The Poetry Society Presents a Reading by Charles Watts

A reading and workshop by poet Charles Watts with Brooklyn Brown   All readings are free and open to the public.Room 103 Darla Moore School of Business 1014 Greene Street Columbia, SC 29201Charles will give a reading at 6:00 and a workshop at 4:00 on the same day.A Workshop with Charles Watts: "The Almighty List Poem." Time: 4:00 to 5:30 pm Room 103 Darla Moore School of Business 1014 Greene Street Columbia, SC 29201"The Almighty List Poem."A list poem, also known as catalog verse, is a poem that presents a list of items, such as images, words, or phrases, to describe a specific subject. In this workshop, we will go over a selection of list poems, then we will write our own after examining various ways of approaching the topic.Early in his career, Charles had an underground play Visigoth produced in Los Angeles, which led to script writing contracts for several TV series, including Kojack and Here Come the Brides. He fled Hollywood, got an MFA in poetry, and went to Iran to teach literature at several Universities. His most recent volume of poetry is the current above (2025). For five years, he edited Seizure, a magazine of poetry and fiction. His work has been published widely in literary journals. His poems and stories have been anthologized in Road Poets and Karma in the High Peaks, which won the 2010 Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award for best book. His most recent works are a collection of short stories, Raptures, Waking Up in a Beautiful Room, a volume of poetry, and Cure Cottage, five one-act plays. He currently splits his time between Lake Placid, NY and Charleston, SC.Brooklyn Brown is a PR major at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. She has a passion for writing, art, and speaking up for people who feel silenced. The Leadership & Diversity co-chair of the Omega Phi Alpha chapter, she is also a co-chair planning their Spring Formal. She is the founder of the new student organization, Friends United: Uplifting, Transforming, Resolving, and Educating (FUTURE). She is a proud cat mom to Lady, and a huge lover of poetry who reads at Mind Gravy, run by Al Black, every Wednesday at Cool Beans. There she is discovering her place as a spoken word poet using concrete language and verve to detail her confusing, wonderful, chaotic life as a 20-year old woman in modern America.