tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637943623214997382012-02-16T18:04:42.011-08:00Lists Reading events by the Santa Clara County Poet Laureate,Nils Peterson. Feedback on an event.Newsworthy information about the Poet Laureate.pmacf for Nils Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612992482040589243noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263794362321499738.post-86084102608218402582010-11-26T03:02:00.001-08:002010-11-26T03:15:10.821-08:00

Pencil in St. Marks Episcople Church on your December calendar: Sunday, 12/12/10 at 2:00 p.m.

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Continuing his celebration of autumnal poems, SANTA CLARA COUNTY POET LAUREATE, Nils Peterson, will share his birthday poetry reading with the community on Friday, October 29, 2010, in Saratoga, CA. He will read poems by Shelley, Keats, Frost, Mary Oliver, Garrison Keillor, including some of his own poems, before the goblins and witches take over the rest of the weekend… ...the last, of October

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SANTA CLARA COUNTY POET LAUREATE On November 18, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of the honorary post of Santa Clara County Poet Laureate. Arts Council Silicon Valley, the official state and local partner of Santa Clara County with California Arts Council, is administering this program in partnership with the Santa Clara County Library. The Poet

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And so we end this month-on trend of a poem-a-day for thirty days… BUT CHECK BACK SOON… To hear who the winners are of the Poetry About Santa Clara County Contest And in the meantime welcome the First of May. Hear what Henry Vaughan has to say in this excerpt from his poem, THE WATERFALL With what deep murmurs through time’s silent stealth Doth thy transparent, cool, and watery wealth

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By Nils Petersen 95 poets submitted entries to our Santa Clara County poets gathering. Not everyone submitted three poems, but most did. So there were about 275 poems. All poets were given a number, the number was affixed to one copy of each of their poems, and the poems put in a great pile. Then they were read anonymously. All of the poems were read at least twice. From that number, 30 poems

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  "We live in a remarkable place. We know it when we pay attention to it. Each year the United States sets aside April as Poetry Month. Let us make next April—April 2010—our poetry month as well, to celebrate the variety of experiences that make up the family of Santa Clara County. Come April, we plan to have a public reading of some of the poems. So, I’m asking you who live, work, or study in

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Poetry Center San Jose Holds Its Valentine’s Day Celebration This Year on Friday the 12th. On Friday, February 12, 2010, Poetry Center San Jose will hold its Valentine’s Day celebration at Le Petit Trianon, 72 North Fifth Street, beginning at 5:30. Once again it will feature Nils Peterson (currently Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County) and Sally Ashton. This year, the music will be provided

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In a couple of months, Professor Nils Peterson will be completing a whole year of his laureateship. We’ll just have to wait and see what he has up his sleeve for 2010. For those who are still unaware that he is the nominated Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County since March 2009, here is a quick flashback to what the Professor has delighted the county with, in the last several months of his term.

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For three consecutive days of a weekend in December 2009, Poet Laureate Nils Peterson indulged his eager listeners with his presence. First was the Carols in the California on Saturday, 12/12/09 at California Theatre, where the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale presented a festive program of holiday favorites, traditional carols to celebrate the season with music, including an exultant brass

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Saturday, November 21, 2009, 9:52 AM...I wrote this last year, but it's all on my mind again... I’ve thought about writing this piece for many years, but this seems to be the right year. I went to graduate school at Rutgers in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers had a fine University Chorus that sang one concert a year with a New York Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and one concert a year with the

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Article by Nils Peterson: first printed by Mercury News. Posted 09/22/2009 I think I can pinpoint the moment the United States started its wobble towards obesity. The year, 1947. We were recovering from the austerities of World War II. There wasn't enough food around to get fat then. You would have had to get a couple extra ration books from the black market. My family had moved up to Mt.

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Back to Nils Peterson at the Los Altos Public Library Folks who decided to spend Friday evening at the Los Altos Main Library on September 18, 2009, will quite agree that it was well worth their time. In fact, they got a real bargain, getting two for the price of one evening: Poet Laureate Nils Peterson and classical pianist Maureen Draper. Once again Peterson’s poetry and eloquence struck a

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Another special reading by Poet Laureate Nils Peterson awaits us at the Los Altos Public Library at 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA 94022, on September 18, 2009, at 7:30p.m. The upcoming performance is a fabulous must-see event and truly one-of-a-kind in Silicon Valley. Poet Nils Peterson, will be reading poems set to music—classical music brilliantly performed by Maureen Draper. It has

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VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF PETERSON’S POEMS AT THE GATOS Friday, July 24. 7:00 PM, 24 N. Santa Cruz Ave at the Los Gatos Museums Gallery On an unforgettable Friday evening, July 24, 2009 7:00 p.m. when families were lining up at their favorite restaurants on Santa Cruz Ave, in Los Gatos, four award-winning artists shared their visual interpretations of Poet Laureate Nils Peterson’s poems at the

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On July 20, 2009, the Central Park Library on Homestead Road, Santa Clara, hosted an event of poetry and music by the esteemed Nils Peterson, Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County. The event took place at the Redwood room of the Central Park Library, where the Poet Laureate began his reading with a short, appropriate poem about a reading room. The event was well attended. The poet, as usual,

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Kudos to Nils Peterson, co-founder of Poetry Center San Jose, for completing his first project as Santa Clara County Poet Laureate. His epic poem "A Family Album, Santa Clara County, 2009" was unveiled by the County on June 23,2009. The following morning of June 24, 2009, the Poet Laureate read the poem “as an invocation” at the meeting of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors held at the

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