Rivers, Ridges, and Poems with Jerry Wemple

Poet, educator and editor Jerry Wemple is David's featured guest on this episode of In Three Poems. Support the showPoem 1: "A Flower Rests," read by David.Poem 2: "Colored," read by Jerry.Poem 3: "The Day Lady Died," by Frank O’Hara, also read by Jerry."The Day Lady Died" by Frank O'Hara was published in Lunch Poems (City Lights, 1964). Red by permission, thanks to Frederick T. CourtrightJerry's Bio:Jerry Wemple is an award-winning poet and prose writer who has published four poetry collections, most recently We Always Wondered What Became of You from Broadstone Books. His collection Artemas and Ark: the Ridge and Valley Poems chronicles the lives of two generations living in a small town in the central Susquehanna Valley. He is co-editor, with Marjorie Maddox, of the recently published anthology Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania, and its predecessor, Common Wealth. Both published by Penn State Press. He also co-edited the anthology Rivers, Ridges, and Valleys: Essays on Rural Pennsylvania., released earlier this year by Catamount Press.Links:https://www.jerrywemple.com/We Always Wondered What Became of You, from Broadstone BooksArtemas & Ark: The Ridge and Valley Poems, Finishing Line Press Text the show!Support the show