"Cheekwood", an estate in Nashville once owned by the Maxwell House Coffee family turned horticulture, arts, crafts and entertainment haven, is sponsoring a poetry contest. Each submission is to be based on the theme of a graphic art work from their collection.
Call for Poets: Verse and Vision Exhibition
July 12 – October 5
Submit a poem for consideration in Cheekwood’s upcoming Graphic Arts exhibition
Deadline for entries: May 9, 2025
Poets are invited to participate in Cheekwood’s upcoming Graphic Arts Gallery exhibition, Verse and Vision. This exhibition will pair works on paper from Cheekwood’s permanent collection with a bespoke ekphrastic poem, written as a thoughtful response to a visual work of art.
Poets may submit up to three entries in response to three different prints and photographs. Selected poems will be displayed next to the artwork in the exhibition gallery and selected poets will receive complimentary admission to Cheekwood to view the exhibition in addition to a $200 honorarium.
He went his way That fateful day My first born So full of scorn
Into their own Some must roam To find their soul And make them whole
The years passed by I did not pry Or lose all hope And despair grope
The light did burn He might return What e're the cost All's not lost
From what I feared He reappeared I prepared a feast All angst released
Doggerel, anyone?
Posted by Hugh on May 5, 2025, 11:03 am, in reply to "Poetry, Anyone?"
Your poetry is great. I’ve always enjoyed it.
Posted by GOG on May 3, 2025, 10:59 am, in reply to "Poetry, Anyone?"
I knew Leslie Cheek. He married Mary Tyler Freeman. Her father penned the much sought after set of books about the War for Southern Independence. Lee’s Lieutenants. He was editor at the Richmond Times Dispatch.
