BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Deschutes Public Library (DPL) X-WR-CALNAME:Deschutes Public Library (DPL) BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dd92e25d-45eb-49da-8034-b5ee4523ad0b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260726T050842Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T150000 SUMMARY:High Desert Poetry Cell LOCATION:Downtown Bend Library\nDowntown Bend Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Downtown Bend Library;X-AP PLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Downtown Bend Library:geo:44.0572068,-121.3165935 GEO:44.0572068;-121.3165935 DESCRIPTION:After a seven-year hiatus The High Desert Poetry Cell returns to DPL!\nYou can view a recording of the program by clicking on the View P rogram link above. \nThe High Desert Poetry Cell is comprised of five Cent ral Oregon poets: Larry Jacobs\, Don Kunz\, John Kvapil\, Peter Lovering a nd John Martin. This group is always a crowd-pleaser. They all write and p erform poems that are approachable\, entertaining--and sometimes funny. \n The five men who make up the High Desert Poetry Cell are most definitely a ll about the poetry. But throughout their years together the dinners\, win e and camaraderie have been a big bonus. \nThe High Desert Poetry Cell rel eased their first collection\, <\;em>\;The Guys Big Book of Poetry<\ ;/em>\;\, in 2010. In it\, the men deal with love\, relationships\, fath ers\, loss-and a little sarcasm about some sacred cows. The group went on to release <\;em>\;The Guys� Home Relationship Maintenance and Impro vement Manual<\;/em>\; in 2011. \n<\;strong>\;About the High Deser t Poetry Cell<\;/strong>\;: \nLarry Jacobs is a retired realtor from B end.\nDon Kunz taught literature\, writing\, and film studies at the Unive rsity of Rhode Island for 36 years. He is a published essayist\, short sto ry writer\, and poet. Don retired as URI Professor Emeritus of English\, t o Bend in 2005. In retirement Don enjoys studying Spanish\, playing the Na tive American flute\, and volunteering. He has served as a SMART Reader\, a Board Member for the Nature of Words\, and on the deconstruction team fo r the Habitat for Humanity Restore. Don has participated in Habitat for Hu manity Global Village Builds in Guatemala and Thailand and was a Hurricane Katrina Disaster Responder in 2006 and 2008. Don considers himself fortun ate to be a member of the High Desert Poetry Cell\, which has been an ince ntive to keep writing for publication\, and an opportunity to perform his work before local audiences.\nJohn Kvapil is a retired Bend architect and a founding member of the High Desert Poetry Cell.\nPeter Lovering is a ret ired construction manager and building contractor. Peter has been writing poetry since 1960. Four chapbooks of his work are still available\, and hi s poems are included in three chapbooks published by the High Desert Poetr y Cell which also include poems by all Cell members.\nJohn Martin has taug ht creative writing to prisoners\, written ad copy in the early days of di gital advertising\, penned general interest pieces for the Bend Bulletin a nd critiqued hundreds of poems in various writing groups over the last 30 years. His chapbook\, <\;em>\;The Nick of Time<\;/em>\;\, was Publ ished by Iota Press in 2006\, and his book\, <\;em>\;Hold This<\;/em >\;\, was published by Concrete Wolf Press in 2017.\n*cr*.\nhttps://dpl. libnet.info/event/11607668 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/11607668 URL;VALUE=URI:https://dpl.libnet.info/event/11607668 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR