The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. will host a poetry reading by Mary Clare Powell on Friday, June 7, at 6 p.m.
Powell will read from her latest book, “Weeding,” a collection of poems about weeds illustrated by photographs and drawings that also includes voices of other poets and writers about the value of paying attention to weeds.
“Weeds have taught me to take root where I land,” Powell said in a statement, “and to proliferate there, to welcome whatever comes, to receive what is given, to be exactly the weed I am. Weeds are scattershot, random and determined not to be organized. I spent several years compiling this volume, collecting quotes, drawing sketches, writing poems and simply receiving the pieces I hoped might become part of some delicious whole. This book is the result of paying attention to those plants that we often forget to notice.”
A reception and book signing will follow the reading.
