Open Mic following the Featured Readers — feel free to share one poem, one page.
At Casey Community Center, 810 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Kathleen O’Toole is the author of four poetry collections, most recently This Far (2019 Paraclete Press). Her poems have appeared widely in journals and magazines; awards include the 2020 Connecticut River Review Poetry Prize. She served as Poet Laureate of Takoma Park MD from 2018-2022.
Sid Gold is the author of five books of poetry, including Very Eyes (Poets’ Choice, ’23), which also includes 10 color prints of his paintings. He is a twice recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award for Poetry and in 2019 he was voted among Baltimore’s Best Poets in Baltimore Magazine‘s Annual Reader’s Poll. His work appears in three anthologies. He poems have appeared in reviews and journals for 45 years, including publications such as Poet Lore, Southern Poetry Review, Tar River Poetry, Gargoyle, Schuylkill Valley Journals, Free State Review and Backbone Mountain Review, among others. A native New Yorker, he has lived in Hyattsville MD for a number of years.
DiVerse Gaithersburg 