Pound was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound’s contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with developing […]
Sunday February 22, 2026 – ICE OUT Register Here: ICE OUT VIRTUAL READING Poems about ICE, the Murders of Renee Nicole Good, Alex Pretti, and Others There are 127 poets, click here for the list of names: Not all Poets will be Reading – Please join us.
Sunday March 15, 2026 – Latinx Voices in Poetry: Poetry Without Borders Register Here: Latinx Voices in Poetry: Virtual Poetry Reading This anthology will include three sections: Remembering Marjorie Agosin, Remembering Ernesto Cardenzal, and Latinx Voices in Poetry: Poetry Without Borders – Poetry by Latin American Poets both in the US and Latin America
Sunday March 22, 2026 World Poetry Day – Virtual Register Here: World Poetry Day – Virtual World Poetry Day is celebrated on March 21st, and was declared by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) in 1999, ”with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages […]
Sunday April 26, 2026 – VIRTUAL at 2pm Moonstone Chapbook Contest 2025 – Reading Featuring: The Winning Manuscript: All at Once by Lucia Owen High Honorable Mention: Tarifa Moon by Bill O’Connell Honorable Mention: Bright Clatter by Susan Coppock Honorable Mention: Shadow House by Ada Lowenthal PLUS These Exceptional Poets Aliyah Cotton, author of […]
Sunday April 19, 2026 – Haiku Poetry Day – Virtual Register Here: Haiku Poetry Day Virtual Reading National Haiku Day, an initiative of the Haiku Foundation, celebrates the art form every April 17th. A haiku is an ancient form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines with the sentence structure ”five-seven-five”- although this is […]
Remembering Hal Sirowitz Sunday May 3, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub AND Virtual Hal Sirowitz (March 6, 1949- October 17, 2025) was an American and internationally known poet, who first began to attract attention at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe where he was a frequent competitor in their Friday Night Poetry Slam. He eventually made […]
The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of other civil liberties. However, in recent years its democratic institutions have suffered erosion, as reflected in rising political polarization and extremism, partisan pressure on […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series with David Livewell Tuesday, August 4, 2026 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Watch live on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 David Livewell was raised in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia. He won the 2012 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for his first book, Shackamaxon. […]
Remembering Dorothy Parker Sunday August 23, 2026 – 2pm ET Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z7mLnyMiRfidAzDKTAuueA Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York, she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. Parker rose to acclaim, […]
