ABOUT POET PLANT PRESS. Poet Plant Press emerged from the ashes of Poetnoise Press when Chris Bodor moved with his family from upstate New York to Saint Augustine, Florida in 2003. Chris runs the imprint with his wife Mary Beth. 2015 marks 20 years in the indie publishing business for the Bodors. Chris is a founding member of the Ancient City Poets and has been holding poetry readings on the last Sunday of every month since August of 2009 in Saint Augustine, Florida.