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The Hocking Hills
Festival of Poetry
2008
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Poems from the
Heartland is this year's theme.
Join Ted Kooser, Poet
Laureate of the United States 2004-6 and George Bilgere, award winning Ohio
poet, on April 18 and
19 for a recitational and musical celebration of the written and spoken
word.
Click here for
information about the Poetry Contest
Thanks to the
generosity of our sponsors, this year's events will be free.
| "... it is the job of the
poet to give pleasure, to amaze and exhort as well as to testify to the
real; to demonstrate the capabilities of human genius and joy. Song is
heroic. It has its place even at a funeral. How else will we remember that
anything is possible." Tony Hoagland |
Our Sponsors:
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The Logan-Hocking County Library |
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Ravensun |
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