We wrote poems on two Tuesdays at a pop-up vineyard in the middle of midtown Atlanta, part of the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival and “the first of its kind in the U.S.” Forbes magazine described it as “help[ing] to shorten the knowledge gap between [the foodie] audience and urban agriculture, including Atlanta’s 350 or so urban farms and community gardens, many of which are located in lower-income neighborhoods and go unseen by even the most ardent food and wine enthusiasts.” Free Poems takes a similar approach: we shorten the gap between poetry as a food tasted by the few and a taste for anyone to enjoy.
We really enjoyed being amid the growing vines and adding poetry-making to the bucolic scene.
Our presence there was thanks to the Hambidge Creative Residency Program: we appreciate their kindness towards Free Poems! Jimmy and I (both Hambidge fellows) and Robin wrote poems on June 7th, and here they are:
Jimmy and I also wrote poems on June 28th:
