Get a shot of verse when cocktails and poetry come together in a loving embrace at the ninth annual “Spirits in the Air: Potent Potable Poetry” reading on April 19. Hosted by Indy writer George Yatchisin, this always-entertaining event comes to The Good Lion (1212 State St.) at 5:30 p.m.
What initially inspired the now must-attend event for fans of lyrical libations? “My hope was to create something a bit different and lively for National Poetry Month. I know poetry can be intimidating to some people, so I hoped that by not only having it at a bar where the audience could tipple, but also by making the very heart of the poems the drinking life, we might be able to find a larger audience for a reading,” said Yatchisin. “Plus, as you know, food and wine and drink are three of my things, so I wanted to celebrate that. And I’ve got a lot of cocktail poems,” he added.
Featured readers include Christopher Buckley, Michelle Detorie, Rebecca Horrigan (Independent writer), Diana Raab, Linda Saccoccio, David Starkey (Independent writer and Santa Barbara Poet Laureate III), Emma Trelles (Santa Barbara Poet Laureate IX), Jace Turner, and Chryss Yost (Santa Barbara Poet Laureate V).