Reading: Robert Gibbons

Poetry reading by Maine poet Robert Gibbons. Gibbons's reading includes ekphrastic poems responding to artist David Driskell's work, as well as other poems selected from across his long and distinguished writing career.

Richard Hoffman, former Chairman of PEN New England, described Gibbons's writing as "sacralizing Portland, lodging it in the imagination of readers." His poems addressing Driskell's work have a similar effect, amplifying their visual impact by vocalizing the emotional reaction one has to Driskell's vibrant, spiritual art.