Enjoy listening to original poems by two local poets at this free event inspired by the 50^th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

An Iowa Writers Workshop alumnus and long-time teacher, John Graber has had many poems and three collections of poetry published. His poems draw from nature, psychology and a hard-won spiritual faith. Graber is widely admired for his evocative language and stories that reach deep into the heart. He lives on the Mississippi in Stockholm, Wisconsin.

Lee Kisling, a Hudson resident since 1988, is a popular local poet who conducts a monthly poetry salon in Hudson. He has many published poems around the country and his poetry readings are known to be wildly humorous, achingly sad, highly original and always memorable.