Poems from Life 2017

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Poems from Life w. Juniper Village

Poems from Life with Juniper Village is a project developed in partnership between the Pennsylvania Center for the Book and Juniper Village Senior Living at Brookline to share and celebrate the lives of Juniper residents with original, individualized poems presented by local poets.

2017 Poems from Life with Juniper Village

Here’s an Empty Horse

—for Lois Price


Alison Jaenicke

 

Interview: Meet Tom Roush

—for Tom Roush


Teresa Stouffer

 

On Visiting Lois

—for Lois Snavely


John Ziegler

 

A History of the Senses

—for John Flynn


Camille-Yvette Welsch

 

Watercolor with Stan

—for Stanley Person


Nicole Miyashiro

 

Editha, With Two Yellow Birds

—for Editha Seidel


Abby Minor

 

I Did All Right

—for Max Confer


Mary Rohrer-Dann

 

Fred Harris, American Small Town Barber

—for Fred Harris


Sarah Russell

 

Ode for Rose

—for Rose Plozner


Julia Kasdorf

 

Project Team — Pennsylvania Center for the Book: Ellysa Stern Cahoy and Nicole Miyashiro; Juniper Village at Brookline: Katie Kensinger and Jill McKenrick.

With special thanks to — Nathan Valchar, poster designer; Tasha Craig, original poster and program art; 98.7 The Freq – Morning Mixtape with Jason Crane; Nittany Valley Writer’s Network; the families of featured residents; and each poet and featured resident!