For the second year in a row, Dutch artist Erik van Loon has organized a coast-to-coast poetry festival.
The journey begins in New York on Sept. 21 and ends in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. Originally, the deadline for poetry submissions was Sept. 1, however, van Loon noted that it has been extended to Sept. 15.
The train will be making several stops in Southern West Virginia.
Van Loon said, “On Sept. 21, we stop in White Sulphur Springs at 5 p.m., Alderson at 5:31 p.m., Hinton at 6:01 p.m., Beckley at 6:31 p.m., Thurmond at 6:47 p.m., Montgomery at 7:38 p.m., Charleston at 8:10 p.m., and Huntington 9:35 p.m. to pick up and bring as many poets [as possible] from West Virginia to poetry paradise Los Angeles.”
According to van Loon, the festival has not yet received any submissions from the state of West Virginia.
The theme is “Some People Never Go Crazy” as a tribute to poet and author Charles Bukowski.
For more information, or to submit a poem, visit www.lapoetrybeach.com.
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