Diane Ackerman reads her poem, "School Prayer."

Brigitte Lent reads her poem, "Saint Valentine and his Dog."

Chuck reads his poem, "Talking Turkey."

Emily reads her poem, " Where I'm From."

Kathleen reads her poem, "Remembering When Victory Was Possible." Kathleen has been a poet on Cape Cod since 1975, mostly with Salt Winds Poets where they gave regular readings around the Cape including First Nights Chatham and Orleans. She loves written word for the worlds it opens, and, poetry for its concentrated form of expression which then blossoms in the reader’s mind. Her favorite poetry memory is Stanley Kunitz’s spontaneous reading at the reception for The Wild Braid in Provincetown.

Anca Vlasopolos reads her poem, "Encrypton." Today's poem was published in the Spring 2018 edition of the Muddy River Poetry Magazine. Anca has published the award-winning novel The New Bedford Samurai, the award-winning memoir No Return Address: A Memoir of Displacement ; three collections of poems, Cartographies of Scale (and Wing) , Walking Toward Solstice, and Penguins in a Warming World ; three poetry chapbooks; a detective novel, Missing Members ; and over two hundred poems and short

Wilderness reads her poem, "Omen."

Linda Steele reads her poem, "Tending a Tender Heart."

Mary Bergman reads her poem, "Late October, 6 am."

Albert W. Starkey reads his poem, " This Old House." Albert W. Starkey is a past winner of The Atlanta Review’s International poetry competition, a winner of the International Library of Poetry’s Open Poetry Contest and most recently, a winner of the 2016 Carriage House Poetry Prize of Tiferet Journal. Al’s poems have appeared in several journals, magazines and two anthologies, most recently in Desert Call, Offbeat Magazine, and Quail Bell Magazine. His poetry is currently on exhibit at The