Local Poets Ann Spier and Ed Harkness Poetry Reading:
Sun, Nov 02
|Friday Harbor
Griffin Bay Bookstore presents two Northwest poets recently published by regional publisher Empty Bowl Press, Ann Spier, author of Wild Cucumber, and Ed Harkness, author of Creek Water
Time & Location
Nov 02, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Friday Harbor, 155 Spring St, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA
About the event
In the opening lines of Wild Cucumber, Ann Spiers writes, “leaving / I walk left into morning
glory / no shortcuts.” In her latest full-length collection, Spiers’s poems reveal intimate
human yearning, draping events with the lush and rugged backdrops she travels as girl,
woman, mother, grandmother, teacher, lover, hiker, writer, outsider, insider, and in many
other voices. Interweaving distinctive imagery of natural and made landscapes with details
of local, political, and women’s history, these poems explore the islands, beaches, and the