Today’s poem is “Piano Lessons” by Baron Wormser. Baron grew up in Baltimore, and in 1970 he moved to Maine with his wife, Janet. For 25 years he worked as a librarian for SAD 59 in Madison, Maine and homesteaded off the grid on 48 acres. He was Maine’s second poet laureate. Baron has published ten books of poetry; the most recent is Unidentified Sighing Objects . He now lives in Montpelier, Vermont.

Today’s poem is “Magnetic Resonant Image” by Ralph “Skip” Stevens who lives and writes on Little Cranberry Island. He recently retired from the English faculty at Coppin State University where he taught online after moving to Maine. He is the author of the collection At Bunker Cove .

Today’s poem is “On the Path to the Sea, Kennebunkport, Late October” by Marget Yocom. She lives in Farmington and Rangeley and is the author of ALL KINDS OF FUR : Erasure Poems & New Translation of a Tale from the Brothers Grimm (Deerbrook Editions, 2018); A folklorist, she founded the Folklore Studies Program at George Mason University where she taught for 36 years.

Today’s poem is “Harvesting” by Sonja Johanson. Her latest chapbook is Trees in Our Dooryards (Redbird Chapbooks) and recent work has appeared in American Life in Poetry and the Bellvue Literary Review. Sonja is a graduate of College of the Atlantic, and divides her time between work in Massachusetts and her home in the mountains of western Maine.

Today’s poem is “First Deer” by Paul Corrigan. He is a retired Baxter Park Ranger whose poems have appeared in Yankee, the Maine Times and Maine Speaks - a Maine studies anthology in which "First Deer" appeared. Paul performs with North Country Strings, reading from his book At the Grave of the Unknown River Driver published by North Country Press.

Today’s poem is “Recuerdo” by Martin Steingesser. Martin is the 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 “Beset by Dementia, My Father Travels Through Time” by Mike Bove. His first book of poems, Big Little City , was published by Moon Pie Press in 2018. He lives with his family in Portland, Maine and teaches in the English Department at Southern Maine Community College.

Today’s poem is “Personal” by Tony Hoagland. He was the author of eight books of poetry, most recently Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God (2018). He lived in Waterville for eight years and taught at Colby College and the University of Maine Farmington. Tony Hoagland died in 2018.

Today’s poem is “Restless Mind” by Dave Morrison. Dave was born outside of Boston and spent the early part of his life playing in rock bands in Boston and New York City. He lives in Camden and just released Refuge, his 13th poetry collection.

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