Amy Stahl and her stepson Owen blended their own herbal taisan (tea) mixtures to take home, while poetry rang out around the stage.
Artist Kit Stafford and poetry playshop leader and creative coach Krayna Castelbaum take cover beneath Stafford’s poetry umbrella.
A finalist in the youth category of the Food & Farm Haiku Contest, Nealy Borla won a limited-edition Sisters Farmers Market stamp set from Portland Stamp Company and a gift card to Paulina Springs Books.
Willard Bartlett III of Camp Sherman shared his haiku with the Tea & Poetry crowd on a drizzly fall day. The winner in the Locals Only category, Bartlett selected a bottle of Metolius Tea Chai as his prize.
The winning haiku by Willard Bartlett III of Camp Sherman.
Fresh bread on Tea & Poetry Day at Sisters Farmers Market. Photo by Jayde Silbernagel
Haiku contest entries by Joyce Hoatson ("Digits caress..."), Lee Conaster ("Rainbow rows..."), Gusty Berger-Brown ("Booths glowing..."), and Steve Wren ("Delicata squash...").
Fall flowers on Tea & Poetry Day at Sisters Farmers Market. Photo by Jayde Silbernagel
Linda Hanson's entry, "Rain brings on...", won the Last Minute Haiku Contest, judged by Tea & Poetry organizers.
Seed to Table education coordinator Aude Girin helped audiences and students get into the spirit of the Food & Farms Haiku Contest. She presented platters of delicious, freshly sliced produce for marketgoers to sample, inspiring descriptive and
Sisters Ukulele Group brightened a drizzly day with charming tunes.
The State of Oregon’s official Poet Laureate, Kim Stafford, was kind enough to judge our Food & Farm Haiku Contest. Here he is with a stunning bowl of raspberries—a colorful, fragrant inspiration for poetry.
Kids (and at least one dog) joined Deschutes Public Library for poetry activities throughout the day.
Mountain Rose Herbs donated roses, stevia, cinnamon, rooibos, and many other ingredients so that participants could blend their own teas.
A healthy city / Just right outside my back yard / A garden you'll find. That was by Boaz Harris’s winning haiku. Onstage, he accepts his award, a gift card to Paulina Springs Books.
Krayna Castelbaum led a lively “poetry playshop” for Tea & Poetry attendees.
Finalist Gusty Berger-Brown submitted a number of haiku for the contest, including this one.
Haiku contest entries by Jeb Pearson, a finalist winning a gift certificate to Bedouin.
The poetry umbrella dangles above the poetry playshop group. Participants stayed dry on the Songbird Stage as they wrote and read poetry together with leader Krayna Castelbaum.
Artist Jess Cagnolatti brought her work to Tea & Poetry day at Sisters Farmers Market.
Sisters Ukulele Group played throughout the whole Tea & Poetry event, for three hours! Various group members played acoustic under a tent supplied by New Oregon Arts & Letters, safe from the rain. Later, a portion of the group took to the So
Pickle vendors at the market on Tea & Poetry Day donated a poetry prize… and at least one poet was seen munching a Pickle on a Stick. Photo by Jayde Silbernagel
The smiling contest entry box, surrounded by submitted haiku and a sampling of gifts that were donated by generous local businesses.
Many people entered the Food & Farms Haiku Contest at our drop boxes at Paulina Springs Books and Sisters Farmers Market. Young artist G Dawg created a special container to hold the entry forms.
Kit Stafford and Krayna Castelbaum under the poetry umbrella.
Coho Coffee sold home-baked goods throughout the day.
Audiences found not-too-rainy spots from which to watch the stage.
Audrey Tehan of Seed to Table education farm sold garlic and other produce on Tea & Poetry Day at Sisters Farmers Market. In the weeks leading up to the event, Seed to Table helped audiences and students get into the spirit, encouraging folks to
Microlocal growers brought herbs and produce to market on Tea & Poetry day. Here, tomatoes and herbs from Clover Canyon Farms. Photo by Jayde Silbernagel
Poetry playshop participants learned to make group poems together.
Teapot. Flowers. Herbs. Tea & Poetry! Yay.
Haiku contest prizes, pictured on the table, included gift cards to Suttle Tea, Bedouin, Kid Made Camp, Paulina Springs Books, Jackson’s Corner, Mahonia Gardens, and Seed to Table. Other prizes included: limited edition lick-n-stick stamps from Po
Contest winner Willard Bartlett III of Camp Sherman with Tea & Poetry organizer Tiffany Lee Brown, after the event. Photo by JD Berger
The Food & Farm Haiku Contest, part of Tea & Poetry, brought together people of all ages, from around the state.
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