Moonstone Presents:

Long Story Short Poetry Project (ekphrastic poems, in a way): Virtual Reading with Mr. Fish

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84270491773?pwd=WndjTUFKNTlYZm82SnJIY3ZDV2VzZz09 Zoom Meeting ID: 842 7049 1773, Passcode: 192743, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning. Classic works spectacularly distilled by Mr. Fish and a […]

The Red Brick Poet: A Tribute to Peter Krok

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83446748712?pwd=eTVZblBKYWVIa0ZCeU90UWhaSENRdz09 Zoom Meeting ID: 834 4674 8712, Passcode: 626581, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Please join us as poets pay tribute to Peter Krok, the editor of the Schuylkill Valley Journal and the Humanities Director of the Manayunk Roxborough Art Center where he has been coordinating a literary series since 1990. His poem “10PM at Philadelphia Recreation […]

Virtual Poetry Reading + Interview: Lynn Levin and Barbara Sabol, with Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Zoom Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Lynn Levin’s most recent poetry collection, The Minor Virtues (Ragged Sky, 2020) is listed as one of Spring 2020’s best books by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Poet Ross Gay calls the book “a lovely honoring of the small, the minor sweetnesses that a life is made of.” Her previous collections include Miss Plastique, Fair […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Morri Creech, Joseph Harrison, & Dora Malech

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Morri Creech is the author of three collections of poetry, Paper Cathedrals,  Field Knowledge, which received the Anthony Hecht Poetry prize and was nominated for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Poet’s Prize, and The Sleep of Reason, a 2014 finalist for […]

Virtual Poetry in Collaboration with Serotonin: Fizza Abbas, Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, & Leah Holbrook Sackett, with Sean Lynch

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85662820989?pwd=VW1NMXZMcm0yMmIwQVh4VmI0WUVzUT09 Meeting ID: 856 6282 0989, Passcode: 613137 Fizza Abbas is a Freelance Content Writer based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is fond of poetry and music. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in quite a few journals including Poetry Village, The Daily Drunk, Indiana Voice Journal, London Grip and Poetry Pacific.   Jane-Rebecca […]

The Virus: Poets Respond

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83944818819?pwd=WlY2UkxGY0dyemNPSHgzczA1eXdWQT09 Meeting ID: 839 4481 8819, Passcode: 717435 Coronaviruses are a group of RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the common cold (which is also caused by other […]

Poetry & Grief: Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM: Amy Small-McKinney, with Charles S. Carr

Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM, 699 Ranstead Street Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM There is so much to grieve for now. Deaths of loved ones. Death of human contact and some semblance of normalcy. Deaths of our dreams for the world, the earth, […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Dilruba Ahmed, Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, Cynthia Dewi Oka, J.C Todd,

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83696541345?pwd=Y2RiWGwvbEpkc29YaUZBeEs0aFZBUT09  Meeting ID: 836 9654 1345, Passcode: 739757, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Dilruba Ahmed is the author of Bring Now the Angels. Her debut book of poetry, Dhaka Dust, won the Bakeless Prize. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, New England Review, and The New York Times Magazine. Her poems have also been anthologized in The Best American […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Phillip Berryman

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86344964528?pwd=d1BUUlN3N20yVk9WcU5LWHNsY2dGdz09 Meeting ID: 863 4496 4528, Passcode: 462706, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 El Salvador’s crisis of poverty and violence has remained the primal scene for liberation theology’s political assertion that the most vulnerable people pose a moral opportunity for organized religions. This year, we are remembering November 16th, the iconic anniversary of the 1989 massacre of […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Chad Frame, Leah E. Jackson, Shosh Lovett-Graff, with Sean Hanrahan

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Chad Frame’s work appears in Rattle, Pedestal, Menacing Hedge, Mom Egg Review, Philadelphia Stories, Barrelhouse, and other journals. He is Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, the Poetry Editor of Ovunque Siamo: New Italian American Writing, and founder of the Caesura Poetry […]