Join us for a very special evening of poetry and a little music too ;with Jed Myers on our 1st Saturday poetry and open mic (PIE) reading on Saturday May 2nd 5:54 pm (no workshop this time because we’re also celebrating Seattle Independent Book Store Days).

Poet, writer, musician Jed Myers will be our feature which will include readings from his just published Can’t Be Far (MoonPath Press 2026) collection. This will be followed by a special poetry with music session including Jed, Christopher J. Jarmick and the one and only Alex Smith! Plus Open Mic!

Bio

Jed Myers’ fourth book of poetry, Can’t Be Far (MoonPath Press, 2026), was a finalist for the Sally Albiso Award. Prior collections are Learning to Hold (Wandering Aengus Press Editors’ Award), The Marriage of Space and Time (MoonPath Press), Watching the Perseids (Sacramento Poetry Center Book Award), and six chapbooks. Recent honors include the Northwest Review Poetry Prize, the River Heron Poetry Prize, and the Sundress Chapbook Editor’s Choice Award. Poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Rattle, RHINO, Poetry Northwest, Southern Indiana Review, The Southeast Review, Greensboro Review, and elsewhere. Myers lives in Seattle, where he’s editor of Bracken.