This September’s First Thursday program at the Orr’s Island Library features Maine’s Poet Laureate Wesley McNair. He will give a reading of his poetry, followed by a question and answer session and book signing, at 7 p. m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the library.

At the reading, McNair will tell the story of how he developed as a poet, from past to present, using poems to illustrate.

“ People might be surprised that I didn’t have a literary background at all,” McNair said. “I started out in poverty and a broken home, and there were many detours along my way to becoming a poet.”

McNair’s poetry, based on the humor and sorrow of ordinary life, is likely to connect with people of all ages, even those who think they don’t like poetry.

“Anybody in my audience who has lived a life has already done the required homework,” he said.

The Orr’s Island Library is located at 1699 Harpswell Islands Road, in Orr’s Island.