Diverse Voices To Be Heard at Coffee Shop Poetry Reading

By TERESA WINCHESTERMORRIS

On Sunday, February 18, from 1-3 p.m., the Gatehouse Coffee Shop at 129 Main Street, Morris will offer its first reading of original works by area poets, featuring Julene Waffle, Vicki Whicker and Lisa Wujnovich. The format of the reading will be “call and response,” during which each poet will read a selection of her poetry prompted by a poem just read by a fellow poet.

Waffle, Whicker, and Wujnovich come from different backgrounds and write in distinct voices. Their common thread is their participation in “Seeing Things,” a workshop offered by Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell since 2017. The workshop is directed by Robert Bensen, who also directed writing programs at Hartwick College for nearly 40 years.