April 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011
Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

The Walt Whitman Project recommends

Poets at the Top of Fort Greene Park. A Celebration of National Poetry Month.

Fort Greene Park at the Richard Wright bench southwest of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
Read – Recite – Create

Recite your own words; read the poetry and prose of writers known and unknown; create new works and share them with the audience. “Poets at the Top of Fort Greene Park” is an informal, hour-long gathering of people who love writing and people who love hearing writers speak. Open to all, everyone is invited. Speak loudly, these events are unamplified! Hosted by Greg Trupiano, Artistic Director of The Walt Whitman Project.

Special guests and themes:
Saturday, April 23 – poems of nature
Saturday, April 30 – Angeli Rasbury, poet, and her group of pre-teen and teenage writers

• Meet at the Richard Wright bench, Top of the Park, Fort Greene Park
• Enter at Myrtle Avenue, Washington Park, or DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn
• FREE event / rain or shine
  Information: 718-391-8824
• No reservations needed
  
  

Walt Whitman's Fort Greene Park

A stroll sponsored by Fort Greene Park Conservancy and The Walt Whitman Project

Walk around Fort Greene Park, a greensward that owes its existence in large part to Walt Whitman’s editorials written for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and learn about this poet’s intimate connection with Brooklyn’s first official park. The afternoon includes discussions about the park, its role in the American Revolution and Civil War, the Wallabout Martyrs and the monument dedicated to their memory. In addition, guest artists sing and recite poetry and prose pertinent to this afternoon of discovery. Weather permitting, this event concludes with a walk up Myrtle Avenue to 99 Ryerson Avenue, the last existing building in Brooklyn that was a residence of Walt Whitman. Your guide is Greg Trupiano, Artistic Director of The Walt Whitman Project.

• Meet at the Visitors Center, Top of the Hill, Fort Greene Park
• Enter at Myrtle Avenue, Washington Park, or DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn
• FREE event / rain or shine
• Information & Reservations: 718-391-8824
• Reservations suggested but not mandatory