Come join the fun! View the beautiful photographic art on the walls, and listen to provoking, thoughtful words by our poets. Open Mic!

Anne Cognato is a poet, fine art photographer, gardener and IT professional. Her poetry has been published in several anthologies. Her photography has been exhibited at fotofoto and other galleries on Long Island.­­

Pamela Castelli has experienced the profound healing poetry can offer as one progresses on their personal journey. Her poems reflect both the ongoing struggle to make sense of human emotions and the evolution of the spiritual self.  She works as a psychotherapist helping individuals heal from traumatic childhood experiences, incorporating yoga and meditation into her private practice.

Lorraine Conlin is the Nassau County Poet Laureate Emeritus (2015-2017), V.P. the NCPLS, PPA Events Coordinator, and Director of Program Development for the LIWG. Her poems have been published nationally and internationally in anthologies and literary reviews. She is a two-time winner in the Allan Ginsburg Poetry Contest.  

Gloria Murray is a wonderful poet; her work has appeared in many publications. She is the founder of the Sisters in Poetry writing group.

Mary Winters is the author of Just Between Us.  She’s a member of the Farmingdale Poetry/ Creative Writing Group, Smithtown Library Writers Group, and Long Island Writers’ Guild. Mary’s poems have been published nationally and internationally. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Nassau County Poet Laureate Society.

Aronda Xystris is a former Art Educator whose poetry has been published in the Suffolk County Poetry Review. She has always had a creative spirit and is an exhibiting photographer, painter, up-cycler, and assemblage creator of random found objects. She is currently working on a series of family essays and poems.