For those poets out there..

11th Annual Tuolumne Meadows Poetry Festival
Saturday, August 18th and Sunday, August 19th
Parsons Memorial Lodge, Yosemite National Park

*Featuring one of Central California's finest writers and farmers, David Mas Masumoto, author of "Epitaph for a Peach."

*Plus esteemed poets Dorianne Laux and Kay Ryan; and musician Shira Kammen (violin and vielle).

SATURDAY:
10 a.m. - 11:30
What Makes a Poem Memorable
Poetry Workshop with Dorianne Laux

2 p.m. - 3:30
Featured poets and music

7:30 p.m. - 10
Open reading and music

SUNDAY:
10 a.m. - 11:30
Finding Form in Nature
Poetry Workshop with Patti Trimble

2 p.m. - 3:30
Featured poets and music

This is a free event. For more information, go to:

Supported by the National Park Service, Yosemite Association, Loralee Tucker Hiramoto Memorial Fund, Friends of Parsons Lodge, and Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it received from The James Irvine Foundation.

This event is part of the Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series schedule.