Poetry

Submitted by Griffin Bay Bookstore.

Griffin Bay Bookstore presents two Northwest poets recently published by regional publisher Empty Bowl Press, Ann Spier, author of “Wild Cucumber,” and Ed Harkness, author of “Creek Water,” on Sunday, Nov. 2, in the Griffin Bay Bookstore Cafe on Spring Street.

In the opening lines of “Wild Cucumber,” Spiers writes, “leaving / I walk left into morning glory / no shortcuts.” In her latest full-length collection, Spiers’ poems reveal intimate human yearning, draping events with the lush and rugged backdrops she travels as girl, woman, mother, grandmother, teacher, lover, hiker, writer, outsider, insider and in many other voices. Interweaving distinctive imagery of natural and made landscapes with details of local, political and women’s history, these poem