Northwest poets Gary Adams and Bill Siverly give a free reading at 1 p.m. Saturday at the North Bend Public Library.

Siverly’s latest book is Clearwater Way (2009), poems inspired by the Wasco myth cycle about Coyote, and the authors’ experiences along the Washington coast, up the Columbia, Snake and Clearwater rivers to his hometown in Lewiston, Idaho.

Siverly has lived in Portland since 1972. He earned his master’s of arts degree from San Francisco State University and taught literature, composition and creative writing at Portland Community College for 25 years. Siverly’s previous books are Parzival (1981), Phoenix Fire (1987) and The Turn (2000). He’s the co-editor of “Windfall: A Journey of Poetry of Place,” which features poetry of the Pacific Northwest.

Adams, of Eugene, is the author “Things Inside Other Things” (2008).  He studied at Columbia University in New York. A major influence on Adams’ writing was taking creative writing and poetry survey courses by major poet Kenneth Koch. Adams work is influenced by his weekly hikes in mountains and at the coast, and by Oregon wetlands.

The free program is sponsored by the Friends of the North Bend Public Library and Traprock Books. For more information, call the library at 756-0400.