MARSHFIELD – Sunday Afternoon Poetry at the Jaquith monthly poetry readings are free and open to the public. On June 21, 2 to 4 p.m., local authors D. Slayton Avery and Cindy Ellen Hill will be present. Refreshments, featuring Jasper Hill cheese, will be served.
D. Slayton Avery has been published in a growing number of online and print journals and anthologies. She is the 2024 Vermont Writers poetry prize winner, and PSOV’s 2025 Arthur Wallace Peach Award winner. She founded VerseVillage to celebrate local poets and poetry in her hometown of Hardwick.
Cindy Ellen Hill has penned four poetry collections. Her novel in sonnet verse, “Leeds Point,” will be released this summer. She has won the Vermont Writer’s Prize for poetry and fiction, and received NENPA awards in journalism.
