Catherine Fletcher

Save the date! On December 10, I'll be exploring ways in which visual art and poetry meet and mingle to provide mutual inspiration. I'm pleased to be reading with a group of wonderful writers and artists: Gabriele Glang, JoAnn Lord Koff, Kindra McDonald , Leah Gausch Waldrop, and Charles Wilson . Hosted by Cathy Hailey and sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia's Northern Region.

The Elizabeth River Trail 's Trail Poetry Project is up and running. I'm thrilled to have a poem on the pavement! Many thanks to Director Kindra McDonald Greene.        

This summer I've been working with the talented composers Seth Boustead, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Ryan Chase, Zachary Ritter and Will Rowe in Concept Lab's art song sessions. On Sunday, Sept. 25 at 5pm we'll hear performances of their new compositions. I'm really excited about the work they've done. If you're in the New York area, please join us for this concert .  

 As research for a series of poems--as well as my interest in ecoacoustics--I did fieldwork on the southernmost Barrier Islands of Virginia's Eastern Shore at the end of August. The day I went out, there was a lot of plane traffic, which made capturing sound challenging. I tried to convey a bit of the soundscape in this mix . The birds weren't any happier about the noise than I was.

If you missed last week's episode of Virginia Voices , you can catch the recording at Virginia Poetry Online. Thanks again to Cathy Hailey and Angie Dribben for inviting me and to Ken Conklin for sending me back to SoCal with his poems.  

I'm pleased to be reading at the Poetry Society of Virginia's Virginia Voices series tomorrow, August 10, on Zoom at 5:30pm. Please join us as we talk about poetry, the writing process, and the PSV Centennial.    

This Saturday, May 7, Catherine reads at the Saturday Poetry Series in Williamsburg, VA. Hosted by James "Teech" Wilson, the reading will also feature poets Nathan Richardson and Madeline Garcia. The reading starts at 11am at the Norge Library at 7770 Croaker Rd and is followed by an open mic.  

For #NationalPoetryMonth ,Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria has curated the Poetry Postcard Project, in which she invited writers to submit a postcard with "a short, original poem that shows some part of your 'here.'" This digital exhibition highlights a new poem and image for every day in April. I'm thrilled to have my work featured for today, April 25: www.luisaigloria.com/blog .  

As part of my Virginia Commission for the Arts fellowship, I've started keeping a digital writer's notebook on Instagram. Follow Approaching the Animal here: https://www.instagram.com/approachingtheanimal.