Frank Cunningham recites his poem "Wooden Bridge".
Nantucket's creative community opened its arms yet again to embrace the art of poetry and spoken work during National Poetry Month. The entire weekend of April 4 through April 6, Nantucket Spoken Word brought us a weekend of poems and the arts.
On Friday night the Artists Association of Nantucket's annual Teacher/Student Show opened at 6pm at the Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery (19 Washington Street). Nantucket students were encouraged to check out the artwork during the gallery's hours on Saturday (11-5). During this time, students chose a piece of artwork and write a poem about it, which was later presented and judged on Sunday at a special gallery event.
The juried competition selected three poems from the submissions. Prizes were donated by Nantucket Bookworks, Mitchell's Book Corner, and The Even Keel. "This is going to be a fun afternoon of poetry," said Len Germinara of Spoken Word Nantucket prior to the weekend's events, "The writing competition is open to all Nantucket students."
Not only was the event a celebration of the students writing and AAN artwork, but poet Jack McCarthy was a featured part of the reading. "Jack McCarthy is one of the most engaging performance poets in the country," said Germinara.
For more on Nantucket's creative community, check out Verbatim, a celebration of the island in our viewers' own words. And don't miss our video from a Nantucket Poetry Reading below.
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