By Bria Isaacson, News Editor
The Asbury Review, Kinlaw Library and Boyd Orchards are collaborating to present the Ode to Autumn event. This event, which will include poetry readings, autumn goodies, pumpkin decorating and displayed art, will be Oct. 25 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Megan Hussmann, a marketing assistant at Kinlaw, created this event with the goal of having fun in the autumn season.
“I want people to be able to come together knowing everyone [there] has a love of poetry and the season,” she said. “We’ll be reading poetry from anyone’s favorite poet, from writers who were inspired from the season around us. It’s the spirit of all things literary, and everybody loves autumn…. I want to express that.”
Although some original poetry will be read, many people will be reading famous poems about autumn, such as poetry by John Keats, Hussmann said.
Senior Tori Hook, who often attends Asbury Review events, hopes that someone will read Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking.” She said she will be at Ode to Autumn, because “it’s a chance to engage with Asbury’s creative community.”
In addition, snacks from Boyd Orchards will include cider donuts, apple cider and pumpkin cheesecake dip. People will also decorate pumpkins with paint, buttons and ribbons.
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Senior Cody Sackett, the Asbury Review co-editor, is excited for people to “get inspired to write and submit pieces to the Review because of the event.” He hopes that everyone will attend, as the event “isn’t so much an Asbury Review event as it is a campus-wide one.”
According to Sackett, this event is much more extravagant than the usual Asbury Review events. Their usual events include the “Longest Short Story” event, haiku competitions and readings at the end of every semester.
“In comparison to Review events of the past, this totally blows them out of the water,” Sackett said. “Now we have nothing short of a post-Fall Pause party planned, and the whole of Asbury is invited! I’m personally excited to see how it’ll work out. In short, the Review’s past efforts have been sort [of] small-scale, so the Ode to Autumn is a shift in the right direction.”
He said this also shows how the Asbury Review has been deviating from pre-planned and traditional events and that the editors are creating their own plans and events.
“This year’s editor took the reins with plans to change all that, so…our association and assistance with [Ode to Autumn] is a mark of new management,” Sackett said.
The hope is that at least 60 people attend this event, according to Hussmann, as this is the usual turn-out for ordinary Asbury Review events.
Junior Sarah Browning hopes she will be one of the attendees.
“I love fall festivities and literature,” she said. “This will be an opportunity to potentially socialize with people who also love fall and literature, even if I’m a recluse most of the time.”