Poetry Reading

Please join us as we present an evening of poetry with four distinct voices.
The exciting lineup features Lancaster poets Arlene Geller, Lisa Munson, Le Hinton, and current Lancaster Poet Laureate Dana Kinsey!
Learn more about our poets below.

Registration is helpful, but walk-ins are always welcome!

Poet/lyricist Arlene (Arlo) Geller has been fascinated with words from a young age. Two poetry collections, The Earth Claims Her and Hear Her Voice, were published in 2023. Her poetry has also appeared in Tiny Seed Journal, Tiferet Journal, White Enso, and other literary journals and anthologies.

Lisa J. Munson is a prize-winning poet and co-editor of the poetry journal Fledgling Rag (pub. Iris G. Press). Her poem “the next storm” received an Honorable Mention in the 2024 PA Poetry Society’s (PPS) 75th Anniversary Ars Poetica Poetry Competition.

Le Hinton is the author of seven poetry collections including Elegies for an Empire (Iris G. Press, 2023). His work has been widely published and can be found in The Best American Poetry 2014, Pleiades, the Baltimore Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, the Summerset Review, and outside Penn Medicine Park, incorporated into Derek Parker’s sculpture Common Thread.

Dana Kinsey, Lancaster City Poet Laureate, is a spoken word artist, actor, director, teacher, and freelance writer. Her work is published in Fledgling Rag, SWWIM, SoFloPoJo, ONE ART, The Champagne Room, Anti-Heroin Chic, Wild Roof Journal, Equinox, Drunk Monkeys, The Ravens Perch, Passengers, and more.