Poetic Ground

Before Story Shepherds, there was Asheville Wordfest, a multicultural poetry festival that ran from 2008 to 2019 when the pandemic crept over the state line. Here, you will find the recorded readings. Please enjoy and share these videos featuring Galway Kinnell, LeAnne Howe, Allison Adele Hedge Coke, Li-Young Lee, Quincy Troupe, Valzhyna Mort, Cornelius Eady, Raul Zurita, Ross Gay, Elizabeth Bradfield, Frank X Walker, and David Whyte, along with many others, have spoken and nourished us with their poems.

You are welcome to share these.

Simon Ortiz from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Raul Zurita from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Natasha Trethewey from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Galway Kinnell from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Kathryn Stripling Byer from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Cornelius Eady from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Patricia Smith from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Elizabeth Bradfield from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Valzhyna Mort from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Lee Ann Brown from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Ekiwah Adler-Belendez from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Ross Gay from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Quincy Troupe from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Richard Chess from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

David Whyte from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Flying Words Project from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Holly Iglesias from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Patrick Rosal from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Li-Young Lee from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

 

Evie Shockely from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Erik Bendix from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Matthew Shenoda at Asheville Wordfest from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

2.9 from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Day 2 Poet 3 from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Paul Guest from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.

Brian Turner from Laura Hope-Gill on Vimeo.