For posterity (and/or if you weren’t lucky enough to be in attendance for last week’s “My Favorite Poem” event at ASFA), here’s a list of our readers and the poems/poets they favored — with links! Thanks so much to all the participants…
Anna Butcher (Hoover) | ASFA-CW Senior
- “Forest Fires” by Sarah Kay (see above)
Ben Allen (Vestavia) | Pharmacist
Beverly Radford (Cook Springs) | Retired Educator
- “Allison Beals and Her 25 Eels” + “Falling Up” by Shel Silverstein
Andrew Brown (Vestavia) | Actor/Comedian
Lauren-Elizabeth Dewberry (Pell City) | ASFA-CW Senior
Judy Jones (Highland Park) | Retired Banker
Brielle Morrow (Montgomery) | BTW-CW Senior
Linda Williams (Fairfield) | Banker
Murray Vella (Homewood) | Nanny
J.D. Peppers (Crestwood) | Stylist
- “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” by Melissa Webb
Lee Gaines (Montgomery) | BTW-CW Sophomore
- “What You Should Eat Before Reading the Poem” by Richard Hague