NEWS RELEASE
BAYLISS PUBLIC LIBRARY
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SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. - On Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m., Bayliss Public Library will host a program combining poetry and music. There is an ancient tradition of poetry not only being read, but being set to music and sung. Jennifer Burd, teacher, editor, and poet, joins Laszlo Slomovits, songwriter, composer and singer, to present a program of poetry read and sung.
The poems will range from the transcendent, spiritual lyrics of the 12th and 13th century Sufi mystics, Rumi and Hafiz, to the poems of the American greats, Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, to contemporary poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Daniel Gerber, and Linda Nemec Foster.
Special features of the event will be Jennifer’s lyric poetry set to music by Laszlo, as well as a reading of Jennifer’s haiku accompanied by Laszlo’s flute playing. With dynamic readings, gorgeous melodies, and lively rhythms, the poems dance off the page, as Jennifer and Laszlo bring the magic of live reading and music to timeless lyrics.
Laszlo Slomovits is one of the twin brothers in Ann Arbor’s nationally-known children’s folk music duo, Gemini. His most recent work is Receiving the Shore, a book/CD collaboration with Jennifer Burd. Jennifer is the author of two books of poems, Body and Echo and Day’s Late Blue, as well as a book of nonfiction, Daily Bread: A Portrait of Homeless Men & Women of Lenawee County, Michigan.
The event is free and open to the public. Bayliss Public Library, a Superior District Library, is located at 541 Library Dr. in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. For more information, call 906-632-9331, or check our website or Facebook.
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