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Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqduytqjwjG9dP-hVrP8szAyz7uxDeUXTe We want you all: published poets, unpublished poets, academic poets, street poets, poets who write Sonnet, Villanelle, Haiku, Ekphrastic Poems, Concrete Poems, Epitaph, Elegy, Epigram, Limerick, Ballad,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 […]
Sunday May 19, 2024 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOiqrTIuGtI4ZR23zt_f1C1FDbB5uk6U May Day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, observed in many countries on May 1. In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers, in commemoration […]
Freedom 2024 Anthology Reading Sunday July 14, 2024 2pm on Zoom Zoom Meeting ID 829 9128 3645 – Passcode 060433 Registration Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuiqpjgsHtFxxxyjfTkHXjIJkgSPg2tA Freedom The United States celebrates Independence on July 4 France celebrates Bastille Day on July 14 The struggle for freedom and independence is universal. What does Freedom mean to you? […]
LIVE at Taller Puertorriqueño 2600 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133 Police killed 1,352 victims the U.S. 2023 (mappingpoliceviolence.org). On August 14, 2023 Police officer, Mark Dial shot and killed Eddie Irizarry. Philadelphia police told the media that the incident began when officers pulled over a car that was “driving erratically” and that “officers approached” […]
Tribute to Sonia Sanchez Sunday September 15th, 2024 – 2pm VIRTUAL Registration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83627572456?pwd=JE0PCSxPn26WT6hBZ8aSmXHm0PqDxo.1 Happy 90th Birthday, Sonia Sonia Sanchez—poet, activist, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes […]
Banned Books Week 2024 Sunday September 22, 2024 Virtual on Zoom – 2pm Registration Required: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86935252863?pwd=8GIY87i0AJsTBbQWImX3sOVVUlx1ZO.1 “This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers, particularly students, are losing access to critical information, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing their jobs.” – Deborah […]
Moonstone Poetry & The Rotunda present 28th Annual Poetry Ink Reading LIVE Sunday September 29, 2024, 2pm The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street 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, and all other […]
Moonstone Poetry presents 28th Annual Poetry Ink Reading VIRTUAL Monday, September 30th, 2024, 7pm Online via Zoom, register here: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88202311343?pwd=02AJS9GK5vIYcvL5dLXwwa7mJARNDc.1 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, and all other forms. Join […]
Virtual Reading: Remembering Dylan Thomas Sunday October 27, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdu6hqDMsGdZRzlthm1ZEK-xUGy30g20b Remembering Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “And death […]
DID YOU VOTE? The State of The Nation – Get Out The Vote Sunday November 3, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqfuuhrz0vE9NAdRMQxqD0VzHTSKiDCQts THIS ELECTION IS IMPORTANT Things you can do to increase participation: • Remind those in your life to vote and invite them to voter education events like debates. • Ask them to […]
