WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library has announced that the Bookey Readings poetry series, formerly held at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell, will continue at the library’s 39 Bowdoin St.

The series will kick off with two Maine poets, Doug Rawlings and Terry Grasse, for a Veterans Day-themed reading scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, according to a news release from Richard Fortin, library director.

Rawlings, the first featured poet, has lived in Maine since the mid-1970s, teaching high school English before teaching composition and peace studies at the University of Maine at Farmington. In 1985, he joined with four other veterans to form the nonprofit Veterans for Peace organization.

Grasse, the second featured poet, was drafted into the U.S. Army at age 19. He served for one year in Vietnam as a radio operator with a military intelligence unit.

In a casual platform, after the featured readings, local veterans and other poets attending will be invited to share veterans-themed poetry to honor family, country and peace.

The Bookey Readings poetry series was started by Ted Bookey at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell more than 25 years ago. Bookey was known for his poetry workshops at the University of Maine at Augusta through UMA’s Senior College. Local poets Claire Hersom and Jay Franzel took over organizing the series in 2015, and the series moved this year to the Winthrop library.

Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Fortin at 207-377-8673.

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