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We will have open mic from 8 pm to 9:25 pm. Columbus poetry legend Steve Abbott will feature from 9:30 to 10 pm.You should not miss this feature !!
Steve’s bio:
Columbus native Steve Abbott has been a fixture in Columbus poetry for decades. He was a co-founder and co-host of The Poetry Forum for nearly 40 years, during which it became one of the nation’s longest-running poetry series. He was instrumental in adding poetry readings to the Greater Columbus Arts Festival. His work has appeared widely in journals in the U.S. as well as in Canada, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic, and Israel. He has published five chapbooks and two full-length collections, A Green Line Between Green Fields and A Language the Images Speaks, 46 ekphrastic poems accompanying the artworks that inspired them. He edited two anthologies, Cap City Poets, a collection of work by 74 central Ohio poets, and Everything Stops and Listens, a showcase of work by Ohio Poetry Association members. He represented OPA on the committee that selected Ohio’s first Poet Laureate and edits OPA’s annual member journal Common Threads. He also mentors young poets and conducts the monthly Salon poetry workshop.
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2250 N High St, Columbus, OH, United States
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