Newburyport Literary Festival

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Poetry Event @ Actor’s Studio of Newburyport

Join Us for the Diminished Prophets Performing Melopoeia of Love Poems

Diminished Prophets Performing Melopoeia of Love Poems
With Poets: Rhina P. Espaillat & Alfred Nicol and Musicians: Roger Kimball on Bass and Cello, Shannon Muhs—Vocalist, & John Tavano on Spanish Guitar
All proceeds benefit the Newburyport Literary Association and the Newburyport Literary Festival.

All sales final. Thank you, The Actor’s Studio for hosting us!

Melopoeia is an ancient art whose Greek name—a combination of melos (“melody”) and poiein (“to make,” root of the word poeta, “maker,” and poetria, “poetry”) suggests its nature: a performance involving poetry recited to a musical accompaniment. The poetry is spoken, not sung in the form of song lyrics, so that the two arts flow separately, through and around each other, without either becoming dominant over the other.