Spring Literary Festival 2012
by Sybrina
I did not have the opportunity
to post while attending the festival so I will be posting a blog on each author/poet
as I am able to write them this weekend. With that being said, when I accepted
the invitation to go to Athens and attend the Spring Literary Festival with
Hayley Haugen and several of my classmates, I had no idea what a literary festival was. I pictured students
out on the beautiful green lawn reading poetry and short stories, music and
food, and of course, famous authors. Instead, I was treated to
once-in-a-lifetime advice and instruction from five talented, published
artists. I call them artists because that is what they are, except their medium
is language and not paint or charcoal. I was transformed in their presence and
in awe of their ability to make me feel happy, sad, afraid, expectant, and hilarity, all within two hour sessions. Each one of
them moved and inspired me in an entirely different way. I now see the world through a writer’s eyes, a
poet’s eyes.
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