Theme: Rivers and mountains, creeks and valleys
Paul Loomis is a math professor, folk song writer, occasional poet, distance runner, South American traveler, and man-about-town in Bloomsburg. He has been a spotty attender of River Poet events since 1999. His first published poem, in White Rabbit in 1993, was called “Sex”.
MC: Dave Barsky
Theme: Freedom
Poetry never takes time off, but the River Poets requested this sabbatical.
Assignment – write a new poem in any format you choose…bonus points for rhymed and metered ones.
Bring your work to a future reading.
Happy Birthday America!
Change of venue – Kocher Park, SR 487 just north of Lightstreet
Change of time: 7 PM
Bring chairs, social distancing etiquette, beverages/food if you want, bug spray, check the weather.
Theme: The epistolary of letter-writing
An avid letter writer, Lester corresponds with a number of Pennsylvania poets. He had a 21-year correspondence with the former US Poet Laureate Donald Hall (died 2019).MC: Susan or Richard Brook
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