Rodgers, Rich join Poetry at The Station Bistro on Wednesday

Poetry at The Station Bistro presents the works of James Rodgers and Susan Rich on Wednesday, April 1.

For the Reporter

Poetry at The Station Bistro presents the works of James Rodgers and Susan Rich on Wednesday, April 1.

The program is from 7-9 p.m. at the Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, No. 125, one block south of West Main Street, on the east side of the Auburn Transit Center.

Coffee and conversation follow readings. It is an open mic opportunity. The public is invited.

About the poets

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Rodgers has been writing poetry for three decades, and besides a lot of poems, doesn’t have much to show for it. He has been published in multiple magazines and publications, including Ha!, Fly By Night, and Cascade. He has won numerous awards, including first place in the WPA Charles Proctor Humor category, and third prize in a contest combining poetry with paintings in a Puyallup Art Gallery.

Rodgers’ silly haiku can be found daily on his blog: Jamesrodgershaikooky.blogspot.com.

He is a world traveler and also an avid photographer, and is set to provide images for Cindy Hutchings’ upcoming first poetry book debut from Moonpath press.

Rich is the author of four collections of poetry, including “Cloud Pharmacy”, “The Alchemist’s Kitchen”, “Cures Include Travel”, and “The Cartographer’s Tongue”. Susan Rich has worked as a staff person for Amnesty International, an electoral supervisor in Bosnia Herzegovina, and a human rights trainer in Gaza and the West Bank.

Rich lived in the Republic of Niger, West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Seattle and teaches at Highline College, where she runs the reading series, Highline Listens: Writers Read Their Work. Her poems have been published in the Antioch Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Christian Science Monitor, Harvard Review, Gettysburg Review, New England Review, Northwest Review, Poetry International and The Southern Review.

To learn more, visit poet.susanrich.net/.

Poetry at The Station Bistro is made possible with the help of the restaurant, City of Auburn, The Auburn Arts Commission, Striped Water Poets and NorthWest Renaissance.