South Carolina National Poetry Month Events

sherry frady
As some of you poetry lovers may realize, April is national poetry month. Its a time for us to celebrate the amazing influence poetry has had on civilization. And to commemorate this special time there are tons of fun and meaningful events happening in and around South Carolina.

The poet Susan Meyers will be appearing at the S.C. Center for the Book, located at the South Carolina state library.1430 senate street in Columbia S.C. Her appearance will begin at 12 noon and last until 1 p.m.

Also, the Second Presbyterian Church fellowship hall at 342 Meeting St in Charleston will be featuring Marcus Amaker who will be reading his poem Survivor and Carol Frost who published her poetry book I Will Say Beauty in 2003. They will be appearing April 11 at 1 p.m.

The Spartanburg County Public Library will be hosting an open poetry reading on April 17 at 10 a.m.

So make an effort to get to one of these local events and celebrate a little piece of culture with poetry.

Published by sherry frady

im a 38 year old mom of 5 who really enjoys reading and movies, art, ancient roman history. besides my kids, writing is my passion and great love. my dream has always been to be a writer.  View profile

  • Writing began at the hand of some of our oldest and best poets.
  • They were written by candlelight with ink and a feather.
  • Poetry began a whole new era of creative writing.
National poetry month was began in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets.

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