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!