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 and eventually ends in Los Angeles. 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 September 21, we stop in White Sulphur Springs 5:00 p.m., Alderson 5:31 p.m., Hinton 6:01 p.m., Beckley 6:31 p.m., Thurmond 6:47 p.m., Montgomery 7:38 p.m., Charleston 8:10 p.m., 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 Charles Bukowski.
For more information, go to www.lapoetrybeach.com.
