Outdoorsmen put poetry, esays in spotlight at Fourth Friday Readings

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Two prolific Sequim outdoorsmen with a wide range of experiences incorporated into their poetry and essays are the featured speakers at the Fourth Friday Readings on Sept. 23.

Hosted by Writers on the Spit at The Lodge’s media room, 660 Evergreen Farm Way, Sequim, the readings include an hour of five-minute open mic readings following the guest speakers.

Interested writers should come early to submit their names. For guidelines, contact lindabmyers@yahoo.com.

The free event begins with readings at 6:30 p.m.

Terry L. Moore has a treasure chest of experiences from life in over three dozen national and international locations. From farm to petroleum refinery, military base to missile silo, laboratory to cattle ranch, aircraft to sailboat, his interests and employments have been varied and challenging. Moore says writing is akin to a magic carpet of paper and pen that takes him wherever his subconscious wills. He will be reading from his newest collection, “Fiction, Mostly,” a work in progress.

Howard Chadwick has worked as a farmhand, fire lookout, explosive ordnance disposal officer, analyst and researcher for the Department of Interior.

As an artist he painted murals and backdrops for local theater groups; his steam engine mural is on the back of the Angeles Machine Works building in Port Angeles (Second and Peabody streets). Chadwick began writing storytelling poetry when he retired, finding it to be great therapy. He will read from his collection “Frog Legs.”