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Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Fran Baird received the Judson Jerome Poetry Scholarship, his poem “Neshaminy” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He currently conducts a poetry workshop with inmates at Graterford Prison. Cassie MacDonald serves as Hearthkeeper of Brigid’s House in Camden where she facilitates a writing circle and creates neighborhood murals as part of the Poetry Liberation Front […]

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Anthony Palma’s work has appeared in publications such as The Mad Poet’s Review, Italiana Americana, and Harbinger Asylum. Recently, he has taken a renewed interest in the connections between poetry and other forms of expression such as performance and visual a…rt. He teaches composition at Rowan University and also teaches classes at Saint Joseph’s University. […]

Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAm – Sanctuary Poets Part II

PhillyCAM 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

2017 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM Regarding Poetry in Philly someone wrote: “If Philadelphia and environs were a garden of poetry, it would be quite a garden. It’d be huge. This is a poetry town which is lush and fertile.” There are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in […]

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Mike Cohen hosts Poetry Aloud and Alive at Philadelphia’s Big Blue Marble Book Store. His articles on sculpture appear in the Schuylkill Valley Journal in which he is a contributing editor. He also played Editor Whedon in a Laurel Hill Cemetery production of Spoon River Anthology for the Philly Fringe Festival.  Mike has memorized a good […]

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

“Jim Cory writes stories, as well as poems, and his work has appeared in many venues over the course of the last 35 years. His poems most recently appeared in the zine Elephant, out of New London, Connecticut., the on-line political journal Counterpunch.org and …like this, out of North Attleboro, Mass. He has published seven chapbooks […]

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Lenora Magee is an educator and poet from Minneapolis, MN. She has been performing since she was 16 and was active in the arts and poetry in Minnesota serving as President of student based arts coalition Voices Merging and running the largest open mic of the Twin Cities. She received her BA in Mathematics and African-American […]

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Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

  RuNett Nia Ebo, Poet of Purpose, has been writing poetry since age 10 and she is five decades past that now. Best known for her signature poems, What Did You Make Roaches Fo,’ raps called Look What We Did, Part 1 and 2 and the infamous Lord Why Did You Make Me Black.   […]

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Devin Cohen & Marion Deutsche Cohen

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Alien Architect/Cohen Asher/Devin A. Cohen is a multidisciplinary artist, working with music, visual arts, and poetry. He has published the experimental hip hop album Arteriaand and  All Praises, the first part of his seven part book journey entitled Remnants, which chronicles his words from his records, poems, and else wheres   Marion Deutsche Cohen’s latest […]

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Moonstone Poetry at Fergie’s Pub: Featuring Ryan Eckes, Melissa DeGezelle, and Sean Lynch

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Ryan Eckes is a poet who lives in South Philadelphia and recently finished writing a book called General Motors about labor and the influence of public and private transportation on city life. Melissa DeGezelle has worked as an adjunct in the Intellectual Heritage Program since 2010. Beyond teaching, she is a poet, a birth doula, an activist, […]

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Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM: Featuring Lillian Dunn, Peter Krok, Paul Siegell

PhillyCAM 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

There are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form, ethnic background, age, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities which their group or organization provides for poets in Philly as well as the themes that […]

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