AWC’s Poetry Machine
Pay attention the next time you’re in the grocery store, diner, restroom, or your local gas station… you might encounter one of ACW’s Machines! In collaboration with Visiting Writer Erin Dorney, we’re repurposing a number of machines to distribute poems and other writing throughout the Adirondack region.
Our first project is an old capsule machine, the kind you might spend two quarters to get a bouncy ball, sticky hand, or small plastic alien from in the vestibule of a convenience store. With our machine, you can get your very own poem (for free—no quarters necessary).
Where you can find the Poetry Machine
February – Chef Darrell’s Mountain Diner (8814 NY-30, Blue Mountain Lake, NY)
March – Indian Lake Theater (13 W Main St, Indian Lake, NY)
April – J.F. Farm Store & Cafe (132 N Main St, Northville, NY)
Interested in hosting the Poetry Machine in your community? Fill out this form and let us know! We are always on the lookout for new North Country location suggestions.
What’s inside?
Inside the Poetry Machine are 10 different poems. Each one features a unique style of poetry, including haiku, cento, epistolary, list, ode, ekphrasis, prose poem, how-to, erasure, and cut-up. We’re excited to feature work by the following writers:
- Julia Bloch – “Dear Kelly [p.43]”
- Erin Dorney – Erasure and cut-up poems
- Camille T. Dungy – “​​this beginning may have always meant this end”
- Ashley M. Jones – “Summer Vacation in the Subjunctive”
- Lillian Klein – “Quarantine Haiku”
- Laurie Kolp – “Carry Me”
- Steven Leyva – “Ode to Lando Calrissian”
- Kathleen Lynch – “How To Build An Owl”
- Sasha Pimentel – “The Kiss”
