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Geof Hewitt [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Calais, VT
Vermont US
Email: 
geofhewitt@gmail.com
Bio: 

I've been writing and publishing poems (since 1965) and teaching for a living. I hope the language of my poems is conversational, heightened only by a lucky image or cherished surprise. The Perfect Heart, my book of selected poems from Mayapple (2010), reflects that hope. I do not write "slam" poems, but I brag that I am Vermont's reigning poetry-slam champion (since 2004, the last year Vermont held a sanctioned championship). I won by just one-tenth of a point. I visit schools and libraries throughout New England with workshops for all ages above 7, sometimes just writing workshops, sometimes connected to or involving a slam.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Prizes won: 

Academy of American Poets College Prize, 1966; project Support grants from the Vermont Arts Council, 1999, 2004.

Prefers to work with: 
Any

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