The Other Voice, a monthly poetry reading sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, will celebrate the holidays with a gift of readings by D.R. Wagner and Joyce Odam this month.

The group will gather at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, in the church library, 27074 Patwin Road in rural West Davis.

Wagner is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, including “The Night Market” from Crisis Chronicles Press and “Love Poems” from Cold River Press. He is a visual artist and a musician, and taught design at UC Davis. He has exhibited visual poetry with William Burroughs and read with Jim Morrison, Michael McClure and Anne Waldman.

Odam’s poems have appeared in The Tule Review, Poetry Now, Medusa’s Kitchen, Convergence and many other periodicals and publications. Since July 2003, she has edited the monthly publication “BREVITIES, A Mini-Mag Of Minimalist Poems.”

Of herself, Odam says, “I am Canadian-born, California-grown. I realized my love of ‘words’ early in life. My poems explore relationships, the subjective, the observational, the purely imagined. I strongly believe in the relevance of art in one’s life.”

Refreshments and an open mic will follow the reading. Bring a poem to share.