The Wurtsboro Art Alliance Presents Poetry in the Gallery Produced and Hosted by Walter Worden *** Poetry in the Gallery series continues this season at an earlier time: 7 pm. *** *** Featured Poet: Ariana D. Den Bleyker Sunday, May 5 7:00 p.m. *** Ariana D. Den Bleyker is a Pittsburgh native currently residing in a small town in New York where she is a wife and mother of two. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her family and every once in a while sleeps. She is the author of the chapbooks, Forgetting Aesop (Bandini Books, LLC, 2011), Naked Animal (Flutter Press, 2012) and My Father Had a Daughter (Alabaster Leaves Publishing, forthcoming 2013), as well as the full-length collections, The Trees are on Fire (ALL CAPS PUBLISHING, 2012) and Geometry of Broken Parts (Sweatshoppe Publications, forthcoming 2013). She is the founder and editor of Emerge Literary Journal.    An open mike session follows the featured poet. Read your own work or that of your favoite poet. Poetry in the Gallery is always free, but donations are gratefully accepted.   Poetry In The Gallery Each first Sunday of the month from April through December the Wurtsboro Art Alliance presents Poetry in The Gallery, a reading and performance series established to showcase the finest of seasoned and emerging talent in the greater Hudson valley/Catskill region and beyond.   Each month we present a featured poet followed by an "open mic" session at which time everyone is invited to read their own work or that of their favorite poet.   The series, now in its fourth season, is offering an exciting lineup of featured poets and performers. A partial list appears below.   The evening begins with the featured poet at 7:00 PM.    2013 Featured Poets: April 7     Teresa Costa May 5     Ariana D. Den Bleyker 2012 Featured Poets: April 1     Matthew J. Spireng May 6     Barbara Adams June 3     Lynn Hoines August 5  Franklin Schneider October 7 John Fitzpatrick November 4 -CANCELLED December 2 -Season finale TBA   2011 Featured Poets: April 3      Robert Milby May  1      Glenn Werner June 5     Tara Yetter July 3      Jim Neuburger Aug 7      Sonia Lynch Sept 4     Kevin Kenny Oct 2       Matthew Spireng Nov 6      TBA Dec 4      TBA