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Burning Word: The Festival of Poetic Fire

@ Greenbank Farm, Whidbey Island (see map)

News From Burning Word 2008, Saturday, April 26

Pictures of Burning Word 2008
Crowd at the Main Stage Crowd at the Main Stage Jack McCarthy and Terry Lockett Jose Kozer Karen Bonaudi and Elizabeth Austen
Karen Bonaudi and Sam Green Jose Kozer and Anne Waldman Mark Weiss Charles Potts ? and Jose Kozer
Charles Potts Heather Haley Charles Potts Rajnii Eddins Brian McGuigan
? and Paul Nelson Crowd at the Main Stage (again) Paul Nelson, Jose Kozer and Anne Waldman Victory Schouten Lionel Kearns
Jose Kozer Jed Myers Jose Kozer and Paul Nelson John Burgess Anne Waldman

Ghost of Burning Word Past

For information, photos, etc. of past Burning Word festivals, click here.

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