Poets in Port July 31, 2009

Poets in Port will feature Jo Barry and Jim Friel at 7:30 pm on Friday, July 31, 2009 at Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theatre. There will also be an Open Reading -- the audience is encouraged to bring their poems and music and participate. For more information, contact Steven Schmidt.

            Oklahoma City

     I woke on the floor
  of the cave of the world,
   
    My beliefs nearby,
 lying in shattered shards,

 And I knew in that moment
I would rebuild some new thing,

    Some ballast for a world
    gone mad in pain.
                               c. Jo Barry, April, 1995