Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday May 20, 2018, 2pm Remembering Lili Bita Lili Bita, of Bala Cynwyd, author, actress, and pianist, died February 12, 2018. An artist of international acclaim and a figure in Philadelphia cultural life for more than thirty years. Born Angeliki Euterpe Bita in Zakynthos, Greece […]
This Anthology centers its focus on the aspects of War and Peace, and how it has evolved alongside technology and ideology. Contributors will be reading their poems.The anthology will be for sale to the public. In Tandem With: Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War Featuring: Kenneth Campbell, Marine combat […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Remembering Lucille Clifton https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) Her first book of poems, Good Times (1969), was rated one of the best books of the year by the New York Times. Lucille Clifton was the author of several […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Jim Morrison, a Tribute with Leonard Gontarek, Daniel Nester, Catie Rosemurgy, and Host Jennifer Hook https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 Leonard Gontarek is the author of eight books of poems, including The Paris Poems Of Jim Morrison (Moonstone Press); Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket, Shiva; He Looked […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Tribute to RuNett Nia Ebo Virtual Poetry Reading: Tribute to RuNett Nia Ebo https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 RuNett Nia Ebo RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. She is also the co-author of a poetry book entitled Truth With Purpose with […]
Memorial Open Mic for Sandra Turner-Barnes Wednesday March 2, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom, Registration Required for zoom – use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpfumtqTgjG9wjtw-r78pDDvf43obI0URl Join us for a memorial open mic poetry reading for Sandra Turner-Barnes Sandra Turner-Barnes of Lawnside — writer, arts administrator, and […]
Remembering Thomas Kinsella Sunday May 8, 2022 – 2pm Registration Required – use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApf-GpqTwpE9QBzsJ92os8X53FdKo3E0zv Thomas Kinsella (4 May 1928 – 22 December 2021) was an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher. He began publishing poetry in the early 1950s and, around the same time, translated early Irish poetry into English. In the […]
