Today’s poem is “Dear” by Betsy Sholl, who was Maine’s third poet laureate. She has published eight books of poetry, most recently Otherwise Unseeable (University of Wisconsin Press 2014). She lives in Portland and teaches in the MFA Program of Vermont College.

Today’s poem is “The Library of the Forest” by Jefferson Navicky. He is the author of the poetic novel, The Book of Transparencies , and the story collection, The Paper Coast . He is the archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection and teaches English at Southern Maine Community College.

Today’s poem is “Least Said” by Richard Miles. He lives in Washington County and works as a stonemason. Richard co-founded, with Peter Sears, the Aspen Writers' Conference in 1974, and he taught English at The University of Arizona and Creative Writing at the University of New Mexico. He’s the author of “Boat of Two Shores” and a letterpress chapbook “Child & Other Poems.”

Today’s poem is “Regeneration” by Carolyn Locke. Carolyn was a high school teacher for many years and she is the author of two books of poetry, Always This Falling and The Place We Become. She has also written a haibun, a traditional Japanese form that combines prose and haiku, called Not One Thing: Following Matsuo Basho's Narrow Road to the Interior.

Today’s poem is “In the middle of the spelling quiz” by Mark Melnicove. Sometimes times, a pairing of Mark Melnicove's poems with artist Terry Winters' prints, was published in 2017 by Two Palms Press. He has just finished another poet-artist collaboration with Abby Shahn and her paintings of ghosts. He teaches English and creative writing at Falmouth High School.

Today’s poem is “And Now” by Martin Steingesser. Martin is author of three books of poems, Yellow Horses , Brothers of Morning , and The Thinking Heart: the Life & Loves of Etty Hillesum .

Today’s poem is “Cuts of Cloth” by Elizabeth Tibbetts. Her book In the Well won the Bluestem Poetry Award. She has a new book Say What You Can forthcoming from Deerbrook Editions. Elizabeth is a nurse who lives in Hope.

Today’s poem is “Leaving” by David Sloan. David is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA Poetry Program. He teaches at Maine Coast Waldorf High School in Freeport. His debut poetry collection, The Irresistible In-Between, was published by Deerbrook Editions in 2013.

Today’s poem is “Mother Picking Produce” by Richard Blanco. Richard is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Looking for the Gulf Motel and a memoir, The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood . Richard read his poem “One Today” at President Obama’s second inauguration.

Today’s poem is “Bear” by Betsy Sholl, who was Maine’s third poet laureate. She has published eight books of poetry, most recently Otherwise Unseeable (University of Wisconsin Press 2014). She lives in Portland, Maine, and teaches in the M.F.A. Program of Vermont College.