Poetry Lincolnton is a troupe of poets who read together around the state and host readings of their own in Lincolnton, NC. Lincolnton readings are held the from 7-9 p.m. the third Friday of every month in the Lincolnton Cultural Center and Co-Sponsored by Main Street Rag. We offer books published by Main Street Rag that are not available anywhere else in Lincolnton. The Featured Poets each read a
selection of their own original poems and occasionally throwing in a piece from a fellow poet that has served as inspiration. Our Featured Poets are:
Devona Wyant with poems focusing on social and political commentary, the human condition. She usually has a humorous poem to lighten the mood and have the crowd cracking smiles. Devona also has her own book of poetry, "Approaching Midnight", available for purchase only at the Lincoln Cultural Center during readings for Poetry Lincolnton. Shane Manier brings a different tone to the microphone, reading her original poems on thought, society, and human interaction. She stirs your blood with inspirational pieces that leave you buzzing with determination to succeed. Shane is also a published poet, with poems in The Hickory Outlook, Referential Magazine, the online journal Stepping Stones, "The Best of the Main Street Rag Reading Series, Poetry Hickory, 2011." anthology, "The Best of Friday Night Reading Series at Vin Masters" anthology, "The Best of Poetry Lincolnton" anthology, Iodine Poetry Journal Publication and Tertulia Magazine. She is co-founder of Poetry Lincolnton and on the Poetry Council of NC board as Performance Poetry Category Manager. She has also been a part of numerous events and featured poetry spots including "Words of Mass Discussion", "Women of Poetry", Hickory Art Crawl, and 100,000 Poets for Change. She is currently in the process of publishing her own book of poems. Morgan DePue is an impassioned young poet whose work focuses on exposing social problems and inspiring the youth. Many of her poems are performance pieces and each reading is filled with emotion. Her poem "Fragmented Fingerprints" has been published in the online magazine Stepping Stones and her poem "I don't live here anymore" is published in the anthology "The BEST of the Main Street Rag Reading Series, Poetry Hickory, 2011." Morgan is currently working on composing her own book of poems, as well. Following the Featured Poets any and all poets are welcome to read at open mic. Just sign up for open mic when you arrive! We encourage everyone to read and aid us in our efforts to keep poetry alive in the modern world. Whether you wish to read your own work or you want to share a piece written by another (be it poem or song), you are free to express yourself through words when you step up to the mic. We hope to see all of you either in the crowd or at the mic for Poetry Lincolnton! Be inspired. Go now and make a difference!"
For more information or requests to be a guest poet, please contact through e-mail: [email protected]
