ESTES PARK TEA TIME READERS

Special Events

(Note, this is the 2009 event;
for 2010, we anticipate a day in the Rocky Mt. Natl. Park,
reading Colorado writers and poets)

To my poetry loving friends -- you are invited ! ...read // write a poem // listen ....

July -- this is our Annual Outing / Field Trip for the "REGULARS"== there will be NO REGULAR READING SESSION

Celebrating Edgar Alan Poe

August 2009 - this is our Annual Special Event -

This year, 2009, we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of EDGAR ALAN POE ! (1809 to 1849)

we are invitng ANYONE who would like to come -- readers, writers ....or listeners !

Bring in a favorite POE POEM......and read it......share your thoughts....... but

we are also encouraging everyone to WRITE A POEM in the vein of Poe !!

This should be great fun! What a great way to spent a hot summer day.

try to RSVP so that we are sure we have enough chairs !

Please MARK your calendars NOW for "Poe in Estes"
WHEN:
WHERE: .

** Please pass this on to your friends, neighbors and businesses **
All writing and poetry groups within a 50 mile radius have been invited.

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ATTENTION! WRITERS CONTEST!

Write a short-short story or poem in the manner of Edgar Allan Poe and submit it by email or bring it to the Symposium and read it out loud. There will be a vote for the best pieces. Each winner will receive a Certificate and be printed on the Spring Time Writers web site through December 31, 2009.

FREE and Open to the Public. Deadline: Sunday, August 9, 2009.
(You retain full copyright of piece)

Kathleen Spring 303-823-0997
Estes Park Tea Time Readers
writers --at-- springtimewriters.com

Edgar Allan Poe's classic poems:

"The Raven" // "The Purloined Letter,"// "The Tell-Tale Heart" // "The Cask of Amontillado."

His story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely considered to be the first modern detective story.