Nothing signals spring like poetry bursting forth from inspired minds – or something like that – but if you’d like to draw from those who have made a living out of meter and verse, enjoy an afternoon with poets James Bertolino, Erika Michael and Mike Hickey for “Poetry in Fremont” on Saturday, June 5 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at The Seattle Public Library, Fremont Branch, 731 N. 35th St.
The program is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Free parking is available on the street and paid parking is available in a parking lot across the street.
Bertolino has written 10 volumes and 15 chapbooks of poetry and prose. The Bellingham poet has been recognized nationally, including a Book-of-the-Month Club Poetry Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the Jeanne Lohmann Poetry Prize for Washington State Poets in 2007.
Michael is an art historian, painter and poet. She has taught at several universities and has been a curator at several Northwest museums. Michaels’ poetry has appeared in Poetica Magazine, Drash: Northwest Mosaic and Cascade: Journal of the Washington Poets Association. She lives in Woodway.
Hickey was Seattle’s Poet Populist in 2008. He is the author of the novel “Counterclockwise” and the poetry chapbook “In Defense of Eve.” Hickey has won awards for poetry, teaching and as a labor leader for the American Federation of Teachers. He teaches creative writing at South Seattle Community College and lives in West Seattle.
For more information, call the branch at 206-684-4084.