Staff Report


In “Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War,” 61 contemporary poets focus on war’s destruction of the natural world — the creatures, plants, soil, water and atmosphere — on six continents and the moon. Several of those poets and local voices will read from that collection, Tuesday, April 28, from 6 to 7 p.m., at the Homer Public Library.


Six readers will read their own poems or the poems of others.


Anne Coray, an editor of the collection, will read her “For Love of Oak,” an account of the felling of 6,000 oak trees to build a warship in 1758.


Michael LeMay, a local Vietnam veteran, will read Camille T. Dungy’s “Sanctuary,” which describes fitting an elephant whose leg was blown off by a landmine with a prosthetic limb.


Nancy Lord will read her poem “The Islands,” a reflection on a visit to Attu and Kiska. Gretchen Diemer will read two of hers — “Place of Danger” and “Land Between the Rivers.”

Tom Kizzia will read the poems of James Janko and Sean Mclain Brown. Samantha Cunningham will read Dorothy Wall and a poem by Vivian Faith Prescott highlighting the the largest underground nuclear test in the U.S.


The poetry reading is presented by Friends of the Homer Public Library.


Ann Dixon’s review of “Convergence” is here.