This past June, Westport’s inaugural Poet Laureate and friend of Westport Writers, Diane Lowman, officially passed the torch to our very own, Jessica McEntee. We recently sat down with Jessie to hear about her first six months in this honory role and what her plans are for the future: 1.) What was your earliest experience with reading or writing poetry? Poetry wasn’t something I considered “my terrain.” Instead, I always