Fisher Poets in Elko

Fisher poets Jon Broderick and Dave Densmore
Photos by Jessica Brandi Lifland
In 2006, a group of poets from the high seas and tidewater flats joined their cowboy counterparts at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in a cross-occupational exchange of verse, to the delight of the Elko audiences.

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Featured here are commercial fishermen Jon Broderick with "Kelly Keeps Fishing," and Dave Densmore with "At Last." The 12th annual Fisher Poet's Gathering takes place February 27-March 1, 2009, in Astoria, Oregon and features songs and tales from commercial fishermen and women across the Pacific. To find out more, please visit: www.clatsopcc.edu/fisherpoets.

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