River Poets

Katie (K.A.) Hays has published four book-length collections of poetry with Carnegie Mellon University Press, most recently Anthropocene Lullaby, as well as a book co-translated with poet Keith Waldrop, Before Wisdom: The Early Poems of Paul Verlaine. She offers poetry workshops at Bucknell University and is trained to facilitate Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program courses at local prisons.

7:30 to 9 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 MC: Linda Dietrichson

Ars Poetica (the art of poetry) plus, a birthday party to celebrate 32 years of poetry by the River Poets and share a younger cake.

Bring poems you wrote, like, or want to read aloud ( a poem could be all three if that works).

Celebratee possibly the  ‘best ever’ totally open reading

MC: Steven Concert

Lester Hirsh is a musician, poet, wordsmith, traveling troubadour. A singer of songs, teller of tales, spinner of stories, recorder of events from his days on the road. His smooth voice delivers his vision of the world as seen through his eyes. Open your ears and heart to listen.

7:30 to 9 PM

Open reading (or singing) opportunity

MC: Kathleen Radspinner