Centrum Presents Poetry on the Salish Sea 

Winter Solstice: Let There Be Light - a Reading and Celebration of Copper Canyon Press 

December 13, 2025 in The Chapel at Fort Worden State Park

Copper Canyon Poetry Reading at 6:30pm  

Panel with Copper Canyon poets hosted by Ryo Yamaguchi at 7:30pm   

Open reception with dessert after the panel.

Free and open to the public, cash and check donations accepted at the door. 

Three extraordinary poets will grace the stage of The Chapel on December 13, 2025 for a special evening of poetry and onstage conversation. Jennifer Chang, Leila Chatti, and Jenny George will be in Port Townsend to celebrate the publishing legacy and accomplishments of internationally renowned poetry press Copper Canyon — a fixture here since 1974 — and mark Winter Solstice and the turning of the seasons. All three poets are published by Copper Canyon, and Ryo Yamaguchi, the press’s publisher, will moderate an onstage conversation with the poets. Bertolt Brecht asked, in 1939, “In the dark times will there also be singing?” Yep, definitely. Join us for light amid the season’s dark.