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November 5, 2026

11/5/2026 – Return of the Dead Poets

Dead Poets, they are there; their words are here. Tonight they’re waiting to hear their words given voice again. So come in good voice and bring your favorite poems from the past passed poets no longer able to speak for themselves.

Open Reading Night

7:30 to 9 PM

MC: Linda Dietrichson

Start: November 5, 2026 7:30 pm
End: November 5, 2026 9:00 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815, United States

December 3, 2026

Featured Poet: Diana Soloman

Diana is a Williamsport native who’s lived there most of her life, except for intermittent forays like a year in the Bavarian Alps getting to know her mother’s side of the family and two years near Golden Gate Park in The Avenues district of San Francisco. Those were soul searching years, although the search is never ending! She’s thoroughly enjoyed way more formal education than was necessary for the life she’s creating, including a bachelor’s degree in English and German from Lycoming College, a master’s degree in English Literature from Bucknell University and three years teaching composition and literature in the English department of The Ohio State University while in the PhD program there.

Theme: Art from Poetry and Poetry from Art.

7:30 to 9:00 PM

MC: David Brooks

Start: December 3, 2026 7:30 pm
End: December 3, 2026 9:00 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815, United States

January 7, 2027

1/7/2027 Marguerite Elaine

OH MY 2027!!

MARGUERITE ELAINE is a poet, writer, teacher, counselor, and lifelong student of human experience. Marguerite continues to follow the threads of curiosity and capture her experience through expression. She is the author of Reclamation, a journey exploring independence, healing, loss, and love. Her new book,  A Silent Voice turns inward toward the mystical and mysterious with echoes of the journey of Reclamation. Her work invites readers to slow down, listen, & discover within what is waiting to be heard.

THEME: Secrets, taboos, and things we do not say

7:30 to 9 PM

MC: Danny Robinson

Start: January 7, 2027 7:30 pm
End: January 7, 2027 9:00 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815, United States