President - Sharon Ingraham V-P - Lorraine McFaddin Treasurer - Alice Major Secretary - Ben Chu Marcia O'Connor Anne Gerard Marshall Past President - Gary Garrison
President's Notebook
by Sharon Ingraham 2010-09-07 Bah bah bah baaaaa ... chicken maaaan (if you are not familiar with this old radio bit, I apologize; it won't make a bit of sense - just ignore ...)
Closer, it's coming closer - the Stroll of Pullets are scrambling to hatch an evening of unforgettably fowl-type poetics. You know the old saying, "You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs?" That has absolutely nothing to do with this ...
However - pigeons, roosters, penguins (penguins?), doves, hens, chicks, cocks - if it has feathers, it is fair game (well, maybe not game - at least not at this event) ...
But anything of this type, that is to say winged - whether flight-worthy or not - may be used for your 60 second cluck. You can't get much easier than this really - twice the length of a Blinks and we're supplying the prompt plus making it all very flexible in the bargain.
Oh yes - again, the date for this all-out strutting, feather-preening event is Monday September 20th at 7 p.m. at the Poets Haven, the Upper Crust ... see you there ... brrruckkk
The Board of the Stroll of Pullets announced today that their new season of poultry readings will begin on September 20, 7 p.m., at the Upper Crust Cafe (10909 86 Ave.) with a crowing cockup of Edmonton’s beakiest birdsmiths. The Board invites the entire Edmonton poultry community to peck out their best clucks, flap their beaks, strut and peck upon the stage as we feather our nest for the coming winter. The rules are simple. The board is inviting representatives from Edmonton’s various writing groups to start the evening off with three-minute performances: anything in poetic form or anti-form that plays fowl with words and sounds. All bird, feather, egg and nest related pieces are welcome, as are mondegreens, oronyms, homophones, malapropisms, chicken suits, and feather boas. For the second part of the evening the roost will be open for any and all who wish to cluck for up to 60 seconds under the same guidelines. So sharpen your quills and get scratching! Past President Gary Garrison suggests that this year’s Poultry Fest will be twice as good as the 30-second Blinks that used to kick off the Haven seasons in the past. He says, “Last year we started with a scramble. This year we’re clucking. We may have discovered the answer to the oldest philosophical conundrum: whether the chicken or the egg came first.” He adds, “The Board is still working on how the rooster fits into it all. We’ll have to leave that for the next Board, I think.” He notes that the signup deadline for the Haven reading series is fast approaching: September 11. Regular Haven readings start on Monday, September 27 and run through the end of March 2011.
