Invitation to virtual poetry reading featuring Dave Seter Saturday July 27

[Lawrence Robinson]

You are cordially invited to join us for a virtual poetry reading featuring Sonoma County’s next Poet Laureate, Dave Seter
Saturday July 27 from 10:00 to 10:30 AM PT.

There is no need to pre-register; just click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84502666878?pwd=Ry82YnFsZU4waDZyaHZxelhWL1FEZz09



Dave Seter is an environmental engineer, poet, essayist, and the author of Don’t Sing to Me of Electric Fences (Cherry Grove Collections) and Night Duty (Main Street Rag). <> He is also an emerging translator of contemporary Lithuanian poetry. He has been named Sonoma County Poet Laureate for 2024-26. More at: https://www.daveseter.com <https://www.daveseter.com/> On Instagram: @daveseter_ecopoet


At Henny Penny Diner
 
The regulars, some grizzled, some fresh-shaven,
hold down the counter with forearms, with elbows.
In between jokes, forks lift omelets and waffles.
The eggs are fresh, the jokes retold.
Even knowing the punchline the regulars laugh.
 
How do the waitstaff refrain from rolling their eyes?
Not just hungry for tips, they’re kind,
knowing we all travel the same road,
the crossroads cracked asphalt and erratic gravel,
the intersection occasionally flooding,
no joke, with backwash of the Petaluma River.
So much flow and nowhere for it to go.
The shrugged banks of the river don’t know what to say.
 
But we’ll be fine, the rooster statue out front seems to reply,
standing guard day and night, shedding rain, shedding jokes
about this chicken town, while inside, the raincoats
are shrugged off  shoulders—draped over chairs—
stay awhile—they seem to say.
The plates are full to the brim with omelets and waffles and—
if you’re a first-timer, if I can offer a suggestion—
try the country style potatoes—this is my place now—I say—
my elbows firmly planted on the counter.

	- Dave Seter





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