River Poets

Featured Poet: Jerry Wemple

Theme: September Songs

The autumnal landscape is on our immediate horizon, summer fading in our rear-view mirror.

What song will you be singing to September?

At the Bloomsburg Public Library; beginning at 7:30 pm

MC: Dave Barsky

(photo credit: Emily Paine)

Theme: With consideration for the date, May the Fourth Be With You. The theme for the evening is not necessarily the Force, but forces. 

K.A. Hays–– Katie was born and raised in Southeastern PA, and has lived in Central PA for twenty years. She’s the author of four poetry collections, most recently Anthropocene Lullaby, published in 2022. She has also published short stories and verse translations. Her work has appeared in many venues, including Gray’s Sporting Journal, Northern Woodlands, Orion, and Best American Poetry. Her poems have been recorded in audio form by people who are much better readers than she is, including Nidia Hernández in Spanish translation for the radio show La maja desnuda; Garrison Keillor for NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac; and Ada Limón for The Slowdown podcast. Katie enjoys working with undergraduate writers at Bucknell and living in downtown Lewisburg with her husband, two kids, and a border collie who supervises them all.

 MC: Linda Dietrichson

7:30 to 9 pm

4/13         April 13th – second Thursday          

A different evening – same location – Bloomsburg Public Library

Theme: Ars Poetica (poem(s) on the art of poetry) ~ Get Ready to Rumble! Get Ready to Tumble! See BIO section below for our Battle Royale description. *** April is National Poetry Month ***

7:30 pm to 9 pm