Live Poetry: Derrick C. Brown & Erica Miriam Fabri Wednesday December 10, 2025 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Derrick C. Brown is a renowned poet, comedian and former Paratrooper. He is the poet laureate of Los Feliz, CA. His album, ‘A Close Shave with Heaven’ earned him Paste Magazine’s ‘2023 Album […]
30th Annual Poetry Ink – LIVE READING Saturday, December 13, 2pm Central Free Library, 1901 Vine Street, Literature Dept. 2nd Floor The 30th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology contains 118 poems by poets from around the world. We want you all: Published Poets, Unpublished Poets, Academic Poets, Street Poets, Poets who write Sonnets, Villanelle, Haiku, […]
30th Annual Poetry Ink – LIVE READING Sunday, December 14, 2pm Online via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/GeRraO9xQ_yAefQXVw3J2g The 30th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology contains 118 poems by poets from around the world. We want you all: Published Poets, Unpublished Poets, Academic Poets, Street Poets, Poets who write Sonnets, Villanelle, Haiku, Ekphrastic poems, Concrete Poems, Epitaph, Limerick, Ballad, Ode, Free […]
Virtual: Bill of Rights 2025 Sunday December 21, 2pm EST Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oYNfQ0_WTCSJj2p4dFC62Q The United States’ Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791, meant to guarantee civil rights and liberties. Below is a reminder of the rights included in the ratification. Our last anthology of the year – What happened to […]
Live Reading: Moonstone Hosts Wednesday, January 7th at 7pm Live at Fergies Pub: 1214 Sansom Street Featured readers for this live event are all of Moonstone’s poetry reading hosts. We hope you join us in the new year to meet our hosts, hear their latest work, and gather in community. Featured Moonstone Poetry Hosts Liz […]
Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM with Hayden Saunier Tuesday January 13, 2026 6:30pm EST – Live Broadcast Can be viewed for free on the PhillyCAM website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series with Hayden Saunier Hayden Saunier is a poet, actor, and teaching artist living in the Philadelphia […]
Live Poetry: Herman Beavers, Anisha Bhat, Steve Burke, and Octavia McBride-Ahebee Wednesday January 14, 2026 – 7pm Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Herman Beavers is an African American writer and the author of The Vernell Poems and Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of Toni Morrison. Beavers’s honors include the Charles Ludwig Distinguished […]
Live Poetry: E. Lynn Alexander, Holiday Noel Campanella, Shannon Frost Greenstein & C.L. Liedekev Wednesday, January 21st at 7pm Live at Fergies Pub: 1214 Sansom St. E. Lynn Alexander is an artist, poet, maker of unlikely things from other things, independent publisher, and cemetery walker. She cohosts The Friday Collapse reading series and has a […]
ICE: Immigration and Murder In immediate response, Moonstone is hosting a virtual reading on Sunday, January 25th at 2pm EST via Zoom for all to attend and read. You can register for the Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FoHS3q61SQy1zuoz9aIJZA We are also organizing a poetry anthology in response to ICE’s violence, the murder of Renee Nicole Good, and many […]
Live Poetry: Anne Kaier, Massimo Lavelle, and Aaren Perry Wednesday, January 28, 2026 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Anne Kaier a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellow and has served on a Fulbright screening committee for creative writers. Her poetry collection, How Can I Say It Was Not Enough? won […]
