What”s going on this weekend? Chances are that somewhere near you, there”s poetry happening. As the weather warms, poets take to the outdoors and celebrate nature with words. From Boston to Seattle, from Sacramento to Fort Lauderdale, poetry is still enjoying a popular resurgence. Grab a piece of grass at a local festival, and enjoy [...]

It”s Memorial Day Weekend, and all over the country poets will be out in force, reading poetry at celebrations, memorials and contests. This weekend”s roundup includes one of the hottest poetry festivals in the country, the three day 6th Annual Arizona Spoken Word Festival and Slab City Slam at Arcosanti
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Over 40 poets from around the country will gather this Sunday, May 28, at the Cantab in Cambridge to honor and remember and celebrate poet Lisa King who passed away in February. King was, according to the Center for New Words announcement of the event:
Poet, writer, spoken word artist, National Poetry Slam champion and Amazon [...]

The Solstice Summer Writers” Conference will take place at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts June 16-24. Applications received by May 29 will receive priority consideration. The Solstice Writers Conference features daily lectures, workshops in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction and nightly readings by noted writers and poets. This year”s poetry workshops will be [...]

This week marks the 50th performance on Indiefeed”s Performance Poetry Channel – and they”re celebrating with three poets that rock the house. This week”s features on IndieFeed: Performance Poetry are Rachel Kann, Rashad and Buddy Wakefield.
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