Local poet, songwriter and essayist Patrick Frank will read his original work and perform some of his music during this discussion of poetry, social justice and the creative process.

Patrick Frank is a poet-essayist-songwriter with a teaching counseling background and an advocate for the poor from Arden. He contributes guest columns on politics to the Citizen-Times. Themes of his work include social justice, spirituality, nature and personal growth. Patrick strives for clarity and depth in all of his writing and has been strongly influenced by international poetry.