Poetry For Woody

Art and design by Jonah

Woody Guthrie's birthday is July 14. For more than the past decade, a music festival has been held in his hometown of Okemah, OK. Last year, an additional event was added: a poetry reading. Not only did Woody's songs have a poetic quality, but he also wrote poetry.

This year, there will be two poetry readings - one in Norman, OK, Friday 14, and one in Okemah on Saturday the 15th. There will also be a home-made chapbook of poetry by Oklahoma poets. Above, you see the cover I designed for that chapbook. If you click on the image, you'll see the (pdf) poster for the poetry readings. Oklahoma residents are encouraged to print the poster and paper your favorite coffee houses with it.

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