Six Words for You

Visit the West Ward Market from 5–8 p.m. on Thursdays in June and take home a personalized mini-poem, typed on a vintage typewriter by poet Maryann Riker.

A mother and daughter each hold up a poem composed on a typewriter for them by local poet and artist Maryann Riker for the Karl Stirner Arts Trail's Poetry in the Wild Project at the West Ward Market in Easton, Pennsylvania.

It’s part of the Karl Stirner Arts Trail’s Poetry in the Wild project, which the local artist coordinates.

She got warmed up last month when she created six-word poems for visitors at the Arts Community of Easton Studio Tour.

Other Poetry in the Wild events:

  • Friday, June 19, 5 p.m., Grace Gate tunnel – “Room for Error” listening party with Yolanda Wisher, former Philadelphia Poet Laureate.
  • Wednesday, July 1, 4:30 p.m., location TBA – “Or We Could” poetry workshop with Ross Gay, register: info@karlstirnerartstrail.org
  • Saturday, Nov. 28, time/location TBA – Ross Gay reading and project

Sponsors for the Karl Stirner Arts Trail’s summer and fall programming this year are Edward and Cathy Ahart, Integrated Automotive Services, Bi-State Construction, Timmerman Equipment, and the city of Easton.

Poetry in the Wild is supported in part with funding from the Hotel Tax grant programs through Northampton County’s Department of Community & Economic Development, a Crayola Community Grant, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts.