The Poets Weave

Danika Stegeman reads "I mouth the word 'motherless'," as well as an excerpt from her second book Ablation.

Karen Rigby reads "Why My Poems Arrive Wearing Black Gloves" and "Black Roses."

Daniel reads "How to Pet a Llama," "Mom Woke to a Coyote Staring in Her Window,""Taking in the Stray," "The Llama Named James and John Sons of Thunder," and "An Account of a Llama’s Death."

Colleen Wells reads "Watching" and "Summertime and the Livin’ is Almost Easy."

Michael Dauro reads selections from his poem "Woman With No Name."

Barb Schwegman reads “Playing Jacks,” “Jesus Lucia,” “Leaving El Salvador,” and “For Walter and Scott.”

Rachel Ronquillo-Gray reads "Girl as Teenage Rebellion," "Good Girl Gone Rogue," "Girl As Full Moon," and "Girl as America the Beautiful."

Doris Lynch reads "In the Wee Hours," "Night Swimming," "Beneath the Voices of Ravens," "Night Duties for Trees," "Sangre de Cristo Mountains," and "Night Visitor."

Laurie Higi lives and writes on a chicken farm in South Whitley, Indiana. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Her chapbook, The Universe of Beaver Lake , was published by Finishing Line Press, and her poetry has appeared in The Dandelion Review, Confluence Literary Magazine, Surreal Beauty Magazine, and Bohemia Art Magazine . She has...

Josh Brewer reads "Roll Jordon," “Suspended Bluegill,” “When a calendar,” “When words are data,” and “When she feigned appetite.”

Patsy Rahn reads "Honey Bunny" and "Fences."

Daniel Lassell grew up in Kentucky and lives in Bloomington, Indiana. His first poetry collection, Spit , was selected by Gabrielle Calvocoressi as the winner of the 2020 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize. He is also the author of Frame Inside a Frame (forthcoming, 2025) and two limited-edition poetry chapbooks, Ad Spot and The Emptying Earth . Find him online at www.daniel-lassell.com .

Antonia Matthew reads “Taraxacum officinale,” “Evening coming on,” “Unfurled,” and “Matisse’s Studio.”

Lori Hoevener reads "The List," "Eclipsed," and "Kasey."

Shana Ritter reads "In these New Times," "Mapping," and "the tides of my heart."

Eric Rensberger reads "Words," "It Started to Rain," "A Cursing," and "Attention."

Tony Brewer reads "Tea Party of Grief," "Maximum Dog," "Strong Female Character," "Seeing Things," "What Would Thoreau Do?," and "Manual for Fixing."

Antonia Matthew reads "Rabbit Mysteries," "Come outside into the sunshine," and "March 23rd, 2020."

Michael Luis Dauro reads selections from the "Woman With No Name."

Hiromi Yoshida reads "Icarus Superstar," "Icarus Ekphrasis," and "Icarus | Epicanthus."

Austin Davis reads from his book Compulsive Swim: "Layla and Her Kids" and "Act 3 poem VI," plus a new poem "healing is lonely."

Shana Ritter reads "Poems from the other side," "A sad dusk," and "Wildflowers."

Josh Brewer reads “When I place talismans,” “Dying Mantis,” “This Week in Northern Ireland,” and “The Bakeries of Warsaw.”

Eric Rensberger reads "Reading," "A Deity," and "Historical Imagination."

Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Qualifications for a Lover," "This is How a Poet Gets Over Heartbreak," and "To the Red-Bellied Woodpecker in my Neighborhood."