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Joanne Leva
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An advocate for creative writing and community service, founder and executive director of the Montgomery County (PA) Poet Laureate Program, and author of two poetry collections, Eve Heads Back (2020) and Eve Would Know (2017) published by Kelsay Books.
I carry praise for Julie Maloney, founder/director of www.WomenReadingAloud.org, author of A Matter of Chance (She Writes Press) and Private Landscape (Arseya Publishing).
I carry joy. I carry gratitude and awe. What do you carry? #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Calling all Keystone Poets Anthology lovers! This is what happens when the best of the best celebrate poetry and read their work at Indian Valley Public Library🍁Praise Pennsylvania State University Press and editors Marjorie Maddox Hafer and Jerry Wemple #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
October 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Dodge Poet and faculty member of Murphy Writing of Stockton University, storyteller, literary citizen, and good friend, Luray Gross shared from “With This Body” & “Lift” #RaggedSkyPress Thank you for inviting us to question and reclaim our words at #IVAF #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup ✍🏼
September 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Many thanks to poet Kathleen Lutz Mulholland for taking part in both the poetry reading (which was amazing) and the conversation (imagine an outing with Walt Whitman) #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup Indian Valley Public Library #myhappyplace ✍🏼
August 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So grateful to poet, Joseph A. Chelius, for sharing his new poetry collection, Playing Fields (Kelsay Books, 2025), at the Indian Valley Public Library #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup as we reflected on the (seemingly) ordinarily things in our lives that we are thankful for #WearingMyFathersMitt
July 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“There are no good words for an ending…” to quote #evanwang in his poem, Graduation Day, but we sure had fun trying! 📸#NationalYouthPoetLaureate “Look at you!”
June 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our #shootingstar #evanwang reading his poem, Graduation Day 🎓 #NationalYouthPoetLaureate
#Congratulations, Evan! #UpperMerionHighSchool #2025
June 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Please join us for an evening of Radical Love for our National *Youth* Poet Laureate #evanwang Montgomery County Poet Laureate - MCPL at Eclipse Center for Creative Community on Saturday, June 14, at 7pm. This event is hosted by #mcypl #TinaRambergMichael and #mcpls Chad Frame Liz Gray 🥳
June 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Count it all joy! My favorite place at Indian Valley Public Library with Courtney K. Bambrick & Peter M. Baroth ✍🏼 Praise for World Without (Bottlecap Press) and Lost Autographs (Moonstone Press) 💌 #poetry #stories #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Congratulations to Evan Wang, the inaugural Youth Montgomery County (PA) Poet Laureate, *now* The National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States! 🇺🇸 #hiphiphooray (mostly hip) www.youthlaureate.org/
May 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Ethel Rackin’s new book, In Time (THE WORD WORKS, 2025), is a celebration of life’s most noteworthy days. Recovered dailies are just one of the many gems within this captivating collection! #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup at The Indian Valley Public Library #NationalPoetryMonth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Her first book of poems, Bread and Fumes, explores Lynn Fanok’s Ukrainian Heritage 🇺🇦 and her second collection, The Weeds (Kelsay Books, 2025), explores place and how it informs identity, coming soon! 💛💙 @indianvalleypubliclibrary #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup
March 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Celebrating Hayden Saunier’s Wheel, her newest poetry collection (Terrapin Books, 2024) Indian Valley Public Library #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup A picture is worth a thousand words 📸 #thankfulgratefulblessed
February 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I get it 🐈
December 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Wrapping this morning is going well so far 🐈‍⬛
December 14, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Hi Donut. This is Melville.
November 22, 2024 at 1:34 PM
November 17, 2024 at 4:27 AM