2026 Bookstock Poetry Readings

The 2026 Bookstock Poetry Festival, which took place Sun., May 17 at the Norman Williams Public Library, was a great success! Participating poets included Meg Reynolds, Wyn Cooper, Sydney Lea, Emma Paris, Marcus Burns, Jennifer Militello, and Xue Di & Chard deNiord.

The Norman Williams Public Library

Poet & Sundog Board Chair AP Kramaric

Poet Meg Reynolds

Poet Meg Reynolds

“Plums” by Meg Reynolds.

Poet Wyn Cooper

“Message in a Bottle” from Wyn Cooper’s latest book, The Unraveling.

Poet Wyn Cooper

VT Poet Laureate (2015 - 2019) Chard deNiord

VT Poet Laureate (2011 - 2015) Sydney Lea

“Small Upland Stream” by Sydney Lea

VT Youth Poet Laureate (2025) Emma Paris

Migration of Fish and Femininity

by Emma Paris. Poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Chariot Press.

VT Youth Poet Laureate (2026) Marcus Burns

NH Poet Laureate Jennifer Militello

Poet Xue Di

“Faces” by Xue Di

Poets Xue Di and Chard deNiord