River Poets

K J Reimensnyder-Wagner

Theme:  “Life is a song— sing it” (Sai Baba) ~ Out of tune or off key, whether it is alone in your vehicle or shower, step outside of that confined space and sing aloud like nobody’s listening.

First Thursday - November 3, 2022  7:30 to 9 PM

MC: Linda Dietrichson

Theme: Conversations with the Dead ~

Share the work of your favorite dead poet, your own work inspired by them, or create a conversation /dialogue with your words woven together with theirs.

Event begins at 7:30 pm and ends at 9 pm

MC: Tara Holdren

Theme: Season ~ Perhaps you like rosemary over oregano, spicy over savory, sweet over sour, or summer over fall.

How do you season your poetry?

Event begins at 7:30 pm and ends at 9 pm

Michael Steffen ~ Michael’s fourth book, Blood Narrative, published by Main Street Rag Press (2021) can be purchased at www.mnsteffen.com. He authored three award-winning poetry collections: No Good at Sea (Legible Press, 2002), Heart Murmur – a bilingual edition, Italian and English (Bordighera Press, 2009), and Bad Behavior (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2012). New poems have appeared or will appear in Panoply, New Mexico Review and The Lowell Review. He is a former mentor in the PEN Prison Writing Program and received a 2002 Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Michael, a MFA graduate from Vermont College (2000), currently lives in Buffalo, NY.

MC: Danny Robinson