2014 Anthology of Featured Poets

This anthology contains poetry by 91 of the 113 poets featured at Moonstone in 2014; it does not include those who read in any of the group readings including 100 Thousand Poets or Poetry Ink. These poems are presented in chronological order (Ryan Eckes was the first poet to read on January 7, 2014 and is the first poet in the anthology) while the biographical notes are in alphabetical order. I thank the poets in participating in the programs and in this anthology.

“The Sunday Dec. 14, 2014 Featured Poets Anthology reading and party at the Brandywine Workshop treated us all to a delectable assortment of poets and poetries, a huge and happy reading by some 62 poets who gave readings at the various venuesWood, such as tree branches and trunks, were put into the brook to create fish habitat. River herring, both alewife and blueback, American eels and brook trout/charr now swim an unobstructed Red Brook for the first time in 150 years, Hurley said.

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