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THE DAILY ASTORIAN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
FisherPoets: More than 95 poets took the stage this year
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“This is my experiment,” he said.
“This is just the beginning, feeling out
what is possible.”
New faces
More than 95 poets took the stage at
this year’s FisherPoets Gathering. Twen-
ty-six were new faces.
Anjuli Grantham, of Kodiak, Alaska,
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She heard about the event by word-
of-mouth from friends.
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heritage is so embraced,” she said.
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the west side of Kodiak Island, is direct-
ing a project with the Alaska Historical
Society called the Alaskan Historic Can-
neries initiative.
It’s a grassroots initiative to do more
to document and preserve the history of
the seafood industry in Alaska. “Com-
ing to Astoria is inspiring. I just had deli-
cious beer and food in an old cannery.
What is this? Heaven,” Grantham said.
“We have a long way to go in Alaska.
We do have some good beer and lots of
old canneries. Those that are not in use Peter Munro, from Kenmore, Wash., reads his poetry in the Voodoo Room on Saturday.
are pretty much derelict and only two are
listed on the national registry, some are
hunting lodges. Little has been done to
‘I love that the coastal and fishing
document or preserve the history of the
industry. That is something we are try-
heritage is so embraced.’
ing to change.”
Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Anjuli Grantham
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participant in FisherPoets from Kodiak, Alaska.
Along with voices from the East
Coast, Canada and around Alaska, many
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their stories at FisherPoets.
Geno Leech, of Chinook, Washing-
ton, performs poetry each year that he
wrote to entertain shipmates while com-
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crowd-pleasing delivery would make
singer and actor Tom Waits proud.
Some locals performed this weekend
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Renee Ahre, who lives on a boat near
the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria,
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relate to titled, “Damn Sea Lions.”
“They are noisy, stinky, huge and cute.
Tourists love them, that’s the truth. Fish-
ermen and the Port would love to give
them a big old boot,” her poem began.
Ahre lives near the thousands of sea
lions that have occupied the East End
Mooring Basin docks. She keeps an
eye out for damage they may cause and
reports it to the Port of Astoria.
“I’m the self-appointed sheriff,” she
said.
ABOVE: Renee Ahre, of Astoria, reads a poem titled “Damn Sea Lions” at the
Astoria Event Center Friday. RIGHT: Anjuli Grantham, of Kodiak, Alaska, talks
about growing up fishing on the west side of Kodiak Island at the Astoria Event
Center Friday. See more photos from the event online at www.dailyastorian.com
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