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Last Saturday over 75 folks gathering for another poetry reading at Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes, part of the Madrona Last Saturday Series of readings that continues through May. This night, ten poets read their poems included in “Art In A Public Voice,” just released by Empty Bowl Press. It includes work by 54 writers inspired by a visual work of art owned by the public. Participants were Luther Allen and J.I. Kleinberg, Sam and Sally Green, Jill McCabe Johnson, Jeremy Voigt, Kevin Miller, Rena Priest, Michael Daley and Gary Thompson.

Some of the art work tributed were the Phil McCr...