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Join us for week two of our summer reading series, featuring Roger Davis and Heidi Wakeman—poets, educators, and longtime community-builders here in Gloucester.
Roger Davis is an unqualified, uncertified, undocumented poet. He is just someone who writes poetry. His thinning hair is not long or wild; he is not angry, alienated, or avant garde. His poetry is non-conformist only in the sense that it does not conform to modernist non-conformity. His love for poetry began with the sound of his grandmother’s voice reciting poems by heart…A.A. Milne, Robert Service, and Mary Oliver. Poetry should say something, but say it with sound.
Davis went from a bachelor of arts degree in English and religion to a 41-year-career teaching middle-school science. Now, that will wrench some poetry out of a body! His poems can be found in Imperishable (reflections on the undying human spirit) and Jabuticaba (based on his 9 years in Brazil, with several poems in Portuguese). He is a regular participant in the Sawyer Free Library Writers’ Group and host of the Gloucester Writers Center monthly open mic.
Heidi Wakeman lives and writes in Gloucester. She teaches middle school students Spanish and poetry. An early career poet, long time diarist & frequent letter to the editor writer, Heidi believes in the power of poetry & writing to heal the self and change the world! You can find her in the woods, on the beach, on a bike or in an audience, smiling & listening with great attention.