Tag: poetry
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Painting in the Dark: An Artistic Collaboration
Saturday, July 11th, 2026 – 4 to 7 pm City Arts Salon, 5838 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144 Painting in the Dark interrogates the hideousness of war, addiction, and delusion with the consolation concluding poet John Lavin’s final poem, –but that’s all we have is each other. Illustrators Gregorio Torres, III and Janelle Robinson have…
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Live Poetry: Indran Amirthanayagam, Claudia Gary, & Mike Jurkovic
Wednesday July 8, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Indran Amirthanayagam is a poet, editor, publisher, translator, youtube host and diplomat. He writes in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian Creole and is the author of 30 books and translations. He edits the Beltway Poetry Quarterly, writes a weekly poem for Haiti en Marche and El Acento;…
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Freedom 250? – Virtual Poetry Event
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…
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Live Poetry: Indran Amirthanayagam, Claudia Gary & Mike Jurkovic
Live Poetry: Indran Amirthanayagam, Claudia Gary & Mike Jurkovic Wednesday July 8, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Indran Amirthanayagam is a poet, editor, publisher, translator, youtube host and diplomat. He writes in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian Creole and is the author of 30 books and translations.…
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Live Poetry: Vasiliki Argyris & William Lessard
Vasiliki Argyris looks for the threads that bind history, poetry, and walking the earth. Her work can be found in Voicemail Poems, Pamphilet, and Works & Days. William Lessard writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, McSweeney’s, and others, he is the Poetry & Hybrids editor at Heavy Feather Review.
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Live Poetry: Dan Kraines, Amy Saul-Zerby, & Rocky Wilson
Live Poetry: Dan Kraines, Amy Saul-Zerby & Rocky Wilson Wednesday, June 10th @ 7pm Live at Fergies Pub Dan Kraines is a queer poet of Viennese, Bolivian, and Ukrainian heritage. Strap is his first full length book. Dan works at the writers residency Hawthornden Brooklyn on weekends, and for the poet Sharon Olds during the week. ” Dan…
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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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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…