The Milwaukie Poetry Series of the Ledding Library of Milwaukie and St. John the Evangelist are delighted to begin the 2013 First Friday poetry series readings for 2013 on Friday, May 3.
Featured readers are John McAteer and Flora Sussely  reading excerpts from a prose-poem Penelope by Ellen McLaughlin. Inspired by some of the trials of Odysseus’ return from the Trojan War, this work considers the trials and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of a modern veteran returning to a former home and wife, whom he is unable to recognize.
John McAteer is a retired Massachusetts high school and Japanese university English teacher with a life-long love of poetry, especially the spoken word. Flora Sussely is an accomplished musician, soprano, and lover of poetry. She works in Portland as an editor and publicist for several art organizations.
Featured readers will be speaking from 6 – 6:30pm with an open mic available until 7:15pm!
PLUS, the 4th and 5th grade classes at Milwaukie Elementary and El Puente will be displaying artwork created during The Right Brain Initiative residency. Check out their fantastic displays of poetry and photography.
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AND FINALLY, get your pirate’s treasure here as it is a stop on the Treasure Hunt! Yar!