Leslie Paolucci reads her poem, "Penance." Leslie Paolucci lives with her husband and daughter in Falmouth, MA. Her poems have appeared most recently in Kindred, Brain,Child Magazine, and Lumina. She has an MFA from Goddard College and has enjoyed many summer workshops at the Green Mountain Writer's conference in Vermont.

Eric Edwards reads his poem "Container Ship." I grew up in Woods Hole, a Woods Hole brat as they used to say. My first poems were published in high school, the Clipper Log, under the nurturing gaze of Mrs Pierce, an English teacher who encouraged all students to live a creative life, and made the student literary magazine a reality for the first time in Falmouth. The last few years my poems have been appearing (like wayward, fog-wrapped wraiths) in Spritsail, the historical journal for Woods

Paula Erickson reads her poem "The Scale of Wind." Wellfleet's Paula Erickson is a two-time regional finalist in the WOMR Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest. Someday she may learn to sail, but for now she simply admires the wind.

Rebecca Okrent reads her poem, "Consider the Horseshoe Crab." Rebecca Okrent lives with her husband Daniel Okrent on Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet where the salt marsh served as inspiration for many of the poems in her recent book, Boys of My Youth, published by Four Way Books.

Robin Smith-Johnson reads her poem, "On Considering Eye Surgery." Robin Smith-Johnson works as the newsroom librarian at the Cape Cod Times, as well as teaches in the Language and Literature Department at Cape Cod Community College. Her book of poetry, Dream of the Antique Dealer’s Daughter was published in Dec. 2013 from Word Poetry and a chapbook of poems, Gale Warnings came out from Finishing Line Press in Feb. 2016. Robin is also the co-founder of the local poetry group, Steeple Street Poets

Francis Lunney reads his poem, "Resurrecting a Songbird." I began writing poetry while a graduate student in English at the University of New Hampshire. I've previously published poems in Outside Bozeman magazine, Appalachia, and Salamander. Recently, I have ventured into writing about my interest in fly fishing and have articles forthcoming in Eastern Fly Fishing magazine. I live in Salem, MA and work in a nearby town as a elementary school reading specialist.