The following readers presented poems at the open mic on September 15:
Casey FitzSimons | “I Find the Man of My Dreams” |
Steven R. | “Dust Machines” |
Parthenia Hicks | “Stealing Food, Portsmouth, Va. 1954” |
Barbara Saxton | “Sisterhood is Powerful” |
Tim Tomasi | “NYC” |
Dennis Rischardson | “Motive and Melancholia” |
David Eisbach | “Litany” by Billy Collins |
Dale Carrasco | “Chastened” |
Nick Butterfield | “Quiet Inspiration” |
Evelyn So | “La vie en Rose” |
Katie Carter | “The Middle Lane” |
Christine Van Winkle | “Tithed” |
Jerry Dyer | “Menagerie” |
Kevin Arnold | “They’re Sure I Was Never Young” |
Vuong Vu | “Brotherless, Sisterless” |
Sandip Bhattacharya | “Flashback” |
Harry Lafnear | “Surrendering September” |
Poets, please let us know if our list needs corrections or additions. Names and titles are easy to miss in the excitement of the evening.
Great news! I am not going to burn in poetry hell after all! I got permission from Hugh Fox’s family to publish the "Brotherless, Sisterless" poem in the next issue Caesura!