Situated in rural, Northern Baltimore County, Maryland, is Manor Mill, a newly restored, pre-revolutionary grist mill that serves the local area as a creative hub of music, arts and crafts. Since November 2022, surrounded by the beautiful artwork in its galleries, monthly poetry open mic nights have delighted and dazzled. This first volume celebrates the Mill's growing community of poets and contains original work by forty-two of its featured poets and open mic participants.

Included in this volume: David Beaudouin, F. David Bolton, Robert R. Bowie Jr, Shirley J. Brewer, Mark Brine, Alan Britt, Virginia Crawford, Dan Cuddy, Raymond Cummings, Mel Edden, Michael Fallon, Virginia Friedman, Jill Goodman, Clarinda Harriss, Thom Hawkins, David Hofstetter, Matt Hohner, Stephen Hollaway, John Hutchinson, Jennifer Keith, Ruhi Khanna, Zoe Leonard, Steven Leyva, Kathy Mangan, Kari Martindale, S.B. Merrow, Derek H. Miller, Erika Miller, Douglas Mowbray, Matthew Milad Nikzad, Rachel M. Novak, Alan C. Reese, Gary Siebert, Lauren H. Smith, Heather Sowers, Otis Sprow, David Stant, Chrissy Stegman, Jennifer A Sutherland, Nicole Tsygan, Kaitlin Wachter and Bolling Willse Sr.