Virtual Poetry Reading from The Disasters of War: An Anthology for Veterans Day Event Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 The Disasters of War: An Anthology for Veterans Day So much of what is presented on Veterans Day is the pomp and circumstance of the military, the parades and speeches extolling patriotism and bravery. All governments claim […]
Virtual Reading: Remembering Paul Laurence Dunbar Sunday June 26, 2022 – 2 pm Virtual Registration Required – Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwof-2vqzsqG9ds6zRdZ9c866kl-iVbrBix Join us for Paul Laurence Dunbar’s two hundredth birthday (born June 27, 1872) “Paul Laurence Dunbar stands out as the first poet from the Negro race in the United States to show a combined mastery […]
Hiroshima Day Anthology Poetry Reading: Virtual Event 2pm Eastern, 11am Pacific Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtc-2rqDgjHtz9oNarNqMUl-Dwoy__6-FT Hiroshima Day Anthology On August 6th, 1945, the United States detonated an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan, and another three days later in Nagasaki Japan. The possibility of nuclear war is no longer a distant memory, but […]
Moonstone Poetry Readings Sunday April 30, 2023 – 2:00pm Virtual Join us for readings from the contributors to Haiku 2023 Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcuqrpzgjHdNJLzqJT8pr9WFYBSL_gKT0 Ekphrastic Poetry Ekphrastic poetry explores art. Using a rhetorical device known as ekphrasis, the poet engages with a painting, drawing, sculpture, or other form of visual art. Poetry about music and […]
Woody Guthrie was one of the most significant figures in American folk music whose work focused on themes of socialism and anti-fascism. Join us as poets continue this tradition.
A reading from our Remembering anthology series. Charles Bukowski was a prolific underground writer whose work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. He wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and eventually publishing over sixty books. Join us as poets continue his tradition.
Labor is increasingly militant after years of inaction. Moonstone’s Labor Day Anthology for 2023 builds on this momentum with over 70 poets sharing their experiences, memories, and hopes for the labor movement. The accompanying anthology includes photos taken by Frank Espada and poetry written by his son, the author and people’s attorney, Martín Espada.
Live Reading: New Voices Fall 2023 November 16th at 6pm Hosted: Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street In cooperation with the Literature Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia Celebrate the release of our Fall 2023 volume of the New Voices anthology for young and emerging poets! New Voices is series for emerging poets between […]
Virtual Reading: New Voices Fall 2023 November 19th at 2pm Via Zoom (registration required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcuqpqTwoHt2LdMLO0LIelaovDd0q08NP Celebrate the release of our Fall 2023 volume of the New Voices anthology for young and emerging poets! New Voices is series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. It includes a monthly reading series and a […]
Sunday January 28, 2024 – 2pm Live at 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. Join us for our 27th year of presenting 100 poets reading in […]
