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“Catoctin Voices” Catoctin Mountain

Evening of Poetry View Farm Oil

Welcomes Mark Barton, Paintings at Thurmont

Guest Poet Regional Library

On July 21, 2017, beginning at 7:00 p.m., Mark Barton will share his Four oil painting Courtesy Photo
poetry at The Creeger House, located at 11 N. Church Street in Thurmont. scenes of Catoctin
Poets and lovers of poetry are welcome to share their original or favorite Mountain View Farm by
works during the open mic session. All ages are welcome and refreshments Andrea Myers Mannix,
are provided. daughter of Rodman and
Barton is a member of the Pennsylvania Poetry Society’s Keysner the late Jean Myers, are
Chapter. He is grateful for the group’s poetic insights and for the structure it currently on display at
provides. Mark has also gained from his association with Mituro Music, a the Thurmont Regional
collaboration of close friends, who have intermittently cultivated their own Library, through
compositions and lyrics since the 1970s. September 10, 2017. The
Barton’s poetry has appeared in Encore (National Federation of paintings are displayed
State Poetry Societies) and Prize Poems (PPS); in Words with Wings (a near the Thurmont
Keysner Anthology); in Modern Haiku and in Grit, Gravity, and Grace (a Center for Regional
compendium released by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia). Agricultural History
Mark Barton lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. A Room.
graduate of Dickinson College and the Pennsylvania State University, he is In April 1962, C. Andrea Myers Mannix is pictured with her two children and her
retired from a career in human services. He reads, writes, gardens, enjoys the Rodman and M. Jean dad (from left): Denise Mannix, C. Rodman Myers, Andrea Myers
Mannix, and Kevin Mannix.
natural world, and attempts the in-home study of other languages. Barton Ogle Myers purchased
says he is sustained by his wife, Bonnie, his daughter, Chelsea, and by Bartlet, Catoctin Mountain View Farm on Smith Road in Thurmont from Harry and
the family dog, and also by his friends. Please come enjoy the poetry of this Marie Zentz. In 1967, an additional farm was purchased from William and Lola
gifted gentleman! Zentz; and, in 1969, an additional farm was purchased from Claude and Martha
“Catoctin Voices” occurs every Favorite. Catoctin Mountain View Farm consists of 425 acres, with its main
third Friday at historic Creeger crops consisting of corn, wheat, barley, soybeans, hay, and straw. Until 2006,
House and showcases poets from Holstein cows were milked, and now steers graze the land.
the region. For more information, In early 2017, Andrea’s oil painting teacher, Kevin Cook (www.kevincook.
contact Lisa Cantwell at 301- 418- com), held an exhibit of all his student’s work. The photo (above) is from the
3375. Artist’s Opening Reception, held on January 10, 2017, at New Paltz’s Elting
Memorial Library. Andrea has raised her son and daughter in New Paltz, New
York, and resides there for her job as an IBM Project Manager in Human
Resources Corporate Business Applications. New Paltz is in the Hudson Valley
area of New York State, with lots of mountains, orchards, and beautiful
scenery— just like the Catoctin area!

by Valerie O’Rourke Kitts

Untitled / John

Pale reed writhing
As if in ecstasy or pain,
Once kissed by the wind
And caressed by the rain,
What of your mud-soaked foot
Now dancing in the flame?

Nothing, save the soot;
Not a thing remains.

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