Allen Reinhard reads his poem, "Quiet Quaker Meeting." Allen Reinhard lives on Nantucket. For the past 27 years has lived on the island’s Middle Moors as a conservation ranger leading interpretative walks and maintaining an extensive network of walking trails on the many acres of conservation properties. He is also a photographer and serves on several town commissions and committees. He is a former English teacher and bicycle shop owner. Many of his poems reflect the quiet beauty and solitude of

Sandy Longley reads her poem "When a Black Bear Came to Truro."

J. Lorraine Brown reads her poem "Why I Never Learned to Play the Piano."

Albert Starkey reads his poem, "Muir Woods." 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. He has published four collections of poetry titled,

Ray Veary reads his poem "Seven Dark Windows and a Christmas Tree." This week we get a little Christmas in July from Ray Veary of New Bedford. A retired judge and prosecutor, he sees the sharing of our stories as the most reliable path to justice. AUDIO New Bedford’s Ray Veary is a retired judge and prosecutor who sees the sharing of our stories as the most reliable path to justice. So he tries to lend a hand with an occasional play or poem. He hopes retirement will grant him more frequent

Judith Partelow reads her poem "Reading" Judith Partelow recently wrote, directed and acted in her first play, A Woman's Heart , created entirely of her own poetry. It premiered at The Jacob Sears Library in Dennis to such overwhelming response, arrangements are being made to produce it elsewhere on the Cape and beyond. She appears as a central character in the Amazon Prime series, OFFSEASON, produced in Provincetown. She has three grown children and six grandchildren, and lives in Dennis with

Kathleen Casey reads her poem, "Consider Lettuce." Poet, educator, gardener, musician, photographer, birder, traveler, and lover of Cape Cod, Kathleen Casey is a member of the Falmouth Public Library’s Poetry Appreciation Group and the Steeple Street Poets of Mashpee. She has participated in readings and workshops at Calliope: Poetry for Community and at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. Growing up in Waltham, Kathleen Casey earned degrees from Boston College and Salem State College. As a public

Lauren Wolk reads her poem "Shopping for Bras."

Justen Ahren reads his poem, "Things I Didn't Know I Love after Nazhim Hikmet."

Jarita Davis reads her poem "Alone in Plymouth."