River Poets

Featured Poets : Tara Holdren & Richard Book

Ardent fans of each other’s work for over 13 years, River Poets Richard and Tara will read in counterpoint, volleying crisp imagery and meaty substance like the pros at Wimbledon.  At least you won’t have to wear sunscreen and squint for this match-up!  And Tara promises not to make those guttural noises with each serve.  As for Richard, we cannot say.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

MC: Dick Sweeney

A  free-for-all, open reading event, with the theme along these lines: 

Valentines, Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry;

Love Takes a Wrong Turn;

Love Takes a Right Turn;

Micro organic Love;

Ode to Romeo and Juliet; 

Or stay with ‘Myopia:  Close(near) Sighted Poems’ (the original theme). 

Show up for the fun; stay for the hearts, flowers, and music (maybe chocolate)

MC: Scott Hemingway

One branch of Jerry Wemple’s family has lived in and around tiny Montour County since at least the mid-1800s. He supposes this may be partially responsible for his obsession with small towns along the Susquehanna. He continues to work on a series of narrative poems linked to 2013’s The Artemas Poems, which, oddly enough, are about people in small towns along the river.