Peace like War is Waged A Discussion and Reading with Jan Barry and W.D. Ehrhart Thursday, November 13th @ 5:30pm Live Poetry @ Central Free Library, 1901 Vine Street, History Department on 2nd Floor “One Jan Barry’s most characteristic beliefs comes from a poem called “The Peacemaker” by Walker Knight: “Peace, like war, is waged.” […]
Live Poetry: Magnus Mateo, Jane Edna Mohler, & Louisa Schnaithmann Live @ Fergies Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Magnus Mateo is a genderfluid, neurodivergent poet, performer, and event organizer based in the Lehigh Valley. In addition to their debut chapbook, She’s Jealous of my Purple Sky, Magnus has been published in various literary magazines and poetry […]
Book Release: And If You Saw Me by Craig Czury Featuring: Craig Czury, J. C. Todd, and Olga Livshin Live at Fergies Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Craig Czury has been conducting innovative life-writing and poetry workshops in schools, shelters, prisons, psych wards, community centers, and universities for over 30 years. A native of the Wilkes-Barre […]
Live Poetry: Barb Gonzalez & c.r. hooker Live @ Fergies Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Barb Gonzalez (they/he) is a Philadelphia based poet just here to prove that there is something charming, or maybe a lesson to be learned in the mundane. as a haunter of dreams, naturally they write about nightmares and woes of their […]
New Voices: Fall 2025 A series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. This bi-annual publication invites poets to voice their experiences, introduce their new ways of thinking, and create the next generation of poetry. New Voices brings diverse voices and perspectives to print, from varied ethnic, gender, and class backgrounds. Join […]
Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM: Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30. In Philadelphia. Leonard Gontarek is the author of eight books of poems, his poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Field, Poet Lore, Fence, and in the anthologies, The Best American Poetry among others. He coordinates The […]
Live Poetry: Peter E. Murphy, Karol Wasylyshyn, & Bernardine (Dine) Watson Live @ Fergies Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Peter E. Murphy is the author of thirteen books and chapbooks of poetry, his writing has appeared in The Michigan Quarterly Review, The North American Review, Poetry Wales, and elsewhere. The founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton […]
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 […]
