Straight from the Heart Poetry Night integrated artistic platforms

On Saturday night, February 22^nd, The Indian Trail Cultural Arts Center was filled with a poetic, multi-genre evening that was complimented with poetry, art and music. The Straight from the Heart Poetry Event was the first in a series of other poetry readings and events planned for 2014. Those who shared a poem or listened to the recitals had the chance to experience heart-related poetry about love, a favorite Valentine memory or of nature.

Erin Penland, Multi-Media Artist paints a poetic interpretation of the poems read throughout the evening.

Erin Penland, a local multi-media artist and photographer, painted her interpretation of the poetry shared throughout the night. The Tea & Poetry Book Club will soon feature Erin’s final product of her poetic creation and what inspired her to produce the painting she did.

Dwight Roth presented his poems with music and a painting he created for one of the poems dedicated to his wife Ruth.

Audience members had the chance to participate in the construction of an Acrostic poem, using the word “Heart.” An Acrostic poem uses the first letter of each line to spell out a word, name or phrase when read vertically. Typically, this type of poem could be presented with a sentence, as well as with one word, to form the word or phrase it is meant to portray. The following poetic expression was in commemoration of Valentine’s Day and Creative Romance Month:

Hope

Everlasting

Affection

Reflection

Treasure

Words the audience contributed to creating the Acrostic poetic expressions.

While reflecting on the human heart, the audience also came up with another acrostic poetic expression in observance of American Heart Month and Women’s Heart Health Month:

Healthy

Energize

Apple

Repetition

Time

Kym Gordon Moore led the night of poetry

Susan Didier, Indian Trail Community Development Specialist, planned the free event for poetry enthusiasts and artists in the surrounding community. Kym Gordon Moore, author of Wings of the Wind: A Cornucopia of Poetry read a couple of her poems and served as the commentator for the event. Everyone who attended the night's poetry collaboration received a surprise gift that was "Straight from the Heart!"