The Collins Poetry Residency is established in honor of the Richard Collins family and their contributions to and encouragement of poets and poetry in the Iowa/Illinois Quad Cities and the Upper Mississippi River Valley. The residency supports community-based poetry and a regional poet who resides in the six-county Quad City area (Rock Island, Henry, Mercer, Scott, Clinton, Muscatine).
2010 Poet-in-Residence is Salvatore Marici of Port Byron
Thursday, April 22, 2010
2011 Residency
The application guidelines/deadline for the 2011 Collins Poetry Residency will be announced here at the close of the 2010 residency period.
High School Poetry Workshop
Thursday, October 21
Black Hawk College Optional Education Program
East Moline
Poetry Reading
River Valley District Library, Port Byron Friday, October 22, 7 p.m.
Meet MWC’s resident poet, Salvatore Marici, and hear him read from a selection of his published and emerging poetry.
Poetry Workshop: Don’t Sweat the Metaphors
Midwest Writing Center Saturday, October 23, 1-3 p.m. This workshop will focus on the elusive and emergent quality of metaphor using active verbs to facilitate movement and imagery. Illustrations will be shared to show how a poet may draw from metaphor without prior intent. The workshop is open to all ages. $10 members/$15 non-members
Community Poetry Reading
Midwest Writing Center Wednesday, October 27, 7 p.m. All poets published in the online poetry journal throughout the 2010 Collins Poetry Residency are invited to participate in a public reading of their poems. There is no charge for this event and the public is welcome.
Poetry Workshop: Poetry and Sensory Image River Valley District Library, Port Byron
Saturday, October 30
10 a.m. to 12 noon
This workshop will focus on the construction of sensory images in poetry that engage a reader’s senses in the poem experience. The workshop is open to high school students and adults.
Online Poetry Journal:Submissions will be accepted throughout the month of October. Submitted poems are asked to be drawn from a place or places encountered that served as inspiration or muse. Submissions should be emailed along with an optional context statement (no more than 2-3 sentences), name, and a brief poet bio to 2010collinspoetry@gmail.com. Submissions must be original and previously unpublished.