Poetry in the Valley

Join us every 5th Tuesday for our Poetry in the Valley at the G.A.R. Hall

Featured Readers

Concrete Wink

(Rikki Santer, Chuck Salmons, Sandy Feen)

Rikki Santer’s collection, Resurrection Letter was grand prize short-listed for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and Shepherd’s Hour, won the Paul Nemser Book Prize from Lily Poetry Review Books. In 2023, she was named Ohio Poet of the Year and currently serves as Artist-in-Residence at the Fran Ryan Center in Columbus, Ohio.  Please contact her through her website, https://rikkisanter.com.

Chuck Salmons’ poems have appeared in Chiron Review, Evening Street Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Main Street Rag, and other journals. He has published four poetry collections: Stargazer Suite; Patch Job; The Grace of Gazing Inward; and the latest, Surviving the Eremocene, was released in fall 2025 from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. chucksalmons.com

Sandra Feen’s recent multi-genre collection, There’s a Rock on Martin Avenue, written with Cliff Treyens, has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and the 2026 Ohio Book Award. She is the 2022-2024 Ohio Beat Poet Laureate, and co-hosts The Muse’s Mic, with James Bryant. poeteach@msn.com

Followed by Open Mic

Doors open at 6pm

($5.00 donation recommended)