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First Wednesday Poets

A Poetry Reading and Open Mic

This event will be held in-person at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch.

Calling all poets! "Second Sunday Poets" changes its day and time and becomes "First Wednesday Poets" this summer! Join us for a poetry open mic, open to all poets 18 and over. We'll follow a round-robin format, with a featured reader to begin. Bring two poems that each take no longer than five minutes to read. You're also welcome to come just to listen.

Featured reader: Jeremy Jusek, Parma's first Poet Laureate and the founding facilitator of the West Side Poetry Writing Workshop at CCPL's Parma-Powers Branch.

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.