Poet in Residence Karl Elder has been invited to unveil his sabbatical project at the first annual Spring City Poetry Festival at Waukesha Public Library on Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29. A quasi-narrative poem, a minimalist’s epic by contemporary standards, in 26 stanzas of varying length (with an epilogue) and lines composed in strict syllabics, it is called “Gilgamesh at the Bellagio” and is the centerpiece of a yet-to-be titled trilogy–the first and third sections (Mead: Twenty-six Abecedariums and Z Ain’t Just for Zabecedarium) complete as of December. Additional information about the festival may be accessed at the website of the Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/viewevent.php/prmEventID/4653
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