In honor of the 30th Anniversary of National Poetry Month, please JOIN US for a reading by Hudson Valley poet Catherine Arra from her latest chapbook, PERENNIAL COSMOLOGY.

As Catherine Arra writes “ The poems in Perennial Cosmology were written over the past two years as my partner and I lived through his cancer diagnosis, treatment, remission, and the four seasons.

This became what defined the structure of our life and the place we live. While sequencing the poems, it became apparent to me that the life-death cycle in nature and in everyday living is the abode for the poems. Our bodies are also abodes that influence how we see and interact with each other, our communities, and the world. There are poems about love, loss, grief, recovery, and gratitude; about marginalized folks, political victims, and joyful reunions—all in the cultural-societal abode we collectively share.”

Catherine Arra is the author of four full-length poetry collections and five chapbooks. A former English and writing teacher, she now facilitates local writing groups. Her newest full-length collection, Last Evening With All the Versions of Myself, was first finalist in the 2025 Donna Wolf-Palacio Poetry Book Prize and will be published by Finishing Line Press, September 2026. A collaborative ekphrastic chapbook, The Razor Tip of an Arrowhead, fourteen photos by Alex Stolis and poems by Catherine with a few co-written with Alex, is forthcoming from Dos Madres Press in 2026. Arra lives in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York with her partner Alex Stolis and their dog Daisy.