Poetry & Art ~ Spring Celebration ~ March 16 !

Louise Runyon will give a poetry reading on Sunday, March 16, at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Cullowhee, NC.  After a hard winter and in anticipation of spring, she will read her poetry against a backdrop of Melba Cooper’s artwork from her series of paintings, Pollination.  Melba will also give an artist talk, and Lillian Pearson will play piano.

In Anticipation of Spring!

    A Pollination Conversation

~ through poetry, music and art ~ 

Sunday, March 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m., St. David’s Episcopal Church

385 Forest Hills Rd, Cullowhee, NC 28723

~ Light refreshments will be served ~

 Melba Cooper, Artist

Louise Morgan Runyon, Poet

Lillian Pearson, Piano

Surrounded by Melba Cooper’s glorious paintings of pollination, Louise and Lillian will present poetry and music, and Melba will give an artist talk.  Poetry books (cash or check only) and art work will be available for purchase.

Melba Cooper invites you to follow her “Path of the Pollen” as interpreted in her cold wax/oil paintings. There she longs for the hum of healing, and a sacred regard for Mother Earth.  melbacooper.com

 Louise Morgan Runyon is a poet with deep roots in Western North Carolina.  She has published five books of poems and has “a gift for connecting generations… and bridging gaps divided by race, language, and culture.”  Her poems are steeped in the natural world of the Appalachians.  louiserunyonperformance.com