Bucks will be hosting the Bucks Poetry Series on Friday, November 14 with three well-known poets from the area, including Bucks gradutate David Mook. The event will kick off at 8 p.m in the Orangery.

Mook received his Masters degree in writing from Vermont College in 2002 after finishing his Associate degree at Bucks and his BA at Beaver College.

Mook was inspired to write poetry by his daughter Sarah Gail Mook who passed away at the age of 8. Sarah started writing poetry in kindergarten. She died suddenly, while only in the third grade.

Her father spent the next few months reading Sarah’s poetry and was inspired to write his own.

“Poetry is a gift from Sarah that I feel both blessed and honored to be able to share,” Mook said.

Both David and Sarah have poems published in his most recent book of poetry, “Each Leaf,” which came out in June of 2002. He received an honorable mention from Robert Atwan in his series, The Best American Essays, 2000 for his essay “Fishing.”

His writings have also appeared in many publications including: Northeast Corridor, Schuykill Valley Journal, and Mad Poets Review.

Nationally known poet and author Elaine Terranova will also be joining the group. Terranova is a winner of the Walt Whitman Award for her book “The Cult of The Right Hand,” and was awarded an NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) fellowship in literature in 1997.

Terranova has also penned such books as “Damages” and “The Dog’s Heart” and also a verse translation of Euripides’ “Iphigenia at Aulis”. She is currently the Associate Editor of the on-line book review “Frigate”(Frigatezine.com).

Poet and Bucks County local Herb Frederick will be filling the final spot – continuing to help foster poetry in Bucks County. Both he and his wife, Pamela Perkins-Frederick – who also writes poetry – are well known for their writing.

The poetry reading is open to the campus and to the community and is free for those interested to come. For more information, please call Stephen doCarmo at 215-968-8267, Jim Freeman at 215-968-8155, or Matt Rusnak at 215-968-8169.