If a mountain needs no audience, why do we, as poets, feel such a desperate need for one? Why do we gather in the back rooms of pubs, in drafty village halls, or in hushed libraries to read our words aloud? A live poetry open mic is one of the most intimate ways to share our work. If a mountain needs no audience, why do we, as poets, feel such a desperate need for one? There is a fundamental difference between the poem on the page and the poem in the air. On the page, the poe