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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Sarah Browning\, W. D. Ehrhart\, and Jack Miller
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday March 5th\, 2025 – 7:00pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Use this link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vLVubHweQumhe0GM3rq9nA \nSarah Browning is the author of Call Me Yes (forthcoming)\, Killing Summer\, and others\, co-host of Wild Indigo Poetry\, and teaches online with Writers in Progress. \nW.D. Ehrhart’s most recent books are Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; What We Can and Can’t Afford: Essays on Vietnam\, Patriotism\, and American Life\, and At Smedley Butler’s Grave (a Moonstone Arts poetry chapbook). \n Jack Miller is a former English teacher who retired after a long career at Ocean City High School.  The author of a recently published autobiographical poetry book called Habit: Seven Decades of Poems\, his first collection\, he is a lover of nature who enjoys birds\, butterflies\, woods and swamps. \nOpen Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sarah-browning-w-d-ehrhart-and-jack-miller/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Broadcast: Nathalie Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday March 11th\, 2025 at 6:30pm – Live Broadcast \nMoonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam \nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 in Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nNathalie Anderson’s books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire\, Crawlers\, Quiver\, Stain\, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound.  She collaborated in 2021 with artist Susan Hagen and poet Lisa Sewell on Birds of North America\, and her new book\, Rough\, is forthcoming in 2024 from The Word Works.  Anderson’s poems have appeared in such journals as Atlanta Review\, DoubleTake\, Natural Bridge\, The New Yorker\, Nimrod\, and Plume.  She has also authored libretti for five operas\, in collaboration with Philadelphia composer Thomas Whitman.  Anderson manages the list-serv Lit-Philly that informs about 500 members about literary events in the Philadelphia area.  She has recently retired from Swarthmore College\, where she taught as Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Literature\, and served as Director of the Program in Creative Writing. \nCharles S. Carr hosts. 
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Catch Breath\, Amanda Giordano Herrera\, and Matthew Sekellick
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday March 12\, 2025 – 7:00pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Use this link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zgOiWqUUT6OxURZIbzujjw \ncatch breath is the founder of reunion poetry\, a literary festival held in Philadelphia. \nAmanda Giordano Herrera is an interdisciplinary artist and writer born in Philadelphia. She is an editor for Poet’s Row. Her personal work examines surrealism\, death\, rebirth and religion. \nMatthew Sekellick is a writer\, artist and performer from Upstate New York living in Philadelphia. A poet\, playwright\, essayist and critic\, their writing has appeared in Protean\, Prolit\, Peach Mag\, Jacobin\, and Theatre Journal\, among others. His plays include Picnic Among Tall Grasses\, The Life (and Afterlife) of Uncle Sam\, and an adaptation of the film noir Detour. He writes about theater in his newsletter\, Plays Unpleasant. sekellick.net \nAmy Saul-Zerby Hosts – Open Reading Follows
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday March 18\, 2025 – 5:00pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Use this link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Q3BIKrZhRjOSQ_BFscJ85A \nNathalie Anderson\, author of Rough\, Following Fred Astaire\, Crawlers\, Quiver\, Stain\, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound.  She collaborated with Susan Hagen and Lisa Sewell on Birds of North America.  Anderson’s poems have appeared in such journals as Atlanta Review\, DoubleTake\, Natural Bridge\, The New Yorker\, Nimrod\, and Plume and authored libretti for five operas.  She has recently retired from Swarthmore College\, where she taught as Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Literature\, and served as Director of the Program in Creative Writing. \nJoseph Lennon is Emily C. Riley Director of the Center for Irish Studies at Villanova University\, where he also is Associate Dean\, Professor of English\, and Co-Director of Villanova’s Strategic Initiative for Climate\, Justice and Sustainability.  His forthcoming book\, Marion Wallace-Dunlop and the Origins of the Hunger Strike will be published in 2026.  He writes poetry\, essays\, and scholarship on Irish and transnational literature and culture\, focusing on histories of the hunger strike in the United Kingdom\, Ireland\, Russia\, and India.  He has published poetry in New Hibernia Review\, Poetry Ireland\, Natural Bridge\, Denver Quarterly\, and Salmon Poetry published his Fell Hunger in 2011; he is editing a forthcoming issue of the American Journal of Irish Studies on “Sustainability in Irish Culture.” \nStephen Sexton’s first book\, If All the World and Love Were Young was the winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2019 and the Shine / Strong Award for Best First Collection. He was awarded the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2020. He was the winner of the National Poetry Competition in 2016 and the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award in 2018. Cheryl’s Destinies was published in 2021\, and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Wake Forest University Press reissued both collections in North America in 2024. \nOpen Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-happy-saint-patricks-day/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: C.M. Crockford\, R.G. Evans\, Shannon Frost Greenstein\, and Von Wise
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday March 19\, 2025 – 7:00pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Use this link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/s1AkTaeNSISE_wCCV7KJSg \nC.M. Crockford is a neurodivergent writer and editor. His works been published in dozens of magazines\, anthologies\, and websites\, and his first book Birdsongs was released in 2024 with Alien Buddha Press. You can always find him doting on his cat Wally or seeing movies in actual theaters like a nerd. \nR.G. Evans’s books include Overtipping the Ferryman\, The Holy Both\, and Imagine Sisyphus Happy. His work has appeared in Rattle\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, and Weird Tales\, among other publications. His collections of original songs\, Sweet Old Life and Kid Yesterday Calling Tomorrow Man\, are available on most streaming platforms. He received a 2025 Individual Artist Fellowship award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. \nShannon Frost Greenstein (She/They) resides near Philadelphia with her family and cats. She is the author of “Through the Lens of Time” (2026)\, a fiction collection with Thirty West Publishing\, and “These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things” (2022)\, a book of poetry from Really Serious Lit. Shannon is a former Ph.D. candidate in Continental Philosophy and a multi-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Her passions include Friedrich Nietzsche\, anti-racism\, ballet\, the Seven Summits\, the Hamilton Soundtrack\, motherhood\, and acquiring more cats. \nVon Wise is the author of Grow a Cowboy\, winner of the 2025 Beyond Words Poetry Chapbook Awards. His poetry and prose have been published and anthologized by Lucky Jefferson\, Inverted Syntax\, Gulf Stream Literary Magazine\, Red Ogre Review\, and elsewhere. He teaches English and Creative Writing in Philadelphia\, where he lives. \nSean Hanrahan Hosts – Open Reading Follows
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:World Poetry Day Reading
DESCRIPTION:Sunday March 23\, 2025 – 2pmEST – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LqG9LovqQnCdUxVCaQ1PHg3/26/2025 \nWorld Poetry Day Reading – The United Nations Educational\, Scientific\, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) founded this day in 1999. Poetry uses rhythms and imagery to elicit emotion and the imagination of the reader. Poetry can rhyme\, using what are called meters of long and short syllables. Some poetry\, written in what’s called ‘free verse\,’ doesn’t employ rhyme or meters. Poems are broken into stanzas\, which are like paragraphs\, and can be up to 12 lines long. We believe the first known poem appeared 4\,000 years ago in Babylon. Today\, countless types of poems are available to enjoy\, including haikus\, limericks\, sonnets\, and ballads.
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: The Hosts of Other Series Read
DESCRIPTION:  \nWednesday March 26\, 2025 – 7:00pm – The Hosts of Other Series Read  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Use this link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/RcZsDsGjRYmxq7LxQ_YDkQ \nSibelan Forrester is a poet\, translator\, and host since 2016 of the Mad Poets Society First Wednesday poetry reading series. \nRaina J. León\, co-host of Wild Indigo Poetry Reading Series\, is s a founding editor of The Acentos Review. \nBill Van Buskirk’s\, host of Mad Poets Society 4th Friday series\, latest book is The Poet’s Pocket Guide to Steady Employment. \nNoah David Roberts is a non-binary poet\, the author of Mutable\, GUNK\, and SWARM\, an organizer of the World’s End Writing Retreat\, & was an editor for Graphic Violence Lit. \nBJ Ward\, host of Warren Community College Visiting Authors Series\, is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and two Distinguished Artist Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Conflict & Poetry: An Interactive Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Conflict & Poetry: An Interactive Workshop\nSunday\, March 30th at 2PM EST\nLive at The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104 \nRegister for the live event \n\n\n\nIn a time fraught with political strife and armed conflict\, how can we reframe\, heal\, and continue to live in the midst of destruction\, chaos\, and loss? We seem to have forgotten that we are all human beings. Where is our empathy? How do we reconcile? How do we survive? In an effort to inspire people embroiled in conflict (all of us)\, to meet and create dialogue across differences for the sake of resolving heartbreak\, damage and personal or cultural loss. \nAustralian authors\, David B. Moore and Alike Vernon\, writers of Setting Relations Right in Restorative Practice\, have provided the backgrounds and the methods for humane ways to make peace. They will share knowledge on the possibilities occasioned by people seeking repair and resolution. \n\n\n\n\nRestorative practice uses deliberative decision-making processes to: \n\nrespond to harm with healing in justice system programs;\nmanage relationships in educational\, workplace\, and other communities; &\nlink individual healing with institutional reform in redress schemes.\n\nDr David Moore and Dr Alikki Vernon are Australian ‘pracademics’\, who remain actively engaged with fellow educators and researchers while working as facilitators in each of these applications. \nIn their 2024 book Setting Relations Right in Restorative Practice\, they explain how: \n\nrestorative processes support people to learn\, heal\, and work together to improve their circumstances;\ntechniques from restorative practice can also assist citizens’ assemblies to develop socially acceptable and appropriately complex policies for government.\n\nThe reforming potential of restorative practice is great. The need for further restorative reform urgent. Practical skills are essential for that reform. \nDr Moore and Dr Vernon will describe: \n\ncore skills for facilitating different restorative processes;\nprograms that apply these skills\, to work with people to set relations right.\n\nThe audience and poets will participate with Moore and Vernon to consider pathways out of the impasses that inhibit our creativity as humans. \n\n\nRegister for the interactive workshop.\n\n\nSubmit to our Chaos/Crises/Conflict anthology here by March 9th. 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/conflict-poetry-an-interactive-workshop/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Anthology Reading: Chaos\, Crises\, Conflict
DESCRIPTION:Monday March 31\, 2025 – 7pmEST – Chaos\, Crises\, Conflict Anthology Reading – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/o5aORNAuQH6qAzaYCOI-Yg \nIn a time fraught with political strife and armed conflict\, how can we reframe\, heal\, and continue to live in the midst of destruction\, chaos\, and loss?  We seem to have forgotten that we are all human beings. Where is our empathy? How do we reconcile? How do we survive? Poets Respond
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