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Good Ol’ Wishy’s in Croghan Hosting Adirondack Center for
Writing’s Free Poetry Vending Machine Through End of June
Published: June 07, 2023 at
12:15 p.m.
By: Press Release from Adirondack Writing Center
 Keep an eye out the next time you’re in
the movie theater, grocery store, diner, or Good Ol' Wishy's ice
cream shop… you might encounter the Adirondack Center for Writing
Poetry Machine! For this grant-funded project, ACW repurposed a
vintage vending machine to distribute free pocket-sized poems.
The ACW
Poetry Machine moves to different locations throughout the North
Country, aiming to bring poetry to people in the Adirondacks in unique and
unexpected ways. The machine will be based at Good Ol' Wishy's (in Croghan)
through the end of June, when it will move to Otto's Abode in St.
Lawrence County.
Stay tuned to adirondackcenterforwriting.org/machines for
future locations.
Inside the machine, ten different types of poetry are explored, with
an example for each. Featured poets include:
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Julia Bloch – “Dear Kelly [p.43]” (epistolary)
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Erin Dorney – (erasure and cut-up)
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Camille T. Dungy – “this beginning may have always
meant this end” (prose)
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Ashley M. Jones – “Summer Vacation in the
Subjunctive” (list)
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Lillian Klein – “Quarantine Haiku” (haiku)
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Laurie Kolp – “Carry Me”
(cento)
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Steven Leyva – “Ode to Lando
Calrissian” (ode)
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Kathleen Lynch – “How To
Build An Owl” (how-to)
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Sasha Pimentel – “The Kiss” (ekphrastic)
The ACW
Poetry Machine is a collaboration between Visiting Writer Erin
Dorney and the Adirondack Center for Writing as part of the Creatives
Rebuild New York (CRNY) Artist Employment Program. CRNY, a project of the
Tides Center, is a three-year, $125 million investment in the financial
stability of New York State artists and the organizations that employ them.
The Adirondack Center for Writing has been serving communities throughout
the Adirondack Park for over 20 years. For more info about ACW follow
@adkctr4writing on social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook).
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