Tag: poetry
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Live Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub
Warren C. Longmire is a writer, performer, and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is author of Bird/Diz: An Erased History of Bebop, and you can find his work in journals including Action, Spectacle, R&R, and the American Poetry Review. He is the former contributing editor for Apiary Magazine, the host of House…
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Live Broadcast: Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Presents Diane Sahms
Diane Sahms is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently,– of an octopus: an archite|x| tural awareness of words. She was awarded first place in Judith Stark’s Poetry Contest; Partisan Press’s Working People’s Poetry Contest; and recieved a poetry grant from AEVentures Foundation. Published in North American Review, Northern Virginia Review, Brushfire Literature & Arts…
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S(he) 4
Voices of Women, Trans, & Nonbinary Writers Coedited by Cassendre Xavier and Tom Daubert When we launched the first S/He Speaks anthology in 2023, we noted that anyone likely to read it would already be well aware of the ongoing ”Cold War” in the United States targeting the rights of women and trans people. And,…
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Wednesday May 27, 2026 – 7pm LIVE
Wednesday May 27, 2026 – 7pm LIVE @ FERGIES Featuring: Alexander Khan, Dustin Wright, and Mac Chandler as host Alexander Khan is a poet, he is also a member of a big family in a small house, and a pharmacy staff for children. His work reflects these places and the different person he becomes in…
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Wednesday May 20, 2026 @7pm – LIVE
Wednesday May 20, 2026 @7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Featuring: Chris Darrah, Olga Livshin, David Milley, Elijah B Pringle, III, and Sean Hanrahan as Host Chris Darrah – Unwashed heathen wordsmith. Published several times in area zines. Member of the New Hope Beats. “Heretic Vicar” nome de plume. Olga Livshin grew up in Ukraine and…
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Virtual: Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners 2025
Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners 2025 Sunday April 26, 2026 @ 2pm ET – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NOIi7-_lSja6fp2YjqQPgw The Winning Manuscript: All at Once by Lucia Owen Unsentimental yet open hearted, these poems capture a married couple’s long and loyal love. The voice is older. The voice is precise, wise, stoic, and self-reliant. It confronts old age with…
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Wednesday May 13, 2026 – LIVE @ 7pm
Wednesday May 13, 2026 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War offers a groundbreaking and vital perspective on war’s destruction of the natural world—the creatures, plants, soil, water, and atmosphere of Earth. In poems and contextual comments, 61 contemporary poets…
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Tuesday May 12 – PhillyCAM – Philly Loves Poetry
Tuesday May 12, 2026 @ 6:30pm – LIVE BROADCAST Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Sean Hanrahan (he, him, his) is a Philadelphian poet originally hailing from Dale City, Virginia. He is the author…
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Wednesday May 6, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE
Wednesday May 6, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub Featuring: Dilruba (Ruba) Ahmed, Barbara Siegel Carlson, Raina J. León, ariel rosé Dilruba (Ruba) Ahmed is the author of Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry), with poems featured in New York Times Magazine, The Slowdown, and Poetry Unbound. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review,…
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Wednesday April 29 – LIVE
Wednesday April 29, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub @7pm Featuring: Shannon Frost Greenstein, Emily Rose Reed. With Hosts Warren Longmire & Lindsay Hargrave Shannon Frost Greenstein resides near Philadelphia with her family and cats. She is the author of Through the Lens of Time, and “These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things. Shannon…