Rising Tide Writers Group Rising Tide Writers, a writing group open to all writers of stories, novels, poems, articles, essays, letters to editors, will meet weekly. Group will read and courteously critique each piece submitted in advance by email or during class time. Equal time is given to each participant. Class facilitator is Barbara Leedom, long-time columnist for the Dennis Yarmouth Register (now online only) and published writer of stories, articles and poems.