Poet, dreams of miniature ponies and anti-depressants

The poetry lasted only about 25 minutes Thursday night, and began nearly 20 minutes later… The poetry lasted only about 25 minutes Thursday night, and began nearly 20 minutes later than scheduled, meaning that many of the audience members, around 60 in number, devoted almost as much time to the complimentary desserts and beverages as they did to listening to poetry.

But when the reading began, the audience was so silent that during the readers