SUMMER SOUND GARDEN Summer Poetry Walk

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JG Everest

Composer / Director JG Everest creates immersive site-specific sound + performance installations that combine history, ecology, and artistic elements into self-guided "concerts you can move through". For more information about his ongoing Sound Gardens project and other work, visit jgeverest.com

Composer JG Everest's SUMMER SOUND GARDEN featuring Summer poems by Chavonn Shen, Gen Del Raye, Beau Moyra RaRa, Jeffrey Skemp, Annette Schiebout, Lisa Yankton, Teresa Ortiz, and April Gibson. As you move into a zone for a particular poem or clip, it will begin to play on your device. More info about the Sound Gardens project at waveletscreative.org

"Čaotina" by Lisa Yankton

"Čaotina; Protean Danger in the Little People Village" read by Lisa Yankton.

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"Blue Magic" by April Gibson

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"The Mississippi Saved Me"by Teresa Ortiz

Poet Teresa Ortiz reads her poem, "The Mississippi Saved Me", about her regular walks along and across the Mississippi River during the Covid 19 Pandemic.

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"Marie Maria Moyra" by Beau Moyra RaRa

Poet Beau Moyra RaRa reads their site-specific poem, written here on West River Parkway, as part of the Summer Sound Garden poetry workshop project.

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"I Am My Ancestors' Wildest Dream" by Chavonn Shen

Poet Chavonn Shen reads her site-specific poem that she wrote as part of the Summer Sound Garden poetry workshop.

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"A Wedding of Foxes" by Gen Del Raye

Poet Gen Del Raye reads his site-specific poem, "A Wedding of Foxes" on West River Parkway for the Summer Sound Garden poetry workshop in 2021.

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"The First Cut of Hay is Over" by Jeffrey Skemp

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