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SUMMARY:Live Reading: David Ebenbach\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Autumn Konopka\, Sean Lynch\, and Victoria Mier
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry – Prose Night\nDavid Ebenbach\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Autumn Konopka\, Sean Lynch\, and Victoria Mier \nWednesday September 18\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Registration Required: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82017815042?pwd=aLRcZOFnBsBoOfrU6001OawDPCuChe.1 \nDavid Ebenbach is the author of ten books of fiction\, poetry\, and non-fiction\, including his new novel Possible Happiness\, which author Gary Eldon Peter calls “a coming of age love letter to Philadelphia in the late 1980s and to one young man’s journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.” A Philly native\, Ebenbach lives with his family in Washington\, DC. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com \nElayna Mae Darcy (they/she) is a queer poet\, YA author\, and filmmaker from Philadelphia. They aren’t sure what they love more—writing\, or their cat\, Bean. (Ok yeah it’s definitely the cat.) She is the author of the short story\, CONTINUUM and has had poems published in just femme & dandy\, and Impostor Lit\, among others. They are the author of a poetry duology that includes UNRAVELING LIGHT  and DARKNESS UNDONE as well as the YA fantasy novel in verse\, STILL THE STARS. \nAutumn Konopka is a writer\, runner\, and trauma-informed teaching artist. A former poet laureate of Montgomery County\, PA (2016)\, Autumn’s work has been published widely in literary journals\, and her poetry chapbook\, a chain of paper dolls\, was published in 2014 by the Head & the Hand Press. Her debut novel\, Pheidippides Didn’t Die (2023)\, has earned awards from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, the Eric Hoffer Books Awards\, and Writer’s Digest. Kirkus calls the book “a compelling adult romance that captures the complexities of trauma dynamics.” Autumn is a Book Reviews & Interviews Editor for Cleaver magazine and a volunteer and ambassador for Still I Run. \nSean Lynch is a writer and editor who’s published five books of poetry\, the city of your mind (Whirlwind Press\, 2013)\, Broad Street Line (Moonstone Press\, 2016)\, 100 Haiku (Moonstone Press\, 2017)\, On Violence (Radical Paper Press\, 2019)\, and Halo Nest (Alien Buddha Press\, 2024). He’s also the author of The Beast in the Pines\, a psychological horror novel about the Jersey Devil. \nVictoria Mier is a queer\, disabled writer and suspected changeling. Her short fiction has been published in Del Sol SFF Review\, Fifth Wheel Press\, SORTES\, and more. Earlier this year\, she released her debut novel\, Beyond the Aching Door\, an urban fantasy set in Philadelphia. Learn more at victoriamier.com. \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-reading-david-ebenbach-elayna-mae-darcy-autumn-konopka-sean-lynch-and-victoria-mier/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Tribute to Sonia Sanchez
DESCRIPTION:Tribute to Sonia Sanchez \nSunday September 15th\, 2024 – 2pm  VIRTUAL \nRegistration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83627572456?pwd=JE0PCSxPn26WT6hBZ8aSmXHm0PqDxo.1  \nHappy 90th Birthday\, Sonia \nSonia Sanchez—poet\, activist\, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award. One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement\, Sanchez is the author of sixteen books. \nJoin us for a virtual reading to celebrate Sonia’s birthday and lifetime of contributions to poetry and the literary community\, both in Philadelphia and world-wide. Contributors from our Tribute to Sonia Sanchez anthology will be reading their pieces and others inspired by her work. \n“Let me wear the day \nWell so when it reaches you \nYou will enjoy it.” \n– Sonia Sanchez
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/tribute-to-sonia-sanchez/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Reading: Justin Ryan\, James Milanesi\, Alexandra Naughton
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Justin Ryan\, James Milanesi\, Alexandra Naughton\nWednesday September 11\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegistration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82262171863?pwd=shO59ocZl1I7bpqxl5EGfs0b0wFY3x.1 \nJustin Ryan Fyfe is a poet in Philly. He just got fired from his job. You can read all his poems online at fromfromfrom.tumblr.com. \nJames Milanesi was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. He is an interdisciplinary poet and bartender. He has previously written a chapbook titled Momentary Sweetheart (Bottlecap Press). He is the curator and founder of a collective of poets who call themselves\, Poet’s Row. \nAlexandra Naughton is a poet\, novelist\, publisher\, and literary events producer based in Philadelphia. Her writing has been widely published on the web and in print\, and she performs regularly. Naughton’s work straddles the line between fiction and non-fiction\, prose and poetry\, and explores themes such as self-objectification\, existentialism\, the frailty of text-based communication\, and capitalism. She is the founder of Be About It Press\, established in 2010\, and co-host of the Bring A Blanket reading series. \nAmy Saul-Zerby Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-reading-justin-ryan-james-milanesi-alexandra-naughton/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek\, Steve Burke\, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek\, Steve Burke\, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMudumurj0rHNXoqS0HzX_7ZJogkgqPa5Sy \nElliott batTzedek is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet/translator. Elliott’s work appears in various journals and is author of the enkindled coal of my tongue. \nSteve Burke has read at many venues in the Philly area; has three chapbooks published by Moonstone Press. \nMabel Lee is a poet and educator from Philadelphia\, where she participates in various literary groups and teaches middle school students. \nMatt McGarvey\, author of Alien Vestibule\, is essentially a caffeinated replica of a stardom gone astray\, that lives in an apartment by himself where he contemplates the severed state of himself and society. He is now currently interning at Moonstone Arts Center. \n  \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-elliott-battzedek-steve-burke-mabel-lee-matt-mcgarvey/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T200000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: The Osage Poets
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 28\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudO-vqjouGNxLFi7snrqCmBG6MbFrG96_ \nThe Osage Poets are a long-standing\, informal collective\, meeting in workshops led by poet Leonard Gontarek: Making Poems That Last and Gentle Warriors. With humor\, insight\, and a Zen teaching style\, Leonard seeds a dynamic and varied poetic response. In pursuit of an authentic voice\, spirituality of the ordinary\, and an honest grappling with the world’s edges\, the results are always relevant and surprising.  \nAlina Macneal  & Jennifer Hook Hosts
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-the-osage-poets/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T173000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Independence Day of Ukraine Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 24\, 2024 – 3:30pm \n \nLive at at Barnes & Noble\, 1708 Chestnut Street\nJulia Kolchinsky Dashbach is the author of 40 WEEKS\, Don’t Touch the Bones\, winner of the 2019 Idaho Poetry Prize\, and The Many Names for Mother\, winner the Wick Poetry Prize and finalist for the Jewish Book Award. She is currently working on a poetry collection as well as a book of linked lyric essays\, both of which grapple with raising a neurodiverse child with a disabled partner under the shadow of the war in Ukraine\, Julia’s birthplace. Her poems have appeared in POETRY\, Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, The Nation\, and AGNI\, among others.\nKateryna Derysheva is a Ukrainian poet from Kharkiv\, co-founder and organizer of the kntxt literary project. Her poems and translations have been published in the journals: Plume\, Zerkalo\, Tlen Literacki\, Literatur in Bayern\, Literaturportal Bayern\, Visions\, Volga\, SoFloPoJo\, The Colon\, Literature\, Articulation\, New Coast\, Arion\, Homo legens\, Kreshchatik\, and others. She is the author of the books Starting Point\, There Will Be No Installation; co-author of the book Earth time. She was long-listed for the Arkadiy Dragomoshchenko Prize (2019) and is laureate of the Europa Mai Prize. Her poems and essays have been translated into 11 languages.)\nOlena Jennings is the author of the poetry collection The Age of Secrets\, the chapbook Memory Project\, and the novel Temporary Shelter. She is a translator of collections by Ukrainian poets\, Kateryna Kalytko\, together with Oksana Lutsyshyna\, Iryna Shuvalova\, together with the author\, and Vasyl Makhno.  Her translation\, together with the author\, of Yuliya Musakovska’s The God of Freedom was released in May 2024 from Arrowsmith Press. She founded and curates the Poets of Queens reading series and press.\nOlga Livshin’s poetry and translations appear in the New York Times\, Ploughshares\, the Kenyon Review\, and other journals. She is the author of A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman. Livshin co-translated A Man Only Needs a Room\, a volume of Vladimir Gandelsman’s poetry and Today is a Different War by the Ukrainian poet Lyudmyla Khersonska\,. She is a private creative writing teacher\, working with children.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-independence-day-of-ukraine-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St.\, 1708 Chesnut Street.\, Phildelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Kate Carey\, M. Elizabeth Hershey\, & Miriam Kramer
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Kate Carey\, M. Elizabeth Hershey\, & Miriam Kramer\nWednesday July 17\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom\nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrdumsqDouGNAKNM1JQj7MAr8zap6egOwL \nKate Carey (she/her) is a fat queer polyamorous slut who sometimes spends whole days in bed crying because feelings are hard. Through deeply personal poetry and creative nonfiction\, she touches on issues relating to trauma\, fat liberation\, mental illness and sexuality. December 2022’s Hot Poet in the Bullshit Lit x Olney magazine Hot Poets calendar and producer of Philadelphia’s Slutty Poems Night\, you can find more about her & her work at https://www.katemcarey.com. \nM. Elizabeth Hershey is a writer and artist based out of South Philadelphia where she has lived off and on for the last 20 years (but would never purport to be from Philly). She graduated from Brown University with a degree in Visual Arts where she cross-studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has published one chapbook\, Look to the North and continues to write both poetry and prose in memoir form. Hershey grew up performing Shakespeare\, reading V.C. Andrews in the dark\, and worshipping the fellow Hoosier Kurt Vonnegut. She is a photographer by trade\, loves a good Phillies game and has an active appreciation of jazz and blues music. Her most recent work centers around the ideas of addiction\, grief\, and the befuddling life of Tinder dates as one approaches middle age.” \nMiriam Kramer is a queer\, Jewish poet residing in New Jersey with her partner\, daughter\, and two cats. She majored in Creative Writing at Pacific University and currently works at an educational nonprofit. She was the winner of the 2023 Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Her poetry has appeared in Variant Literature\, So to Speak Journal\, FreezeRay Poetry\, and others. She is the author of three chapbooks. Her debut full length collection\, Built by Storms\, was published by Write Bloody Publishing and nominated for The Lambda Literary Prize and The New Writers Award\, Great Lakes College Association. \nSean Hanahan Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-kate-carey-m-elizabeth-hershey-miriam-kramer/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T150000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: Freedom Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Freedom 2024 Anthology Reading\nSunday July 14\, 2024\n2pm on Zoom\nZoom Meeting ID 829 9128 3645 – Passcode 060433 \nRegistration Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuiqpjgsHtFxxxyjfTkHXjIJkgSPg2tA  \n             \nFreedom \nThe United States celebrates Independence on July 4 \nFrance celebrates Bastille Day on July 14 \nThe struggle for freedom and independence is universal. \nWhat does Freedom mean to you? \nIt is used as a rallying call across the political spectrum \nOur Poets Responded \n  \nNot All Poets Will Be Reading  \n\n\n\nMary Anne Abdo \nM. Tonita Austin \nSarwa Azeez \nSusan Baer \nJeff Bien \nA.C. Blake \nCharles Briggs \nChristopher Butters \nFrancisco Carrasco \nAJ Chilson \nShaheen Dil \nElinor Donahue \nAnna Dunlap \n \nSahar Fathi \nFrancis Flavin \nAna Fores Tamayo \nDeborah Fries \nWilliam Galasso \nLinda Goss \nPamela Haines \nAnnie Hartford \nKathleen Herrmann \nKayla Howe \nJones Irwin \nRalph La Rosa \nKelly Lynn\nDara Marsh \nJohn Mason \nMatt McGarvey \nAurora McKee \nMharlyn Merriitt \nLeslie Perry \nClaire Petersen \nNader Rahimi \nJanet Restino \nLinda Romanowski \nRobert Eugene Rubino \nCarla Schick \nEvan Schneider \n \nJennifer Schneider \nAmeerah Shabazz \nWoody Shiflett \nMiki Simic \nRobert Lavett Smith \nKaramo Muchuri Sulieman \nLaura Sweeney \nEike Waltz \nGail Wasserman \nKelley White \nDaniel Williams \nSamantha Wright \nDaniel Zehner
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-freedom-anthology/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T150000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women\, Trans & Nonbinary Folx
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women\, Trans & Nonbinary Folx\nHosted at The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia\nAlso on Zoom: \nS/He Speaks 2 is edited by Cassendre Xavier and Tom Daubert.  \nWhen we launched the S/He Speaks anthology in 2023\, we noted that anyone likely to read it would already be well aware of the ongoing “Cold War” in the United States targeting the rights of women and transgendered people. Once again\, this anthology comes in conjunction with an afternoon-long event at The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania\, where writers who can attend will read from their works and discuss their writing. All the poems and short essays here come from people who take their writing seriously. Many are women. Some are transgendered\, both male-to-female and female-to-male. Others define themselves as nonbinary. All have something meaningful and personal to say\, inspired by our calls for short writing of this nature\, whether about gender and transition issues\, health and life experience\, relationships — anything personal. We hope readers will find some inspiration here — and possibly as a result\, begin their own writings. \nFeatured Contributors\nAshley Andrews \nPhilip Avilov \nMikey Bachman \nLainey Bechta \nJanice F. Booth \nAriana Chavez \nTaffeta Chime \nCathyann Cusimano \nF. Daubert \nRebecca Dietrich \nV. Eidson \nEllen Gannon \nKate Gardner \nMelissa Gibson \nLiora Hassan \nRosalie Hendon \nSamantha Hollins \nZoe Mae Huot-Link \nErin Jamieson \nIsabella Kaufman \nJess Kratzer \nAmira Kravitz \nDeborah LeFalle \nJosephine LoRe \nBetsy Merbitz \nMira Mookerjee \nBeth S.K. Morris \nCarlene Stegman Moskal \nGloria Nixon-John \nSophia Ogden \nEmma Paris \nBreanna Reyes \nAdya Ryan \nYvette Santana \nJen Schneider \nZoe Katherine Shelley \nBrian “Brie” Sheridan \nTanjanike “Tan” Shivers \nEllie Smillie \nMegha Sood \nMakani Speier-Brito \nLaura Sweeney \nRenée  Szostek \nNatalia Tola \nSuzannah “Su” Van Gelder \nJamie C. Whitlow \nHarley Woods \nMorgan Wright \nCassendre Xavier \nAlexis Young \nZQ
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-s-he-speaks-2-voices-of-women-trans-nonbinary-folx/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - C.M. Crockford & Amber Renee
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nSince March 2022\, House Poet has strived to bring together writers\, dancers\, djs and musicians alike. Join us in 2024 as we bring that energy to Moonstone’s Poetry Nights at Fergies\, featuring an open reading\, featured readers\, live music and a soundtrack you can bounce to. \nC.M. Crockford is an autistic/ADHD Philadelphia poet and the author of Birdsongs: Poems 2020-2023\, co-hosted The Band: A Podcast About The Shield\, published two chapbooks\, and his work has been featured in dozens of magazines\, journals\, and websites. Amber Renee is a chronic writer\, author of Thoughts on This Most Recent Episode\, a Poetry-Picture book called i feel like i’m nothing\, and  In memory\, energy Nothing / is Forever: a collection of sad & spiritual poems from my 20s. And featuring mixes by Shang\, our local DJ highlight.  \nWarren C. Longmire Host\, Open Reading Follows \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-c-m-crockford-amber-renee/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - Christopher Childers and Ernest Hilbert
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nChristopher Childers\, author of The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse\, a book 14 years in the making. He received an NEA Translators’ Fellowship in 2018\, and has published in venues including The Kenyon Review\, the Yale Review\, Agni\, Literary Matters\, and Smartish Pace. His translations have been included in several anthologies\, including The Penguin Book of Elegy and The Poetry Pharmacy Forever. His poem “Miasma” is forthcoming from Best American Poetry 2023. Ernest Hilbert\, author of the Sixty Sonnets\, All of You on the Good Earth\, Caligulan—selected as winner of the 2017 Poets’ Prize\, Last One Out and Storm Swimmer\, was selected by Rowan Ricardo Phillips as the winner of the 2022 Vassar Miller Prize. He lives in Philadelphia where he works as a rare book dealer and book critic for The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Fine Books and Collections. His poem “Mars Ultor” was included in Best American Poetry \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading Follows \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-christopher-childers-and-ernest-hilbert/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T153000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry - May Day 2024 Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 19\, 2024 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOiqrTIuGtI4ZR23zt_f1C1FDbB5uk6U \nMay Day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement\, observed in many countries on May 1. In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers\, in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886). Five years later\, U.S. Pres. Grover Cleveland\, uneasy with the socialist origins of Workers’ Day\, signed legislation to make Labor Day—already held in some states on the first Monday of September—the official U.S. holiday in honour of workers. \nWe invited poets to reflect on the history of labor and the recent surges in the movement. You can purchase the anthology collection here. \nNot All Poets Will Be Reading – Open Reading Follows \nFeatured Poets \nMary Anne Abdo \nByron Beynon \nAJ Chilson \nCraig Czury \nJoan Donato \nSteven Halpern \nJane Ellen Ibur \nJones Irwin \nNathaniel Krenkel \nMharlyn Merriitt \nLeslie Perry \nJohn Potter \nAdam Rubin \nJennifer Schneider \nJulia Robinson Shimizu \nStephani Twidwell \nGail Wasserman \nKelley White
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-may-day-2024-anthology/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - John Amen & Amy Small-McKinney
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nJohn Amen is the author of five collections of poetry\, including Dark Souvenirs and Illusion of an Overwhelm\, recipient of the 2021 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize\, he founded and is managing editor of Pedestal Magazine. Amy Small-McKinney was the Montgomery County Poet Laureate. She is author of Walking Toward Cranes (won the Kithara Book Prize) and One Day I Am A Field\, was written during COVID and her husband’s death. \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-john-amen-amy-small-mckinney/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T173000
DTSTAMP:20260425T023715
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - New Voices Spring 2024
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Parkway Central Library and on Zoom \nNew Voices Spring 2024: Emerging Poets \nis a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nJoin us live at the Central Library for emerging poet from Philadelphia \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-new-voices-spring-2024/
LOCATION:Parkway Central Library\, 1901 Vine St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T140000
DTSTAMP:20260425T023715
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry - New Voices Spring 2024
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry on Zoom \nNew Voices Spring 2024: Emerging Poets \nis a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nJoin us on zoom for emerging poets from around the country \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-new-voices-spring-2024/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T023715
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SUMMARY:Book Release - James Feichthaler - Live Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom \nJoin us in celebrating the release of poet James Feichthaler’s new book From the Back Porch of a War (Parnilis Media). A short reading will be followed by a book signing. \nJames Feichthaler is a poet with roots in the Philadelphia-area residing in Trenton\, NJ\, where he watches the skies for UFOs\, sings Irish folk songs on his porch\, and drinks beers. From the Back Porch of a War pulls no punches in its assessment of a politically-divided America seemingly at war with itself\, searching for moral integrity in a hashtag-hardened\, spiritually-bankrupt world. \n Link for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-james-feichthaler-book-release/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T183000
DTSTAMP:20260425T023715
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam: Ahmad Almallah\, Huda Fakhreddine
DESCRIPTION:Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nAhmad Almallah is a poet from Palestine and an artist-in-residence at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Border Wisdom and Bitter. \nHuda Fakhreddine’s work focuses on modernist movements or trends in Arabic poetry and their relationship to the Arabic literary tradition. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-ahmad-almallah-huda-fakhreddine/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T023715
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Leeway Foundation Poets
DESCRIPTION:Live at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom. \nNzadi Keita’s new poetry collection\, Migration Letters\, centers her upbringing in Black working-class Philadelphia. Pat McLean-Smith is a female word artist dedicated to the writing\, reciting and powerful performance of poetry. Debra Powell-Wright has been a performance poet for the past 25+ years and has been published in numerous anthologies\, including a tribute to the legacy of Nina Simone. Nikki Powerhouse uses performance and literary art to create a space for collective healing and transformation within communities. \nLink for Zoom:
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-leeway-foundation-poets/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T023715
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Warren C. Longmire\, Kirwya Sutherland
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! \nWarren C. Longmire\, author of Bird/Diz\,  is an uncle\, writer\, performer and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is the host of House Poet: A Spoken Word Dance Party and mix_lit. Kirwyn Sutherland makes poems centering the black experience in America\, whose work has been published in American Poetry Review\, APIARY Magazine\, FOLDER\, The Wanderer and elsewhere. \nRegister for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-warren-c-longmire-kirwya-sutherland/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T023715
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: International Haiku Day
DESCRIPTION:International Haiku Poetry Day (April 17) was started in 2007 and later taken on by The Haiku Foundation in celebration of National Poetry Month. \nAccording to The Haiku Foundation\, the haiku is an ancient and undefinable-in-English form of Japanese poetry. At its most basic\, it is three lines\, the first with five syllables\, the second with seven and the third with five. Write us a Haiku. \n“Haiku are short imagistic poems about things that make the reader feel connected to nature.” \n— William J. Higginson (1938-2008)\, in his essay “Guidelines for Writing Haiku in English.” \nRegister for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-international-haiku-day/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Matt Lake\, Jon Lawrence\, Hannah McDonald
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! \nMatt Lake is frankly baffled\, he began writing and editing books about folklore\, monsters\, and dark history–including his best-known book Weird Pennsylvania. Jon Lawrence poetry and reviews have been published in Newfound\, American Writers Review\, The Bangalore Review\, and others. Hannah McDonald is a writer\, poet\, geek\, and generally funny queer woman. Her writing has appeared in Apiary\, The Legendary\, and Dreamstreets. Hannah writes fan-fiction\, if you’re into that sort of thing. \nSean Hanrahan\, Host – Open Reading Follows  \nRegister for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-matt-lake-jon-lawrence-hannah-mcdonald/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: zach blackwood\, Faye Chevalier\, Violet Gehringer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! \nzach blackwood is a poet and culture writer in philadelphia\, author of ultra-fine and the apocryphal chapbook sexy unique hollow point. Faye Chevalier is a Philadelphia-based creatur\, lurking. She is the author of futur.txt and flesh_wound\, her poetry has been featured in bedfellows\, The Wanderer\, Peach Mag\, Yes Poetry\, the tiny\, & elsewhere\, & she serves as a editor for Voicemail Poems.  Violet Gehringer’s work has appeared in Vice\, them.\, Barrelhouse\, and elsewhere. Her first book of poems\, i love you it looks like rain\, was published by Be About It in 2017. She lives in Philadelphia with her cat\, Noodle. \nAmy Saul-Zerby\, Host – open reading follows  \nRegister for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-faye-chevalier-zach-blackwood-violet-gehringer/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T173000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Ona Gritz\, Alina Macneal\, Zack Rogow
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! \nOna Gritz writes memoir\, essays\, and poetry for adults\, verse novels for teens\, and fiction for children\, her poetry collection Geode was a finalist for the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. Zack Rogow is an American poet\, playwright\, translator\, and critic. He is the author of nine books of poetry\, including Irreverent Litanies; Talking with the Radio: poems inspired by jazz and popular music\, and My Mother and the Ceiling Dancers. He has taught in several MFA creative writing programs and serves as a contributing editor of Catamaran Literary Reader. Daniel Simpson has appeared in Prairie Schooner\, the Cortland review\, and many other journals\, and works as a technical support specialist for the Library of Congress’s braille and audio book download service for the print-impaired. \nRegister for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-ona-gritz-alina-macneal-zack-rogow/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Anuradha Bhowmik\, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri\, Jess Yuan
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry reading\, live at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! \nAnuradha Bhowmik  is a Bangladeshi-American poet and writer from South Jersey\, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for her first collection Brown Girl Chromatography\, a Kundiman Fellow and a 2018 AWP Intro Journals Project Winner in Poetry. Diane Sahms-Guarnieri\, a native Philadelphian\, is the author 8 books\, the latest of which is Blues\, Prayers\, & Pagan Chant. She has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer\, Pennsylvania Literary Journal\, Many Mountains Moving\, Philadelphia Stories. Jess Yuan is a poet\, educator\, and architect\, author of the Slow Render\, winner of the Airlie Prize\, and Threshold Amnesia\, winner of the Yemassee Chapbook Contest\, her poems appear in Best New Poets\, Tupelo Quarterly Review\, jubilat\, and elsewhere. \nRegister for zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-anuradha-bhowmik-diane-sahms-guarnieri-jess-yuan/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T183000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM with Brain Tierney
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM \nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 6/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nBrian Tierney is the author of Rise and Float\, winner of the 20-2021 Jake Adam York Prize. His poetry and prose have appeared in such journals as Paris Review\, Kenyon Review\, AGNI\, NER\, The Adroit Journal\, and others. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, and a graduate of the Bennington College MFA Writing Seminars\, he was named among Narrative Magazine’s 2013 “30 Below 30” emerging writers\, and is winner of the 2018 George Bogin Memorial Award from The Poetry Society of America. Raised in Philadelphia\, he lives in Oakland\, Ca.\, where he teaches poetry at The Writing Salon. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-moonstone-poetry-phillycam-with-brain-tierney/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading: Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate Finalists
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Arts Center and the Literature Department of The Free Liberty of Philadelphia Present: Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate Finalists  \nThe Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate Program is designed to award a young poet (14-18) the title of Youth Poet Laureate who is well versed in poetic expression\, exemplifies a deep understanding of poetic language\, exhibits uniqueness and newness\, and shows appreciation for all art forms. \nFeaturing Sofia Bagarazzi\, Maya Brothers\, Sophia Hall\, Emi Maeda\, Samrithaa H.V. \nSofia Bagarazzi is a sophomore at Friends’ Central School. She plays a multitude of sports and is involved with BSA and Girl Scouts. She loves to read\, write\, cook\, and play with her dog and cats! Maya Brothers is a sophomore at Friends’ Central School\, captain of the Debate Tea\, a competitive cyclist and she loves to weightlift. In her free time\, she writes poetry\, draws & paints\, and participates in mock trial.Sophia Hall lives a double life: eighteen-year-old poet by day\, secret agent by night. Her writing has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards\, the Library of Congress\, and Button Poetry. Emi Maeda is a Junior at The Baldwin School. Her work has appeared in the NY Seikatsu Newspaper\, The Rising Phoenix Review\, The Kenyon Young Writer’s Anthology\, and more\, and she is the first-place winner of the Charlotte Miller Poetry Contest. Samrithaa H.V. is a freshman at Methacton Senior High School\, currently a writer and editor for Element\, a superior Literary Arts Magazine and certified staff writer for her school newspaper\, The Windy Hill. \n王潇/Evan Wang is the first Youth Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, Pennsylvania and is judge and host of this reading
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-reading-montgomery-county-youth-poet-laureate-finalists/
LOCATION:The Free Library of Philadelphia\, 1901 Vine Street\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T200000
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SUMMARY:Hearing Women's Voices: Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach\, Michelle Myers\, & Kimmika L.H Williams-Witherspoon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Live Poetry at Barnes and Noble! \nJulia Kolchinsky Dasbach is the author of three poetry collections: 40 WEEKS\, Don’t Touch the Bones\, winner of the 2019 Idaho Poetry Prize\, and The Many Names for Mother\, winner the Wick Poetry Prize and finalist for the Jewish Book Award. She is currently working on a poetry collection as well as a book of linked lyric essays\, both of which grapple with raising a neurodiverse child with a disabled partner under the shadow of the war in Ukraine\, Julia’s birthplace. Her poems have appeared in POETRY\, Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, The Nation\, and AGNI\, among others. She is an Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing at Denison University. Michelle Myers is an award-winning poet and educator. Appearing on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam as a founding member of Yellow Rage\, Michelle harnesses her experiences as a biracial Korean American woman to create work that raises awareness and builds community. Her writing has been published in Apiary\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, Title Magazine\, Brevity\, and USA Today. Michelle received a 2024 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts\, awards from the Leeway Foundation\, Loft Literary Center\, Asian Arts Initiative\, Japanese American National Museum\, and Dodge Poetry Program. Michelle’s CCPTV show Drop the Mic has been nominated for six Emmys.  Michelle’s poetry was featured in Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now as well as My Life: Growing Up Asian in America. Michelle’s TEDx Talk Let Hearts Love. Let Hearts Live (TEDx YouTube Channel\, December 2023) and she hosts a podcast called Mind Your Margins\, which is produced by her daughter\, Myong. Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon has been a force in the spoken word/poetry scene for decades. This new release (You Gotta Have Game) from Boyer College of Music and Dance is Williams-Witherspoon at her best. The poet tells us: “I am the crack of morning\, Light in the shadow of dark” – In this beautiful collection of poetic text with instrumental accompaniment Williams-Witherspoon brings us through the struggle of life\, always the light in the shadow of dark. No matter how hard the journey\, no matter the roadblocks placed\, Williams-Witherspoon offers hope in endurance. The poem” By g emil reutter. “Life is a journey—not just a trip with destinations and an expiration date! Traveling is an action AND a process. These are the pieces that fill my heart and remind me to greet each day glad to be alive.” —Kimmika L. H. Williams-Witherspoon
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/hearing-womens-voices-julia-kolchinsky-dashbach-michelle-myers-kimmika-l-h-williams-witherspoon/
LOCATION:Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St.\, 1708 Chesnut Street.\, Phildelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Nathalie Anderson\, Steve Burke\, Cassie MacDonald
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! \nNathalie Anderson\, author of Rough\, Following Fred Astaire\, Crawlers\, Quiver\, Stain\, and Held and Firmly Bound\, collaborated in with artist Susan Hagen and poet Lisa Sewell on Birds of North America. Anderson’s poems have appeared in many journals\, manages the list-serv Lit-Philly. Steve Burke lives in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia; worked for many years as a labor & delivery nurse. He’s read in many venues around the Philly area; has two Moonstone-published chapbooks – After the Harvest & For Now – plus another\, Small Answers\, forthcoming. Cassie MacDonald served as Hearthkeeper of Brigid’s House\, where she welcomed writers and other artists with wide-open creative space and loving encouragement. Cassie was also a founder and the first Director of Camden FireWorks\, an arts destination serving the community with gallery space\, studios\, and workshops. Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading Follows.  \nRegister for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-nathalie-anderson-steve-burke-cassie-macdonald/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Remembering Robert Frost
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading honoring Robert Frost! \nRobert Lee Frost (March 26\, 1874 – January 29\, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech\, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century\, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. Frequently honored during his lifetime\, Frost is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America’s rare “public literary figures\, almost an artistic institution”. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. Frost was 86 when he performed a reading at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy on January 20\, 1961. On July 22\, 1961\, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-remembering-robert-frost/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T150000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: World Poetry Day
DESCRIPTION:Sunday March 17\, 2024\n2pm EST – VIRITUAL \nJoin us on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vdumppzwuHNYs4KmAVk04T1mXGlGaMbh5 \n“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” — Writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning dedicated this iconic poem to her husband Robert Browning but her famous sonnet could just as easily declare love for poetry itself. We can all do that on World Poetry Day\, on March 21. The United Nations Educational\, Scientific\, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) founded this day in 1999. Poetry uses rhythms and imagery to elicit emotion and the imagination of the reader. Poetry can rhyme\, using what are called meters of long and short syllables. Some poetry\, written in what’s called ‘free verse\,’ doesn’t employ rhyme or meters. Poems are broken into stanzas\, which are like paragraphs\, and can be up to 12 lines long. We believe the first known poem appeared 4\,000 years ago in Babylon. Today\, countless types of poems are available to enjoy\, including haikus\, limericks\, sonnets\, and ballads.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-world-poetry-day/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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