Poetry Archive

The past two seasons of the Poetry Series readings are available for checkout at the library on DVD or view a video online of all the readings at the Ledding Library YouTube channel. Find out more about the current season here.

We are delighted to have hosted the following poets over the years.

Season 1: Paulann Petersen, Kim Stafford, Judith Barrington, Barbara Drake, Floyd Skloot, Jim Grabill, Vern Rutsala & Kate Gray.

Season 2: Joseph A. Soldati, Lisa Steinman, Michele Glazer, Carlos Reyes, David Biespiel, Bill Siverly, Mary Szybist, Crystal Williams, Peter Sears & Will Schneberg.

Season 3: John Marrison, Lex Runciman, Don Colburn, Scot Siegel, Kathleen Halme, Penelope Scambly Schott, Sage Cohen, B. T. Shaw, Judith Arcana & Paul Merchant.

Season 4: John Witte, Vince Wixon, Dan Raphael, Frances Payne Adler, Jessica Lamb, Henry Hughes, Charles Goodrich, Daniel Skach-Mills, Margaret Chula & Carl Adamshick.

Season 5: Jessica Lamb, Maxine Scates, Clemens Starck, Jim Shugrue, Jennifer Richter, Laura Winter, Ron Talney, David Axelrod, Donna Henderson & Noel Hanlon.

Season 6: Ingrid Wendt, John Daniel, Ursula Le Guin, Karen Holmberg, Matthew Dickman, Herman Asarnow, Cecelia Hagen, Steve Dieffenbacher, Mark Thalman & Andrea Hollander.

Season 7: Ralph Salisbury, Wendy Willis, Verlena Orr, John Sibley Williams, Michael McGriff, John Brehm, Brittany Corrigan, John Beer, Kristen Rian & Stephanie Lenox.

Season 8: Paulann Petersen, Henry Carlile, David Filer, Kim Stafford, David Biespiel, Samiya Bashir, Lex Runciman, Harold Johnson, Lisa Steinman & Annie Lighthart.

Season 9: Patty Wixon, Judith Barrington, Bill Siverly, John Witte, Dawn Diez Willis, Kathleen Halme, Marilyn Stablein, Michael McDowell, Cindy Williams Gutierrez & Peter Sears.

Season 10: Donna Prinzmetal, Darlene Pagan, Dan  Raphael, Carl Adamshick, Zachary Schomburg, Jennifer Richter, Lois Rosen, Penelope Scambly Schott & Joe Wilkins.

Season 11: Carlos Reyes, Henry Hughes, Amy Maclennan, Scot Siegel, Anatoly Molotkov, Emmett Wheatfall, Elizabeth Woody, Ed Skoog, Lex Runciman & Judith Arcana.

Season 12: Paul Merchant, Samiya Bashir, George Venn, Andrea Hollander, Kristin Berger, Tim Whitsel, Carolyn Martin, Joseph A. Soldati, Vince Wixon & Shaindel Beers.

Season 13: Cindy Williams Gutierrez, Matthew Minicucci, Don Colburn, Judith Montgomery, Clemens Starck, Greg Simon & Kim Stafford.

Season 14: John Sibley Williams, Quinton Hallett, Claudia Savage, Anis Mojgani, Paulann Petersen & Emmett Wheatfall.

Season 15: Marilyn Johnston, Judith Barrington, Kate Gray, Christopher Howell, Ashley Toliver, Doug Stone, Jessica Mehta, Gary Lark, Margaret Chula, Jennifer Perrine & Ann Staley (Tribute).