For the Reporter

The Auburn Days Festival Literary Adventures, featuring nine poet laureates, comes to the Auburn Avenue Theater for a day of readings and discussions Aug. 10.

Pacific Poet Laureate Gerald A. McBreen (2009-2014) serves as host for Poets on Parade.

The Striped Water Poets present the program, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the theater, 10 Auburn Ave. It is free and open to the public.

Among the poets scheduled to appear is Auburn Poet Laureate Richard Brugger, a former Franciscan friar and Roman Catholic priest.

For nearly 30 years, Brugger was the executive director of Auburn Youth Resources, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping at-risk youth and their families. His poetry appears monthly in the Auburn Reporter and is placed in concrete as part of the walking trail at Les Gove Park.

Brugger is a regular featured reader in the greater Puget Sound area. He is a founding member of the Plateau Area Writers Association and the Striped Water Poets of Auburn, and the author of “Do Something & Other Poems”.

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Sunday, Aug. 10 schedule:

10 a.m.-noon – Free poetry workshop with Clark County Poet Laureate Christopher Luna. “Poet as Engaged Citizen.”

Noon-12:30 p.m. – Lunch, visit car show, enjoy festival

12:30-12:45 p.m. – Richard Brugger, Auburn poet laureate (2012-2014)

12:45-1 p.m. – Lucas Smiraldo, Tacoma poet laureate (2013-2015)

1-1:15 p.m. – Ann Spiers, Vashon Island inaugural poet laureate.

1:15-1:30 p.m.– Josie Emmons Turner, past poet laureate Tacoma (2011-2013)

1:30-1:45 p.m.– Michael Dylan Welch, Redmond poet laureate (2013-2015)

1:45-2 p.m.– Ina Whitlock, Vashon Island poet laureate (2013-2015)

2-2:15 p.m.– Jeannine Hall Gailey past poet laureate Redmond (2012-2013)

2:15-2:30 p.m. – Christopher Luna poet laureate Clark County

2:30-3 p.m. – Panel discussion: What does a poet laureate do? How does one become a poet laureate? Christopher Luna, Michael Dylan Welch, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Ann Spiers

3-4 p.m. – Open Mic Poetry Contest, six prizes awarded. Master of ceremony Christopher Luna.

4 p.m. – Non=contest open mic while judges decide winners. Presentation of winners. Three judges: Josie Emmons Turner, Ina Whitlock, Lucas Smiraldo.

Note: Len Elliott presents a poetry crossword contest.