17th annual
FisherPoets Gathering
February 21-23, 2014
FisherPoets Gathering
February 21-23, 2014
FPG 2014 is pitched off, hosed down and tied up. We had another great weekend together. Fans, fisherpoets and the town of Astoria all agree. In a few months we'll gear up for another one.
Next year's dates are February 27 to March 1.
Many thanks to fisherpoets who came from near and far and very far; to fans likewise; to our dozens of friendly, reliable volunteers; to our friendly venues and their staffs; to our readership sponsors and silent auction donors; to Judi and Milt Stewart, the Astoria Arts and Cultural Fund to Promote Tourism, The Daily Astorian, KMUN and Clatsop Community College.
Next year's dates are February 27 to March 1.
Many thanks to fisherpoets who came from near and far and very far; to fans likewise; to our dozens of friendly, reliable volunteers; to our friendly venues and their staffs; to our readership sponsors and silent auction donors; to Judi and Milt Stewart, the Astoria Arts and Cultural Fund to Promote Tourism, The Daily Astorian, KMUN and Clatsop Community College.
Here's a list of 78 fisher poets who were on the program in 2014:
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Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA
Corey Arnold, Portland OR Fred Bailey, Nanaimo BC Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA Rich Bard, Vashon WA Lou Beaudry, McCall ID Moe Bowstern, Portland OR Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA Jon Branshaw, Westport WA Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK Jon Campbell, Narragansett RI David Campiche, Seaview WA Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA David Clark, Juneau AK Nancy Cook, Astoria OR John Copp, Portland OR Linda Crider, Cordova AK Angela Day, Snohomish WA Billie Delaney, Port Townsend WA Dave Densmore, Astoria OR Pat Dixon, Olympia WA Margaret Doyle, Eastsound WA Nancy Fischer, North Cove WA Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA Mary Garvey, Seaview WA Sierra Golden, Maple Falls WA John Hagerty, South Bend WALorrie Haight, Long Beach WA Gus Hakala, Markham MN Sue Hanson, Poulsbo WA Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK Tom Hilton, Portland OR Robin Hoffmeister, Cordova AK Vicki Horton, Olympia WA Holly Hughes, Indianola WA Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR Brendan Jones, Sitka AK |
Cary Jones, Eugene OR
John Joseph, Port Angeles WA James Kasner, Blodgett OR Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA Rich King, Kauai, HI RJ Kopchak, Cordova AK Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR Phil Lansing, Boise ID Geno Leech, Chinook WA Janice Marshall, Smith Island MD Irene Martin, Skamokawa WA Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR Alec McMurren, Petersburg AK Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK Pat McGuire, Cordova AK Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR Lloyd Montgomery, Wasila AK Kathleen Dean Moore, Corvallis OR Annie Orr, Port Townsend WA John Palmes, Juneau AK Fred Pomeroy, Cambridge MD Katrina Porteous, Beadnell UK Robert Powell, Tarpon Springs FL Dano Quinn, Seattle WA Tom Russell, Port Hardy BC Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR Souls of the Sea Trio, Gloucester MA Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR Clem Starck, Dallas OR Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK Austin Tomlinson, Seaside OR Jim Toteff, Kalama WA John van Amerongen, Vashon WA Kelley Watson, Port Townsend WA Clark Whitney, Soldotna AK Alexa Wiley, Portland OR |
The 2014 FisherPoets Gathering Poetry Contest Winner
This season the challenge was to write a poem incorporating this line from Katrina Porteous's Northumbrian poem The Wund an' the Wetter: "It's come wi' the wund an' gan wi' the wetter..." She tells us it means "Here today and gone tomorrow" in those parts. Ashley Brady Power's poem won the most enthusiastic applause from the packed Astoria Event Center at the close of Saturday night.
For it's come wi the wund, an it's gan wi the wetter,
I was barely a year old, when I first met her.
She rocked me to sleep, and brought me many joys,
fish heads, nudibranch, your typical toys.
Without her I might not have learned how to curse,
her body flailing, our float bags, my dad at his worst.
Though I no longer spend my summers in her curves,
I visit her often and she says without words:
For it's come wi the wund, an it's gan wi the wetter,
whatever ails, secure your sails, it will get better.
-Ashley Brady Power
For it's come wi the wund, an it's gan wi the wetter,
I was barely a year old, when I first met her.
She rocked me to sleep, and brought me many joys,
fish heads, nudibranch, your typical toys.
Without her I might not have learned how to curse,
her body flailing, our float bags, my dad at his worst.
Though I no longer spend my summers in her curves,
I visit her often and she says without words:
For it's come wi the wund, an it's gan wi the wetter,
whatever ails, secure your sails, it will get better.
-Ashley Brady Power
PHOTOS from the 2014 GATHERING
