Poetry the Art of Words Reading Series

Implicit in poetry is the notion that we are deepened by heartbreaks, that we are not so much diminished as enlarged by grief, by our refusal to vanish—to let others vanish—without leaving a verbal record. — Edward Hirsch

POETRY THE ART OF WORDS
2024-25 SEASON
SUNDAY, MARCH 9TH | 1:30PM

Plymouth Center for the Arts | 11 North Street, Plymouth, MA

Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of six poetry collections, most recently, said the Frog to the scorpion (Harbor Editions, 2024). He is editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal and an associate editor at Rise Up Review. MEH’s poetry and prose have been published in ASP Bulletin, Had, Massachusetts Review, Mayday, Ploughshares, Redivider, Shenandoah, Terrain, and The Worcester Review, among others. MEH is an educator who received his MFA yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. You can find him at www.MEHPoeting.com, writing about education, race, religion, and burning oppressive systems to the ground.

Sara Letourneau’s debut poetry collection, Wild Gardens, is out now through Kelsay Books. She’s also a book editor and writing coach at Heart of the Story Editorial & Coaching Services and the cofounder and cohost of the Pour Me a Poem open mic in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Her poetry has won the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry and the Blue Institute’s 2020 Words on Water contest. Recent and forthcoming work can be found in Gyroscope Review, Rituals, Remington Review, Nixes Mate Review, and Amethyst Review, among others. Sara lives in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Doors open at 1:15. Features begin at 1:30, followed by an intermission for book sales and signings and closing with an open mic. The event is always free (though a suggested donation of $5 is always appreciated), open to the public, and handicapped accessible.