Woodstock Poetry Society featuring Darcy Smith and Dennis Wayne Bressack
Woodstock Poetry Society (www.woodstockpoetry.com) is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events.
Poets Darcy Smith and Dennis Wayne Bressack will be featured followed by an open mike when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in-person at the Woodstock Library and virtually via Zoom (and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
WPS meetings are held the 2nd Saturday (2pm) of every month. (Except in November, 2023, when it will be the 3rd Saturday)
Woodstock Library
5 Library Lane, Woodstock, NY 12498
(845) 679-2213
www.woodstock.org
*** We ask all people who wish to attend in person to self-test for Covid within 24 hours prior to the event. Self-test kits are reasonably priced and available at nearly every pharmacy. ***
To attend virtually: contact phillip@woodstockpoetry.com to receive Zoom info. If attending, please indicate if you would like to be on the open mike. Thank you.
The readings will be hosted by Woodstock area poet Phillip X Levine. All meetings are free, open to the public, and include an open mike.
Darcy Smith’s debut collection, River Skin, Fernwood Press June 2022 was a semifinalist for the 2020 Hillary Gravendyk Prize. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications including Grub Street, Two Thirds North, River Heron Review and Anti-Heroin Chic. Smith is a Pushcart nominee, Certified Sign Language Interpreter, Buddhist, kickboxer, wife and mother. She lives with her husband and their cat, Miley in New York’s Hudson Valley. For more information visit www.darcysmith.org
Dennis Wayne Bressack lives in Woodstock with his wife, Abby. He is a retired Dentist who is now enjoying his second career as a successful Real Estate Agent. They have 2 sons, Noah and Justin, 4 grandchildren and 1 great granddaughter. He has been writing personal, social, and political poetry, articles, and essays for almost 60 years. Dennis is a member of The Woodstock Poetry Society and Calling All Poets and has been a featured reader at their meetings as well as many other venues in the Mid-Hudson Valley, New York City and New Jersey. He has been published in many anthologies, magazines and journals, and has self-published 7 chapbooks and recorded 2 music CDs. You can find samples of his poems, writings, songs and photos on his website, denniswaynebressack.com.
