David Densmore, Fisher Poet (photo by Patrick Dixon)
The FisherPoets Gathering is an gathering of poets, songwriters, storytellers and artists involved in the fishing industry, getting together to to share poems, stories, songs, memoirs, essays and art. Sounds like great fun. It is being held from held from Friday through Sunday in Astoria, Oregon. Thanks to Darren O’Brien for passing the news along.
Annual gathering of fisher poets to kick off in Astoria
The 14th Annual Fisher Poets Gathering takes off tonight and continues through the weekend in Astoria. Fishers give rousing readings of their poetry, concerts share songs of fishing life and lore, and Astoria reels in visitors with plenty of food and events about life at sea.
To cover all events for the weekend, a button costs $15; patron “Highliner” pins are $30 and a single event card is $5. Accompanied minors under 16 free entry where permitted.
hey . . . we waterbloggers do this . . . but we need to get outa ear and into a quieter space so that we don’t spend a fortune and can do more communicating/sharing/hell…coloring!!