Mark Hudson is a published poet, and he became a member of Poets and
Patrons in 2006. It all started when Mark entered their poetry contest
in 2006, and won third place for a poem called “Starvbing artist.” he was asked
to read his poem out loud, and he was too shy to read it, so Caroline read it.
This made him feel part of the group, so he's been a member ever since. He has
fond memories of writing adventures with Poets and Patrons in the past, and
every April at poetry day at Harold Washington library, Mark loves to sit at the table
and represent Poets and Patrons, and he enjoys helping other poets selling their
chapbooks, and his as well.

Mark wrote the following poem about libraries at Skokie library before COVID.
It brings to him fond memories of times where there was no lockdown
and public places were open. For now, we'll just have to keep writing poems.