Medina reads a poem from his book titled “Un Mango Grows in Kansas.” In 2022, Medina received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship award.

Medina reads a poem he wrote titled “New American.” Medina has authored a total of two books so far.

Moentmann reads her original untitled prose piece to the crowd. According to Moentmann, if she were to title this piece, it would otherwise be titled “It.” The crowd stayed focused on Moentmann while she read through the whole piece.

SCCC English instructor Sherry Moentmann shares a few poems while the crowd takes it all in. Along with her own piece, Moentmann shared four poems written by previous poets. These poems were “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins, “Fat Is Not A Fairy Tale” by Jane Yolen, “Fifteen, Maybe Sixteen Things to Worry About” by Judith Viorst, and “Sock Monster” by Lois Simmie.

SCCC English instructor Jason Pete smiles for a picture after the event. Pete has been an instructor at SCCC for three years.

SCCC students Amy Nguyen and Kelyn Phan smiling for a picture during intermission. This year, there was over 100 people at the Coffeehouse event.

Liberal High School student Arilyn Rich reads her poem titled “Spring” to the audience. Rich read two poems out loud for the Coffeehouse, with her other poem titled “Growing Old”.

The crowd stares and listens to the first speaker on the night. This year’s Coffeehouse was a major success attendance-wise with SCCC students.

Alexis Suastegui, starts the night off by playing “Gutter Girl” by Hot Flash Heat Wave on guitar. Suastegui has been playing the acoustic guitar for four years, and he recently started learning how to play electric guitar.