…is the number of poems that we–T’aira Bardwell, Sofia Bellafiore, Lizzie Bourne, Lisa Farver, Caro Macon Fleischer, Liz Hildreth,  Noel Perez-White, Michael Rydel, and I –wrote while doing Poems While You Wait at the Chicago Artisan Market:

Thanks to Lynna and Jonathan for having us, as always, and to everyone who commissioned a poem on a hot summer’s day. Stay tuned to the PWYW instagram for the results!