A Reading of Poems with Poets Donald Levering and Wayne Lee based on artwo

Friday, September 12, 2025Doors open: 3:30PM4:00PM to 5:15PM 

A Reading of Poems with Poets Donald Levering and Wayne Lee based on artworks by David Olivant 

You are invited to a reading of ekphrastic poetry at Strata Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Ekphrastic poetry explores visual art by addressing the imagery in a painting by inhabiting or interpreting it. The readings will directly relate to artworks in Olivant’s solo exhibition - Raids on the Inarticulate. Q & A will follow along with refreshments.

ABOUT THE POETS

Writer, editor and teacher Wayne Lee (wayneleepoet.com) lives in Santa Fe, NM. Lee’s poems have appeared in Tupelo Press, Slipstream, The New Guard, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Writer’s Digest and other journals and anthologies. He was awarded the 2012 Fischer Prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and three Best of the Net Awards. His collection The Underside of Light was a finalist for the 2014 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award. His chapbook Buddha’s Cat was published by Whistle Lake Press in May 2024. His memoir Service Husband: A Caregiver’s Journey Through Disability, Suicide and Recovery is forthcoming from Mercury Heartlink in 2024 and his collection Dining on Salt: Four Seasons of Septets is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press in 2025. Lee is the founder and host of the online Tuesday Poetry Practice community.

Donald Levering’s recent honors include the Literal Latté Award, the Tor House Foundation Robinson Jeffers Prize, and the Carve Contest Winner. His book, The Water Leveling with Us, placed second in the National Federation of Press Women Creative Verse Book Competition. His 7th book, Coltrane’s God, was Runner-Up for the New England Book Festival Contest in poetry. His poems have appeared in such journals as Bloomsbury Review, Commonweal, Hiram Poetry Review, Hunger Mountain, Notre Dame Review, Poet & Critic, Southern Poetry Review, and Stand.  Levering has volunteered with Earthwatch and Enkosini as a species preservation activist and currently volunteers as a US citizenship tutor with Santa Fe Literacy Volunteers.  

There is no charge for this event. Gallery doors open at 3:30 PM for the 4:00 PM reading. Please arrive early so you can be seated before the reading begins. For more information contact Strata Gallery at [email protected]

Host or Publisher Strata Gallery