop by for the yearly poetry social “Food, or Poetry” on Saturday, November 24, 2007, 8:00 PM, at Revelations Bookstore & Cafe in the big meeting room upstairs, 112 North Main, Fairfield, Iowa. Freddy Niagara Fonseca and Raven Garland (formerly Karen Carter) will host this extra-ordinary event with scrumptious finger foods and poems exclusively celebrating food.

Formal attire is encouraged, but we are not adamant about it. Just show up. After every four/five poems, some delicious tidbits and pizza from the fabulous Revelations kitchen will be served. Please register early so we can get an idea how much to prepare.

In addition to this, there will be a food poetry contest for Fairfield writers. Send in ONE original poem about food by November 22 to freddypoetry@mac.com and if you win, you can come in for free and you’ll be invited to recite your poem at the event.

Admission is $5 RSVP before Nov 24 at the counter at Revelations, or $7 at the door. You may also call Revelations at 472-6733. If you come on time, you will be able to taste everything that's going to be served!

PROGRAM

— HOT CIDER —

Pablo Neruda — Ode to the Watermelon — FNF

Traditional — Tasty Tongue Twisters — RG

Stephen Blumenkranz — Feeling Your Oats — RG

Peter Meinke — Cheerios — RG

— APPLE BARS —

Guy Wetmore Carryl — The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven — FNF

Erica Jong — Divorce — RG & FNF

Nursery Rhymes — RG

Edward Lear — From ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ — RG

— PIZZA —

Pablo Neruda — Ode to the Spoon — FNF

Sylvia Plath — Mushrooms — FNF

John Haines — The Cauliflower — RG

Tom Schmidt — Broccoli — RG

Pablo Neruda — Ode to a Box of Tea — FNF

— TEA —

THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST: Ken Chawkin — Breakfast Haiku — KC

Nick Bantock — Bad Manners — FNF

Freddy Niagara Fonseca — My Creole Belle - A Cakewalk — FNF

Kevin O’Cuinn — Meals x 3 x Any Given Day — RG

Mary Ellen Maguire — Chocolate — RG & FNF

— CHOCOLATES —

Susan Deborah King — Toast — FNF

Howard Moss — The Refrigerator — RG

William Carlos Williams — To a Poor Old Woman — RG

John Banister Tabb — The Tryst — FNF

— FRUIT SALAD —

The 2007 Readings

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