Poetry Reading by Fran Abrams followed by an Open Mic

Award-winning poet Fran Abrams will read and talk about her poetry with us, followed by an open mic for participants' poetry.

Award-winning poet Fran Abrams will read and talk about her most recent book of poetry with us, followed by an open mic for participants' poetry. Fran's book, titled Traveling on the Number Nine Bus, consists entirely of poems in the Nonet and reverse Nonet form. 

Fran uses this form to tell the story of a bus traveling a route through an unnamed city, its passengers, its driver, the places it goes, as well as the secrets on the bus. It is a chronicle of everyday people that rely on the bus. Even if you don't regularly travel by bus, you'll enjoy the stories of the riders, their quirks and their challenges, all written in poetry.

This is Fran’s fourth book of poems. Her others are a full-length collection, I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir (2022), and in two chapbooks, The Poet Who Loves Pythagoras (2023), and Arranging Words (2023). Her work appears widely in journals and in more than twenty anthologies. You can learn more about Fran Abrams and her poetry at www.franabramspoetry.com 

Questions about this program? Contact the Quince Orchard branch 240-777-0200.

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