The Presidio Poetry Series features readings by local poets, writers and musicians. 

Clive Matson is a lyrical poet and creative writing teacher who has been a fixture in the Bay Area for over 40 years. His books include On the Inside, Hourglass, Mainline to the Heart and Other Poems and Squish Boots.  

Sarah Menefee is a San Francisco poet and homeless rights activist originally from Reno, Nevada. She is the author of several books and chapbooks, the most recent CEMENT (Swimming with Elephants Press), There You Are (Bird & Beckett Press) and Holy Eel, forthcoming from Lithic Press. 

Ron Myers wrote his first poems at Indiana University in the 1970s. Harold Norse edited his first poetry collection in the 1980s. From 1996-98, he published monthly in The Slant. Ron's poems have appeared in Beatdom - an online zine about Beat topics and a dozen anthologies in the U.S., England, France, and Italy.