27th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology Monday, January 29th, 2024 – 2PM Virtual on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqduytqjwjG9dP-hVrP8szAyz7uxDeUXTe We want you all: published poets, unpublished poets, academic poets, street poets, poets who write Sonnet, Villanelle, Haiku, Ekphrastic Poems, Concrete Poems, Epitaph, Elegy, Epigram, Limerick, Ballad, Ode, Free Verse. Join us for our 27th year of presenting 100 poets […]
Wednesday, January 31st – 7PM Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street And over Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpd–tpj4uEtTGjg-a2O9NZBvpHqx9GFyw Welcome to House Poet @ Fergie’s Since 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 Fergie’s, featuring an […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Featuring – g emil reutter Tuesday February 6, 2024 – 6:30pm – EST – VIRTUAL Watch for free on the PhillyCAM website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 in Philadelphia. g emil reutter is a writer of poems and stories. 18 collections of his poetry and fiction have […]
Wednesday February 7, 2024 – 7pm -LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub – 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom OR on Zoom (Registration Required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcOigqz4qHtCj5tnSWrCaVRobrdm0Q2HM Emiliano Martín is Spanish born and an advocate of the spoken word, he is the founder of Philadelphia Poetry Forum for the NE Regional Public Library. Past President of Pennsylvania Poetry […]
Thursday February 8, 2024 – 7pm -Virtual Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrce-spj4pE9Jq0ZszDJHI7vYgFYFf19BY David Eberhardt, author of Melange, The Tree Calendar, Blue Running Lights, and Poems from the Website, was born in 1941. He retired in 2010 from 33 years of work in the criminal INjustice system at the Baltimore City jail. With Father Phil Berrigan and two […]
Moonstone Poetry Readings Wednesday February 14, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub – 1214 Sansom Street OR Join Us on Zoom (Registration Required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqc-GrqzwrHNS3jAMLOupFHyUci7eweq4_ Joshua Barnes lives in Philadelphia with his husband. His poetry has previously appeared in &Change, Olney Magazine, Impossible Archetype, Philadelphia Stories, and Moonstone Press. When not writing, he can be […]
Fatal Force: Poetic Justice Saturday February 17, 2024 – 7pm EST Virtual Join us on Zoom (Registration Required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsduGuqTgjEtIm1XVEz94i3LTtCLb8iG5D As of December 4, 2023, 1085 people have been killed by police in the United States (Mapping Police Violence 2023). Police officer, Mark Dial shot and killed Eddie Irizarry on August 14, 2023. On August 15th, Philadelphia police […]
Remembering Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Sunday February 18, 2024 – 2pm – VIRTUAL Join us on Zoom (Registration Required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvdeipqTsoHdwqmC1q3s_Nx34bh3KSabHn The Black feminist, lesbian, poet, mother, warrior Audre Lorde was a native New Yorker and daughter of immigrants. Both her activism and her published work speak to the importance of struggle for liberation among oppressed peoples […]
Wednesday February 21, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvcO2pqTMrHNbspqMc34fEumC-hinMXbUp Chris Bullard is a retired judge who lives in Philadelphia, PA. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and received a MFA from Wilkes University. He has had thirteen books published, including poetry, short fiction and […]
Live Poetry: Featured Readers 2023 Live at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 In 2023, Moonstone Arts Center hosted over 100 events with almost 300 poets and an audience of close to 3000. Join us for a reading with our featured poets of 2023. Featured Poets (not all will read): David Acosta Nathalie […]
