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Poetry and storytelling events ‘ slam ’ April
By Shaun Perkins , okiestoryteller @ gmail . com
LOCUST GROVE , Okla . - April is National Poetry Month , so it ’ s a good time to get out and find some poetry and other wordfriendly celebrations .
Wonder City Wordfest on April 15 is a celebration of all things word that takes place at Wonder City Coffee and the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry ( ROMP ), both in Locust Grove .
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The back room of the coffee shop is a lending library , and local authors , including Jeanetta
This festival is an offshoot of an annual festival at ROMP , one of only two poetry museums in the U . S . ROMP is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year .
Wordfest is a free , allday event with a poetry recitation contest , storytelling contest , pastry contest , author book fair , word and art games and more .
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Calhoun Mish , Davis Joyce , Aaron Doughty and others will be there during the day . Details about the event can be found at rompoetry . com .
A new exhibit on the theme of ‘ Only Mystery ’ was recently installed at ROMP , and it can be visited any day of the week from dawn to dusk . For more information visit https :// rompoetry . com .
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You can also celebrate Poetry Month by going to a premier writing festival in April at East Central University , Ada . The 12 th annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival , April 6-8 , will bring people from all over the state and region .
The festival features a variety of writers in various genres reading from their works , gathering with visitors and selling books . More information about this free festival can be found at www . ecuscissortail . blogspot . com .
For storytelling fans , the Ok , So Tulsa Grand Slam is not to be missed . This story slam is a culmination of a year ’ s worth of storytelling contests put on by the Ok , So group monthly at the IDL Ballroom .
Eleven winners compete for the title of Best Storyteller in Tulsa at this event , which runs from 7:30-10:30 p . m .
“ Audience members who attend the Ok , So ’ s Grand Slam are always blown away at the high caliber of stories told even though the storytellers are just regular folks . It ’ s incredible to watch !” said Ryan Howell , a former Best Storyteller in Tulsa winner .
Tickets for the story slam event are $ 12 in advance or $ 15 at the door , and the show is likely to sell out . For more information , visit ‘ Ok , So Tulsa ’ on Facebook .