The following poets presented poems at the open mic on December 15:
| Casey FitzSimons | “Private Wedding” |
| Bonnie George | “Christmas Crisis Line” |
| Jeffrey Leonard | “The Praying Mantis of December” |
| Nick Butterfield | “Remembering His Son’s Birthday” |
| Kelly Cressio-Moeller | “Finding the Sun in a Cave” |
| Robert Pesich | “Some Assembly Required” |
| Erica Goss | “The Sea” |
| Joel Katz | “Orange” |
| Dennis Noren | “Ordinary Miracle” |
| Robbie Sugg | |
| John Landry | |
| Barbara Saxton | “Just Purr” |
| Patricia Machmiller | An untitled poem by Pei-Jen Hau, translated from Chinese by Patricia Machmiller and Julie Holding |
| Dale Carrasco | “Backyard Parade” |
| David Richardson | “Merry Christmas” |
| Dennis Richardson | “This Side of Christmas” |
| Ted Gehrke | “Lee’s Front Yard” |
| Christine Le | “Letter to the World” |
| Katie Carter | “Pan” |
| Hudson Washburn | “Intruders” |
| David Eisbach | “Rest” |
| Mimi Ahern | |
| Pushpa MacFarlane | |
| Harry Lafnear | “Vigil” |
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.
