Selections for the December 14 Art of Poetry at the Hickory Museum of Art reading have been made and are listed below.

This should be a very interesting event as the reading will include notable area poets such as Bud Caywood, Kelly DeMaegd, Scott Owens, Doug McHargue, and others, along with 6 students from Montessori at Sandy Ford, ranging from 2nd to 6th grade, and one of the inspiring artists, himself, Robert Oren Eades. In all, there will be 23 poems from 17 different writers, and many of the inspiring works are by local artists, including James Labrenz, Clayton Joe Young, and Clay James, all of whom we hope will be able to attend and hear what their work has prompted.

The reading begins at 2:00 in the Entrance Gallery and is free and open to the public. Here is the complete list of writers and the work on which they based their poems:

Patricia Deaton, “Reflux,” after Matt Pfahlert’s “Capsula”
Brenda Smith, “Meditation on the Cobbler’s Shop,” after Henry Gasser
John Womack, “Slices of Life,” after Laurence Sisson’s “Five O’Clock Vacation”
Margaret Erikson, “Belle Isle,” after William Starkweather
Brenda Smith, “On Chaos and Control,” after Juie Rattley
Michael Dennis, “It’s Complicated,” after Allison Rae Nichols
Doug McHargue, “Little Towers,” after Allison Rae Nichols
Betty O’Hearn, “Wooly Worm,” after Robert Levin
Marie Erikson, “Color Dip,” after Stephen Dee Edwards “Untitled, 1987”
Connor Bost, “Color Bags,” after Kate Vogel and John Littleton’s “Arco Bags”
Patricia Deaton, “Roadtripping,” after Vicki Jo Franks’ “Road Trip Prayer Angel”
Scott Owens, “Stopping in Woods,” after Arthur B. Davies’ “Country Lane”
Bill Parlier, “Driving Through the Storm,” after Karen Woods’ “Post”
Kelly DeMaegd, “Unraveled,” after Molly Reilly’s “Departures and Arrivals”
Scott Owens, “Why Every Road Leads to Nostalgia,” after Clayton Joe Young
Cindy Taylor, “Riverbridge,” after James Labrenz
Robert Oren Eades, “A Room Not of My Own,” after Robert Oren Eades
Scott Owens, “Art Appreciation,” after James Harold Jennings’ “Bad Girl Beats Hell Out of Devil”
Olivia Jarman and David Schell, “Mud Man,” after David Jarell’s “Giant Tall Mud Man”
Scott Owens, “Acquainted,” after Clay James’ “California Backroad”
Bud Caywood, “Pushing the Needle Too Far,” after Sheri Denault’s “Beauty Feeds the Beast”
Betty O’Hearn, “Vibrating Lady Harley,” after J. Kay Goron’s “Blue Motorcycle”
Patricia Deaton, “Bud,” after Suzy Hart’s “A Clean Start”