This galère gathering isn’t simply about the poems, but also the poet’s muse, how the verse came to be. So, if writers write to expose themselves and actors act to hide themselves . . . poets pose as spiritual coroners—examining both the living and the dead—via self-evisceration. A psychic operation that allows the assemblage to decide if the work’s DNA is that of an archangel . . . or Frankenstein.

May readers: Slink G Moss,  Alyson Pou, Mary McLaughlin Slechta

Slink G. Moss is a poet, artist (exhibits at Circle 46 and Lightforms in Hudson), and musician. His band, The Slink Moss Explosion, are currently playing in Finland. He's reading his poetry.

Alyson Pou is a writer, poet, and performance artist. She's performed at the New Museum in NYC, The Bronx Museum, and at Beattie House in Catskill in March. 

And Mary McLaughlin Slechta is a poet and award-winning short story writer from Syracuse.