Sedona Poet Laureate Gary Every will lead a poetry workshop titled Sacred Spaces, Sacred Rituals and Sacred People on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 5 p.m. at Camp Verde Community Library.
Poetry is necessary, it appears in our lives in ways we take for granted. We turn to poetry during times of celebration or look for solace during periods of great loss.
Poems are read during important ceremonies such as weddings, graduations and funerals. We often look to the heightened language to mark rites of passage, helping us navigate the future
Often in times of crisis we remember lines of a poem shared with us decades earlier by a grandparent, teacher or close friend and find comfort.
The elevated emotions of poetry can help transform daily tasks such as making breakfast for a child before school, a daily commute or moments of quiet reflection into sacred acts of prayer.
When we write poetry we write about the places, people and actions which transform our lives from the mundane to the magical on Tuesday at the library. Participants should bring pens, paper, curiosity and wonder.
Every is the inaugural poet laureate of Sedona and has been published in hundreds of literary journals, science fiction magazines and nature periodicals. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and the Rhysling Award for science fiction poem of the year seven times. He is currently the host of the literary radio program The Poetry and Prose Project on Mellow Mountain Radio 106.5 and 780 AM every Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m.
Camp Verde Community Library is located at 130 N. Black Bridge Road just off Montezuma Castle Highway. The library is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Visit the library’s webpage at campverde.az.gov/cvcl or call (928) 554-8380 during library open hours for more information about this or any other library program.
