Our Annual Poetry Jam
The First Parish Annual Poetry Jam is coming up on Sunday, August 25th!
Each year we end our summer services with a morning of poetry reading. All poems are welcome. They might be funny or profound. They could be classics that you memorized years ago or free verse you saw on the internet yesterday. Unknown poets join with those whose names are virtually synonymous with poetry. If you write poetry, we’d love to have you share your own work.
If you wake up Sunday morning and realize you forgot to find a poem, don’t worry. We’ll have a variety of poetry books available to choose from. And if you don’t feel like reading, come and listen to what is always a wide ranging, fun, and meaningful morning of poetry.
Nibbles are served at 9:30 and the service starts at 10:00. Hope to see you there!
Read MoreGod of Dirt: A Meditation on Intimacy with Nature — Lane Williamson
As children we feasted on lying in the grass watching ants carry big loads, on the swing going higher and higher in anticipation of actually touching those clouds; we carried endless curiosity into exploring the way the frog zipped his tongue out – so fast – and caught the fly; and we passionately cared when the blue robin’s egg fell from the nest, or the baby squirrels lost their home because a tree was cut down.
What happened to us? We grew up – and away – from intimacy with nature. Our loss.
Retrieve some of that curiosity and passion of childhood; spend time exploring how you might recapture that intimacy.
Lane Williamson is a painter and a teacher.
Read MoreWhat Is It About Guns – Seth Kaplan
Seth will be talking about why guns occupy the position they do in our society, how this is evidenced in the level of gun violence in America, and what this boils down to in his life.
My Year of No Shopping – Leslie Bryant
Leslie Bryant will be speaking about her ongoing “year of no shopping”, how it has impacted her thoughts on consumerism and influenced her behavior in a manner that allows her to be more mindful and more able to share her resources of time and money with her community.
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