We’re thrilled to be hosting an evening with Bucolics Anonymous as part of the annual Austin International Poetry Festival.

Bucolics Anonymous honors and celebrates nature and gardens in poetry and in music. Front-man Thom the World Poet reads a mixture of his own work, along with those of Naomi Shihab Nye, Hāfez, Thomas Hardy, Rumi, and the poetic prose of Guardian writer Paul Evans. These are all set to music by Darrel Mayers (leader of Bucolics), and performed with a 3- or 4-piece folk band.  They normally perform in community gardens and on farms—but are delighted to return to the AIPF on this important anniversary, six years after our last performance at Ruta Maya.