{"id":30753,"date":"2020-03-12T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=30753"},"modified":"2020-03-11T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T05:42:01","slug":"world-poetry-day-finds-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/world-poetry-day-finds-rhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"World Poetry Day finds rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PEOPLE with a passion for poetry can hear the regions finest wordsmith read some of their finest works at the Geelong Library &amp; Heritage Centre on Wednesday (March 18).<\/p>\n<p>It is the 10th year Geelong Regional Libraries Corporation (GRLC) has held the event.<\/p>\n<p>Local poet and SurfCoast U3A president John Bartlett hosted the first of these evenings and will be returning to host once more.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bartlett said he has enjoyed seeing the event flourish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019s grown more year by year. Last year particularly we had a very big crowd. I think a lot of people were surprised there were so many interested in poetry and that Geelong\u2019s not just a place for football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of good local poets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local poets David McCooey, Jo Langdon, Cameron Lowe, Maria Takolander and Melbourne poet Rose Lucas will all be speaking at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne Adami had the idea for the event more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>She noticed that several poets from the Geelong region were frequently featured in annual publication \u201cThe Best Australian Poetry\u201d, and suggested these poets be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>The publication no longer runs but its legacy in Geelong remains.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bartlett said he is pleased by how many people in the enjoy poetry, not only in Geelong but in the Surf Coast, where he recently began running a poetry course through U3A.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurprisingly I think more and more people are interested in poetry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a full class (for the poetry course) with 15 students this term. 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