Part 1 of the Friday night open mic poetry event at the Mercury Cafe. Recorded March 28th, 2025 by Coven Recording and Sound. This was the last night that this Friday night poetry open mic, one of the longest continuously running in the world, occurred under the legendary venue name Mercury Cafe. Special thanks to Philip Tran for commissioning this recording, assisting with the editing/organization process, and also for creating the event artwork. This section of the open mic features the following poets (most names appear as they were written on the sign-up list):

1. Absalon

2. Moses

3. Ricardo

4. Sophie

5. Mitch

6. MWB

7. Q

8. BG

9. David Price

10. Ted Vaca

11. Stan

12. Marilyn Megenity

13. David Steele

14. Emily

15. Raul

16. Molly

17. Silas

18. Haley A.