Mark Pearce

I am happy to introduce the presentation line-up for the 2009 Montserrat Poetry Festival, to be held at Montserrat Vineyards, Montserrat, Missouri on Sunday afternoon, May 3rd, 2009.


2:00 pm Deborah Mann / Sedalia

2:20 pm Doug Kiburz / Sedalia

2:40 pm Alex Wales / Warrensburg

3:00 pm Mary Kim Schreck / Osage Beach

3:20 pm Mark Pearce / Warrensburg

3:40 pm K Michael Moore / Coralville, Iowa

4:00 pm Christina Pacosz / Kansas City

4:30 pm Neal Torrey / Bolivar

5:00 pm Alec Bell / London, England

5:30 pm Deb Noland / Sedalia

6:00 pm Walter Bargen / Ashland

6:30 pm Hubert Neth / Lee�s Summit

7:00 pm Linda O�Connell / Wellesley, Massachusetts

7:20 pm John Hardesty / Rapid City, South Dakota

7:40 pm Mabel Fowler / Sedalia

8:00 pm Russell Christianson / Clinton

Aficionados may recognize a few names on the list, including Missouri poet laureate Walter Bargen, dA writers Alec Bell, John Hardesty and K Michael Moore, and a number of other familiar names from the region.

The slate is comprised of published and unpublished writers, cowboy poets, refined stylists, realists and rhymists...you name it. It�s going to be fun.

If you are in the vicinty I hope you will consider joining us for this special event. It�s a come-and-go affair, so you can stay for 30 minutes or four hours � you get to choose. If you�d like to register your interest in attending, skip over to the Montserrat Poetry Festival Meet-Up web page at http://poetry.meetup.com/517/

I hope to see you there!

Special thanks to public television station KMOS-TV and Montserrat Vineyards, which are both helping to underwrite this year�s event.


Mark Pearce