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Huron Expositor, 2007-01-24, Page 8Page 8 January 24, 2007 • The Huron Expositor News Huron County poets publish collection of work Egmondville poet Peter Luke contributes photos, poems to No Corners to Hide In Susan Hundertmark 111111111111111111111111 Sharing poetry written from the heart can be a scary experience. But, with their self -published anthology, the Huron Poetry Collective - made up of poets from Egmondville, Blyth and the Wingham area - have No Corners to Hide In. "It's a chance to share and to have others listen," says Egmondville poet Peter Luke. "I don't like to impose on people but there's a real need, a longing to share what you've written," says Blyth poet Carol Casey. No Corners to Hide In, which has been selling at Made in Huron in Clinton, Fincher's bookshop in Goderich and Tasty Treats to Go in Blyth since before Christmas, is the work of six Huron County poets, who are all members of the Huron Poetry Collective. Th1p Collective began three years ago as a writers' group at the Wingham Public Library the third Tuesday of every month. "I found out about the group through a friend who found out through a friend. Lots of people have come and gone through the group," says Luke. Poetry, which each member wrote privately and was looking for a place to share, brought them together. "I had written poetry for years and years and was busy doing career stuff but poetry was a miss- ing part of my life I wanted to ener- gize," says Casey. She says the Collective has been an encouraging and accepting,place to share her poetry, where other poets are excited to discuss mean- ing rather than critiquing the tech- nicalities of poetry. "A lot of writers' groups tear the work apart and that can be devas- tating. The value of our group is we tend to avoid a lot of criticism. We've become good friends and feel comfortable in that environ- ment," says Luke. While the poets in the Collective come from careers spanning nurs- ing, social work, alternative energy and con- struction, Luke says they often find themselves writing about similar themes. "It's interest- ing how we'll often come together with poems about the same things. And, we inspire each other," says Casey. Church Services You are invited to attend these area churches St. Thomas Anglican Church A CapneQaxori d M Ps1sh d the Fbh so Jarvis St. Sestorth 527-1522 Rector: The Rev'd Sue Malpus. M. Div Sunday, January 28 WORSHIP AT 9:30 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL & NURSERY AT 9:30 AM Annual Vestry Meeting following worship service. Everyone Welcome St. James Roman Catholic Church Welcomes you 14 Victoria Street, Seaforth 527-0142 Weekend Masses: Sat 5:15 pm Sun. 11:00 am Fr. Chris Gillespie Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 527-0982 Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am B&G Club Wed. 7:00 - 8:15 pm Youth Activities Wed. 7:00 pm Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME Egmondville United Church Sunday, January 28 WORSHIP 11AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 10AM NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH 54 Goderich St. W. Rev. John Gould Sunday January 28th Worship 11 am Sermon: "God Calls Us To AaWelcome. Sunday School & Nursery During Worship First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W., Seaforth Rev. Henry Huberts Sunday January 28 11:15 am service Sunday School & Nursery Provided. Peter Luke holds Susan a copy of No Corners Huron Poetry Collective "I looked at what they had to offer and thought, 'Why not do it on our own?'" says Luke. He asked everyone to send him 10 poems and with the help of a print shop in Goderich, set up the poems on his computer. Putting together poems in a "thematic flow," Luke added some nature photogra- phy .he'd taken himself through- out Huron County. "I think they're beautiful photos. They make the book really special," says Casey. "We were very tentative about the book and wondered if it would really work but it all came together," she says. The group launched the book during a poetry reading in Wingham last fall Hundertmark photo and plan to hold to Hide In, by the another reading sometime this spring. • Casey says No Corners to Hide In is selling and she's run across friends and acquaintances who have remarked favourably about the book. "Poetry is a risky thing because you're really exposing yourself. But, I'm starting to find there are people not just writing it but reading it as well. It's a pleasant surprise," she says. Living in Huron County, everyone has written poems about nature and the seasons. "The poems definitely have a Huron County flavour. We can't help it living here. I think we all have a snowstorm poem," she says. Luke says the idea to publish a book of poetry came from contact with the Ontario Poets Society which publishes books of poetry. Huron East employees to receive two per cent raise Huron East employees will receive a two per cent raise, council decided at its Jan. 9 meeting. While the original motion was to raise wages, by 1.5 per cent, Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan said the two per cent was a show of good faith that council would soon be looking at a review of the wages of municipal employees. "We need to do a pay review. We know we're at the lower end of the scale," hix told council. By Susan Hundertmark $100 in change stolen from car in Seaforth More than $100 in change was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked somewhere in Seaforth during the night of Jan. 21. Anyone with related informa- tion is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers.