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Poetry Scavenger Hunt

This spring, there are more than just flowers blooming in Santa Cruz County.  In celebration of National Poetry Month, poetry has left the page and is popping up in the parks! In a project sponsored by Santa Cruz County Parks, Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez, and amazing local businesses, poems by local and national poets have been installed in 16 parks across the County. Everyone is invited to join us in a county-wide Poetry Scavenger Hunt. In this self-guided experience, we want you to enjoy the parks through your own poetic lens.
 
 

Are you up for the challenge?  Invite your friends, bring a picnic, find a poem, snap some pics, win a prize!

With the poem as your guide, explore each participating park to find elements that connect to the poem. The hunt is open-ended, so be creative and let your imagination run wild. Use your cell phone (or a sketch pad) to document your interpretive discoveries. Your scavenged responses can be literal, metaphorical, abstract, artistic, zany, beautiful or weird. Upload your photos (or your sketches) as a post to your Instagram account and add @poetryintheparks as a collaborator. A review panel will choose a winner for each location. The winners receive a prize from a sponsoring business! 

Submissions will be accepted through May 31. Click on the "how can I particpate" link just below for more intormation.   

 

For other Arts activities and events scheduled for April, check out the Ripple Effect Festival website!

https://www.rippleartsfestsantacruz.org/

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