PERFORMANCES

Verandah performs her poems- spoken and sung. Her delivery is intimate, interactive, accessible, and quirky. You want to join in, take up a pen or hum.

OPEN CONFERENCES

Verandah offers keynote addresses featuring the eloquence of ordinarypeople. Address may lead into icebreaker activities. Verandah guides participants through the creation of told poems with their neighbors. The creative process and the shared told poems build trust and warmth among strangers.

PAST VENUES INCLUDE:

• Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan,
• The Young Pioneers Palace in Moscow,
• Dartmouth College,
• Bread Loaf Young Writers Conference,
• Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow, Vermont
• Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Rutland, VT

VERANDAH COLLABORATES

with jazz, pop and classical musicians, creating songs and spoken word suites.

WATCH FOR THE NEW CD!

Verandah and The Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band featuring original songs by Patty Carpenter and Verandah Porche, produced by Scott Shetler.

SOON ON THIS SITE

"COME OVER" a song about old friendship and bad weather, with spoken word by Verandah.