The Multi-Cultural Poetry Reading and Pot Luck Lunch, held each August, is a joint venture of Artists Embassy International, Redwood Empire Chinese Association and Poets of the Vineyard Chapter of the California Federation of Chaparral Poets. Alameda Island Poets always come with a group of poets with varied backgrounds. Many of our bilingual books are from the United Poets Laureate International’s World Congress of Poets which meets approximately every two years.
For more information on these supportive groups, please visit
The Redwood Empire Chinese Association www.recacenter.org
Alameda Island Poets www.bestofalameda.com
United Poet Laureate International www.upli-wcp.org
Our proposed schedule for the event is
Noon – 1:30: Eat lunch, meet poets and pick partners for the “Pick-a-Partner” Read-around
1:30-2:30: “Pick-a-Partner” Read-around of poems in two languages—English and any other language—read by two people. This may include discussion. Poems will be provided, or bring your own. All languages are welcome. So far, over the years, we have had readings in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Viet Namese, Cambodian, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog, Kapampangan, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Greek, Chayanne, and a few more. We hope to add more languages to our list this year.
2:30-3:30: “Regular” Read-around—everyone who wants to read a poem of their choice, with or without a partner, is welcome to read until the last poet needs to go home.
3:30-4:00: Clean-up, share left-overs, collect contact info from new friends. If we are late, that’s ok.
For more info, please email Judy Hardin Cheung, coordinator of the Multi-Cultural Poetry Reading and Pot Luck Lunch at jhcheung@comcast.net.
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