Poetry At Promisek, June 26

BRIDGEWATER — The public is invited to a poetry reading by Arlene Swift Jones at Promisek in Bridgewater on Sunday, June 26, at 2 pm.

Ms Jones will read from cover to cover her book, Deenewood: A Sequence, which won the 2003 Tales Prize.

This will be the third cover to cover poetry reading at Promisek. After the first one, with Sondra Zeidenstein reading Resistance, poet Cortney Davis wrote: “The effect of the reading was exhilarating. We listeners heard the book, the arc of the drama behind the poems, and we understood why the poems had been knit together in that particular order. We were treated to the poet’s voice, the full roundness of her spirit evident in the accumulated power of the poetry, quiet poems as well as crowd pleasers.

“More than that,” continued Ms Davis, who was the second featured reader in the new Cover To Cover series, “we were able to watch the poet as she deepened into the poems and into the reading.”

Following Ms Jones’s reading, participants will be invited to talk about how a book of poetry gets put together, how experiencing the book as a whole differs from hearing individual poems, and how its form tells a particular story. Anyone putting books together will find this interesting, as will those who care about the art of poetry and those who just like to hear a good story.

Promisek is on Skyline Ridge Road in Bridgewater. From Route 133 take a left onto Weweka Brook Road, a right onto Beach Hill Road, and a right onto Skyline Ridge Road; watch for the Promisek sign 2.2 miles from the turn onto Skyline. The reading will take place in the school building.

Suggested donation is $10. Call Promisek for additional information at 860-354-1788.