Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "The Battered Woman’s Prayer for Power" by Faylita Hicks from her collection HoodWitch.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "Explaining Love" by Dexter L. Booth from his collection Abracadabra Sunshine.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads James Cagney's poem "Found in America: Bad Apples."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Al Young's poem "Dawn at Oakland Airport."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Martha Ronk's poem "Scraps of Indigenous History."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads traci kato-kiriyama's poem "Los Angeles is (such) a Scorpio."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Matthew Dickman's poem "Rhododendron."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Michelle Bitting's poem "Labyrinth."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's poem "Look At This Blue."

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Lauren Russell's poem "Peggy/ An Inventory."