Second Sunday Poets

A new poetry open mic, moderated by the City of South Euclid's first Poet Laureate, "Doc" Janning.

Calling all poets! Join us for a new poetry open mic every second Sunday of the month. It's open to all poets, 18 and over. We'll follow a round-robin format, with a featured reader to begin. You may bring more than one poem to read.

Featured reader:

Sandra Feen, of Grove City, OH, is a member of the poetry troupe, Concrete Wink, with Rikki Santer and Chuck Salmons.  She has been a featured reader in venues in and out of Ohio for over 30 years as well as a former co-facilitator for several Columbus, Ohio reading series. In addition, she has performed work by Holocaust writers in Susan Millard Schwarz’s Anahata Music Project. 

A member of the Ohio Poetry Association, Bistro Poets, former associate editor of Pudding Magazine, and former director of the Ohio Poetry Therapy Writers’ Group, Sandy has a BFA in Creative Writing and a BS in English Education from Bowling Green State University, as well as an MA in Literature from Wright State University. 

She was one of twelve teachers selected for a National Endowment of the Arts first “Change Course” program through Wright State University’s Institute on Writing and Its Teaching. Her most recent publications include several photographs, in the January and February 2020 issues of Juliet Cook’s Thirteen Myna Birds (Blood Pudding Press), and her most recent poetry publications: The Gasconade Review’s Ladies’ Night (2020), Storm A’Comin’! (2019) and The National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. We Are Beat 2019 Anthology.  

A collection of her poems was a finalist for The Lascaux Review’s 2018 Lascaux Poetry Prize. Her book, Meat and Bone (Luchador Press 2019), focuses on a turbulent relationship. Her book, Fragile Capacities: School Poems (NightBallet Press 2018) — nominated for the Ohioana Book Award—highlights her 32-year teaching career in an urban school system. Her poem “Palms Monday” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has been selected as a VALA (Visual Audio and Literary Artists) poet for 2020-2021.

M.A. "Doc" Janning was sworn in as the City of South Euclid's inaugural Poet Laureate in October 2018. Doc grew up in East Cleveland and, after graduating from Western Reserve University and the Ohio College of Podiactric Medicine, became a Podiatrist. He's been active in the Boy Scouts of America for over 40 years. He also writes fiction, memoir, and nonfiction. His Facebook page, "Tears of My Soul," has nearly 6000 followers worldwide.