River Poets

An event by Arts in Bloom of Bloomsburg University and the Big Dog Reading Series Online with Facebook Live and on YouTube

Go to The Arts in Bloom of Bloomsburg University Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ArtsinBloomBU

or Arts in Bloom of Bloomsburg University YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcSBDt0Z71Y4GA1AVG9Ft5Q

Jerry Wemple is the author of three full-length poetry collections including his recent collection Artemas and Ark: the Ridge and Valley Poems, released in October 2020 from Finishing Line Press. He is also the author of two poetry chapbooks and co-editor, with Marjorie Maddox, of the anthology Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (PSU Press). His poetry and creative nonfiction work appear in numerous journals and anthologies, and have been published internationally in Ireland, Chile, and Canada.

We are still in the unknown phase of re-gathering,

We wait for the pandemic to ease, the library to open.

Know that we will get through this thing.

In the mean time – write, read, research; there are poems to discover and uncover.