The Fruitlands Museum -- a beautiful facility, with outdoor and indoor exhibits occupying a hilltop location in Harvard, Mass. -- in partnership with the Concord Poetry Center, is inviting poets to come seek inspiration in a landscape rich in natural and human history. Fruitlands is soliciting original poems written about and on the museum grounds during fall and winter 2011-2012.
From the program description page: "Anything that can be seen or experienced on the 210-acre property from outside the museum buildings is an appropriate subject. Ten to fifteen poems will be selected by a jury of poets and museum staff. Poets whose poems are selected will be invited to share their work at a Plein Air Poetry Celebration at Fruitlands on the afternoon of Sunday, May 6. Selected poems may also be compiled in a chapbook and/or audio recorded."
Email submissions to poetry@fruitlands.org. Submission deadline is January 15, 2012. Rules and guidelines at http://www.fruitlands.org/sites/default/files/flyer%20for%20poets.pdf; sign-up sheet at http://www.fruitlands.org/sites/default/files/plein%20air%20poetry%20signup.pdf. If you have questions call 978.456.3924 x291 or email poetry@fruitlands.org.
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The photo above was taken on a visit to Fruitlands in October 2011, and is directed toward the rise of Mt. Wachusett to the west. Thoreau, addressing this peak, noted that "like me [thou] standest alone without society", and "know'st not shame nor fear."
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