This month, Helen Broom is joined by Howell, MI poet and author of The Hollows of Bone, Isabella Mansfield, and they chat about growing up in Las Vegas, and why it took a pandemic to make aspects of the world a bit easier for everyone. In this month&apos;s virtual open mic, we have four readers: Cheryl Caesar, Jeremy Hurt, Anastasia Vassos, and Mocha Sistah. If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Poetry In The Bar

Isabella Mansfield

This month, Gavin Broom is joined by Poetry in the Bar regular host, Helen R Broom, and they discuss the evolution of this Eaton Rapids, MI series from park, to bar, to podcast, and explore the development of poetic voice as themes and inspirations mature. In this month&apos;s virtual open mic, we have four readers: San Lin Tun, Liz Beeson, Eddy Delbridge, and Lennart Lundh. If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Helen R Broom

This month, Helen Broom is joined by New Hampshire poet, Kyle Potvin, and they discuss New England connections, recognizing a poem for the next book, and writing through illness. In this month&apos;s virtual open mic, we have four readers: Cheryl Caesar, Jack Freedman, Teresa McGuire, and Mary Anna Scenga Kruch. If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Kyle Potvin

This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing, MI poet laureate Laura Apol, and they discuss the emergence of summer and the determination needed to realize the worthiness of our words. In this month&apos;s virtual open mic, we have three readers: Bashar Abou Hawili, Gavin Broom, and Helen reads some of her latest work.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Laura Apol

This month, Helen Broom is joined by Mississippi poet Teresa McGuire, and they discuss poems of love and poems spoken by an alternate inner voice. In this month&apos;s virtual open mic, we have four readers: Stephen Anderson, Matthew Thorburn, Walid Abdallah, and Mary Fox.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Teresa McGuire

This month, Helen Broom is back and is joined by Georgian/American poet and novelist, David Dephy, and they discuss poetry as a constant heartbeat to life, love, and political protest. In our twelfth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Sophi Behal, Mike Ball, Kyle Potvin, and Sebenzile Ngwenya.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

David Dephy

This month, Helen Broom is back and is joined by Lansing poet, Kelsey Brianne, and they discuss poetry as protest and the inspiration of geography. In our eleventh virtual open mic, we have three readers: Lennart Lundh, Michael Waterson, and Paul Brucker.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Kelsey Brianne

This month, Gavin Broom is standing in for Helen. He&apos;s joined by fiction writer and founder of the REO Town Reading Series, Matthew Rossi. In our tenth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Kelsey Brianne, John Mahon III, Mary Anna Kruch, and Paul Brucker.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Matthew Rossi

This month, Helen Broom is joined by Detroit-born poet Mary Fox, and they discuss the politics of poetry as well as themes of grief. In our ninth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Dennis Hinrichsen, Cheryl Caesar, Peter A, and Teresa McGuire, and then Helen closes out 2020 with a poem dedicated to her friend, Nadine, who passed away this month.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Mary Fox

This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing poet and musician, Ryan Apple, whose new book, Stars and Sparrows Alike, will be available from Finishing Line Press in the coming weeks. In our eighth virtual open mic, we have five readers: Bob McNeil, John Mahon III, Cheryl Caesar, Stephen Anderson, and Michael Waterson.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Ryan Apple

This month, Helen Broom is joined by former Lansing Poet Laureate, Dennis Hinrichsen, whose new book of poetry, This Is Where I Live I Have Nowhere Else to Go, is now available. In our seventh virtual open mic, we have seven readers: Paul Brucker, Kelsey Brianne, Matthew Thorburn, Oriada Dajko, Joshua Zeitler, Mary Fox, and Peter Cowlam.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, or contribute to the open mic, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Dennis Hinrichsen

This month, Helen Broom is joined by her husband, poet, short story writer, novelist and podcaster, Gavin Broom. In our sixth virtual open mic, we have six readers: Cheryl Caesar, Lennart Lundh, Emanuella Edward, Mike Ball, Jude Alexzander, and David Dephy.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Gavin Broom

This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing poet Cheryl Caesar. In our fifth virtual open mic, we have five readers: Mary Anna Kruch, Danny Best, Teresa M. McGuire, Bruce McRae, and Yewande Adebowale.You can order Cheryl&apos;s work at hostingauthors.com/books/flatman.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Cheryl Caesar

This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing poet Cruz Villarreal. In our fourth virtual open mic, we have four readers: Therese Wood, Jeremy Hurt, Kelsey Brianne, Cheryl Caesar, and Helen shares a baseball poem.You can read more of Cruz&apos;s work at cruzpoet.openlcc.net.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Cruz Villarreal

This month, Helen Broom is joined by Detroit poet Kortney Dennings. In our third virtual open mic, we have four readers, local, national, and international: Tali Cohen Shabtai, Frogg Corpse, Cheryl Caesar, and Helen shares some of her latest work.If you would like to be a feature in a future event, drop us a line at poetryinthebar@gmail.com.Follow us @poetryinthebar and please like, review, rate, and subscribe on iTunes or your preferred podcast provider.

Kortney Dennings

A monthly podcast of live performances of poets and writers in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, recorded on the third Sunday of every month at Eaton Rapids Craft Co. Open Mic runs after the feature, sign up on the day at the venue. Contact poetryinthebar@gmail.com for information on feature opportunities.

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