"Broward County Poet-In-Residence Anastasia Clark Presents: Our Poetic Tribute To Amelia Earhart"

Online, November 10, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Poet Anastasia Clark announces she will be conducting five free workshops at five libraries throughout Broward County, Florida to encourage poets to create a wide variety of poetry in honor of famed pilot Amelia Earhart. Both emerging and established poets are invited to participate. The poems will be presented in an heirloom quality leather album crafted by LeatherScrapBook.Com, Inc., to the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum located in Atchison, KS, who will showcase the collection during 2012 April National Poetry Month. Original vignette artwork and promotional assistance will be contributed by artist and author, Shae Leighland-Pence, based in Falls Church, VA.

Amelia Earhart disappeared, along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, while attempting to fly around the globe in 1937. Their journey had publicly started approximately one month earlier in Miami, Florida on June 1, 1937. The year 2012 marks the 75th anniversary of their mysterious disappearance. Earhart was not only a pilot and advocate for women's causes, but she was also a writer and poet. This project will be dedicated to her life and legend.

Several Broward County libraries will also simultaneously display the poems during 2012 National Poetry Month, including Margate Catharine Young Library, Stirling Road Branch Library, Dania Beach Paul DeMaio Library, Miramar Library, Southwest Regional Library and Weston Library. In addition, the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum may display the poetry, pending completion of recent renovations. Other organizations are invited to participate. Please contact Anastasia Clark if you would like to display a copy of the poems.

A free, public reading of the collection will take place from 6:00-8:00pm on April 20, 2012 at Studio 18 in the Pines, an art gallery located at 1101 Poinciana Dr., Pembroke Pines, FL 33025. Studio 18 (City of Pembroke Pines, FL) is providing the venue free of charge for this unique celebration.

Workshops will include background information, writing tips and discussions. Poets will retain copyright to their work and individual organizations will have final discretion over what is ultimately displayed at each location. Participants can attend one or all five workshops. The schedule is listed below:
Dec 03, 2011
11:00am-1:00pm
Saturday Miramar Library
2050 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025.
Tel:954-437-1806

Dec 10, 2011
11:00am-1:00pm
Saturday Hallandale Beach Library
300 S. Federal Hwy, Hallandale, FL 33309.
Tel: 954-437-1750

Jan 07, 2012
11:00am-1:00pm
Saturday Margate Catharine Young Library
5810 Park Dr. Margate, FL 33063
Tel: 954-968-3800
Feb 08, 2012
6:00-8:00pm
Wednesday Main Library
100 S. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel: 954-357-7443

Mar 03, 2012
11:00am-1:00pm
Saturday SW Regional Library
16835 Sheridan St. Pembroke Pines, FL 33331.
Tel: 954-538-9956

Anastasia Clark is the author of several poetry books. She grew up in Framingham, MA, where she served as Poet-In-Residence to the Framingham Public Schools during 1977-78. She has served in the U. S. Marine Corps and also holds a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies and a Master of Science in Administration. She resides in Miramar, FL. This will be her third Poet-in-Residence project for Broward County.

Funding for this event is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. This project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional support is being provided by LeatherScrapBook.Com, Inc, WeMerge Magazine, Total Real Estate Consultants, Inc., Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum, Purchon Travel & Logistics, LLC and The Friends of Stirling Road Branch Library. A special thanks to Broward County Cultural Division.

Please contact the author directly [email protected] or call 954-536-8311 for more information. Visit the author's website at www.AnastasiaClark.com.