Today’s poem is "Off Paxil, I Revisit a Box of Old Photos and Letters" by David Stankiewicz. David is Associate Professor of English at Southern Maine Community College. His book, My First Beatrice , was published by Moon Pie Press. He lives in Cape Elizabeth with his wife and two daughters.

Today’s poem is “Sign Language Interpreter" by Karyn Lie-Nielsen. Her chapbook, Handbuzz and Other Poems , features poems that center on her experiences growing up within a Deaf community.

Today’s poem is "Everything Has a Heart" by Deborah Cummins. She’s the author of two poetry collections and a collection of essays that was a finalist for 2013 Maine Book Award in Non-Fiction. Her poems and essays have been featured in nine anthologies and numerous journals and magazines.

Today’s poem is "Thomas" by Douglas W. Milliken. He is the author of two novels, To Sleep as Animals and Our Shadows’ Voice (forthcoming 2019), the collection Blue of the World , and several chapbooks, including The Opposite of Prayer . He lives within the acoustic roar of the spring-furious Saco River.

Today’s poem is "Memorial Day" by Lynn Ascrizzi. She is an artist, poet, freelance writer and gardener who lives with her husband, Joe, in a house they built in the woods of Freedom, Maine. Her work has been published in magazines and anthologies, including Take Heart: Poems from Maine , Take Heart: More Poems from Maine and the online quarterly, El*ix*ir Journal .

Today’s poem is "Remembering Luck" by Douglas “Woody” Woodsum. He’s taught at two universities and five public schools and published poetry in dozens of literary magazines and journals. With his students, he has published twelve annual anthologies of oral history, folklore, and creative writing.

Today’s poem is “I hang my mother’s laundry” by Jeri Theriault. She’s lives in South Portland and is the author of four books of poems, most recently Radost, my red (Moon Pie Press 2016) Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies such as French Connections: An Anthology of Poetry by Franco-Americans and Three-Nations Anthology .

Today’s poem is “River Love Salmon Fight Song in Two Parts" by Jefferson Navicky and Megan Grumbling. Jefferson is the author of poetic novel, The Book of Transparencies , and the story collection, The Paper Coast . He is the archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection, teaches English at Southern Maine Community College, and lives in Freeport. Megan Grumbling’s first book, Booker’s Point , was the winner of the 2017 Maine Book Award for Poetry and the 2015 Vassar Miller Prize. She is also

Today’s poem is “Night Wind in Spring” by Elizabeth Coatsworth. She wrote poems, short stories and children’s stories. In 1931 she received the Newbury Medal for her children’s book The Cat Who Went to Heaven . Elizabeth lived with her husband, the writer Henry Beston, at Chimney Farm in Nobleboro.

Today’s poem is “Old Pianos” by Marcia F. Brown. She is the author of four books of poetry, editor of the anthology, Port City Poems , Contemporary Poets Celebrate Portland, Maine , and an essay collection for book groups. Marcia served as Portland’s poet laureate and since 2011 she has hosted a monthly reading series featuring local authors and poets in her home town of Cape Elizabeth, ME.