Rough Seas: Readings and Reflections on War and Writing

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Rough Seas

 

Readings and Reflections on War and Writing

 

from the Cape Ann Veterans Writing Workshop

 

Join us for an evening to honor Veterans Day

 

Wednesday, November 7th at 7:30

 

 at The Gloucester Writers Center, 126 East Main St.

 

Sign up for Veterans Day open mic at 7:15. Free Admission

 

Featured Readers

 

James Grigg, Poet, Viet Nam Veteran

 

Heather Dupont, Poet, V.A. Health Professional

 

                                                           

Uncaring of the labors of man

The towering waves tear souls and sails

Such fury has the mind awakened.

 

James Grigg from Rough Seas

 

 

we stand facing The Wall

his trembling fragmentation

palpable as he whispers “I need to sit down”

 

Heather Dupont from Faded Songs

 

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Documentary filmmaker, photographer, landscape designer, author, and illustrator. "Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly" currently airing on PBS. Current film projects include Piping Plovers, Gloucester's Feast of St. Joseph, and Saint Peter's Fiesta. Visit my websites for more information about film and design projects at kimsmithdesigns.com, monarchbutterflyfilm.com, and pipingploverproject.org. Author/illustrator "Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester Garden."

3 thoughts on “Rough Seas: Readings and Reflections on War and Writing”

  1. “A very somber day indeed for all the “Warriors and Guardians of American” and other locations served!” Thanks To all! 🙂 Dave Ret, Vet 🙂 & Kim Wife, who kept me strong during service to country. 🙂

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