Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum hosted a reception to showcase "Our Poetic Tribute to Amelia Earhart"
in honor of April 2012 National Poetry Month!  Produced by Broward County, Florida Poet-in-Residence Anastasia Clark, who worked for a year bringing awareness, readings and workshops around South Florida. Many of the poets that participated got to see the poetry collection before it leaves on its way to the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, in Atchison, Kansas. The heirloom quality album features three original artworks by Shae Leighland-Pence and the works of 42 emerging and established poets with 49 poems from South Florida, California, Texas, North Carolina, Virginia and Utah. The cover was hand-crafted by LeatherScrapBook.Com, Inc. Copies of this special collection will be available for display at the following locations in time for April 2012 National Poetry Month.

List as of March 29, 2012:

• Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, 223 North Terrace Street, Atchison, KS 66002.
• Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum, 4000 West Perimeter Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315. This Museum will have a permanent display copy of the collection.
  
• Broward County Libraries Division: Southwest Regional Library, Dania Beach Paul DeMaio Branch Library, Margate Catharine Young Library, Miramar Branch Library, Stirling Road Branch Library and Weston Branch Library.
• Purdue University Libraries, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
• San Diego Air and Space Museum, 2001 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101.
• Tennessee Museum of Aviation, 135 Air Museum Way, Sevierville, TN 37862.
• National Capitol Squadron, (A unit of the Commemorative Air Force). 12499 Beverly Ford Road, Brandy Station, VA 22714.
• Air Power Museum, (A unit of the Commemorative Air Force). 9600 Wright Drive, Midland, TX 79706.
• Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, 1600 Air Museum Road, Hood River, OR 97031.
• 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum/Art Gallery, 3489 Tree Lane, Genesco, NY 14454.
• Heritage Flight Museum, 4165 Mitchell Way, Bellingham, WA 98226.
• Rensslaerville Library,188 Main Street, Rensslaerville, NY 12147.
• Cohoes Public Library, 169 Mohawk Street, Cohoes, NY 12047.
• National Women's History Project, 3440 Airway Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.
• Custom House Maritime Museum, New London Maritime Society,150 Bank Street, New London, CT 06320.
• International Women's Air & Space Museum, Burke Lakefront Airport, 1501 North Marginal Road, Cleveland, OH 44114.
  

Funding for this project was provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. A public reading of poems will be performed at Studio 18 in the Pines on April 20, 2012 from 6-8pm. Thank you to each and everyone for their support!

Photo Gallery by contributing poets
Minerva Bloom, Anastasia Clark & H.E. Mantel-HaroHalola

T h e    P o e t s
Attention Poets: if you contributed for this collection and would like your website or contact made public,
please e-mail the Webmistress with your link so she can post it. Thank you.
Click on Poet's names to visit their respective websites.

_ Aspiring Poets Needed for The Amelia Project!

_ Broward County Poet-in-Residence Anastasia Clark presents
Our Poetic Tribute to Aviatrix Amelia Earhart

The Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum is proud to support this Project!
A chance for Broward area poets to attend free workshops and create poetry inspired by the life and legends of famed pilot Amelia Earhart and to share that poetry with the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and other organizations, including Margate Catharine Young Library, Stirling Road Branch Library, Dania Beach Paul DeMaio Library, Miramar Library, Southwest Regional Library and Weston Library,as a tribute to her during April 2012 National Poetry Month* Also, a chance for poets to read their poems as part of a public presentation at Studio 18 in the Pines*

*Poets will retain copyright to their work. Individual organizations will have final discretion over poetry displayed.

Amelia Earhart was not only a pilot and advocate for women’s causes, but she was also a writer and poet. This project is dedicated to her life and legend.

_ Additional support is being provided by Shae Leighland-Pence, LeatherScrapbook.Com, Inc., WeMerge Magazine, Total Real Estate Consultants, Inc., Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum, Purchon Travel & Logistics, LLC and The Friends of Stirling Road Branch Library and Studio 18 in the Pines, who is providing a free venue for this special celebration. Thank you to Broward County Cultural Division.

If you want to support this project or participate, please contact Anastasia Clark directly at: goldenrush59@aol.com or call 954-536-8311 for more information. Visit her website at: www.AnastasiaClark.com

An Invitation to Businesses and Individuals
Project Proposal:

Broward County Poet-in-Residence Anastasia Clark presents:
Poetic Tribute to Amelia Earhart

Background: My name is Anastasia Clark and I am a poet living in South Florida. I'm putting together a poetry project for next year (Oct 2011- Sept 2012) which would involve gathering Broward area poets to create poetry that is inspired by the life and legends of Amelia Earhart. I have recently learned of her love of poetry- and thought it might make a fitting tribute to her memory. It would be my third "Broward County Poet-in-Residence" project here in the Fort Lauderdale area. Most of it would be either grant funded or otherwise supported by various businesses.

Objective: To gather 50-60 poems and refine them into a cohesive collection, suitable for public display- dedicated to Amelia Earhart. The poems will be printed on fine paper, featuring the artwork of Shae Christine Elaine Leighland-Pence.

Display / Presentation Opportunities*:

1)- The Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison, KS has already agreed to accept and display the collection during April 2012 National Poetry Month.
2)- It is anticipated that several Broward County Libraries will display a copy of the collection during April 2012 National Poetry Month.
3)- A public reading of the poems is being planned for the Ft. Lauderdale area.

*I am hoping to share a copy of this collection with as many organizations as possible. If you would be willing to display this tribute, please advise when you could display it?

Sponsorship / Support Opportunities**:
The following items are needed for this project:

1)- Linen paper (grays, light yellows, pink, ivory).
2)- Ink cartridges- black and color ink.
3)- Postage- rolls of stamps or post office gift card.
4)- A leather bound album (for presentation to the Amelia Earhart Birthplace museum).
5)- Plain paper (for flyers and other informal announcements, etc).
6)- Donated gift cards ($25.00 to give to each poet who contributes poetry).

**If you could offer any of these items, your business or organization would be mentioned in all press releases, advertising copy, flyers and other related project materials, including the final display.

Anastasia Clark
www.AnastasiaClark.com
Tel/Text/Voice: 954-536-8311

Broward County Poet-in-Residence Anastasia Clark Poetry Workshop Series: All About Broward! project!!
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The NASFL Museum has contributed to this project and hopefully we're able to display this tribute in the Museum's Exhibit Room in 2012 when all our renovations are completed. We wish you all the best Anastasia!