On Saturday night, April 2, at 7:00pm a Poetry Reading was held in the Historic Cokesbury Church in Onancock, Virginia. The first in a series of readings was well attended. It was a perfect setting as the sun set and the light faded. Among the local readers were, Anne Nock, Betty Martin, Scott Whitaker, Fosten Chandler and Bob Chapman. The Writer’s Studio Writers also read. Scott Whitaker declared before reading a poem by Larry Levis: “Poetry has arrived on the Eastern Shore.”
Two more readings are planned: May 14 at The Historic Cokesbury Church at 7:00pm,The Writer’s Studio Reading Series: Poetry and Prose featuring Ruth Bizot, Betty Davis, Diana Sullivan and Tracy Rice Weber and in conjuntion with GardenArt on Kings Street and The Writer’s Studio, June 12 at GardenArt at 3:30pm, A Garden Party Poetry Reading of Poems about Gardens and Gardening. Both Readings will be open to the public.
