Poetry Tent
An afternoon of poetry was held on Sunday, October 4 at the Scottish Rite Theatre in Collingswood, as part of the Collingswood Book Festival
The free outdoor event included children’s poetry, pandemic-themed haiku, new works from South Jersey poets and culminated in a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo. The event included:
Winners of the 11th annual Walt Howat Youth Poetry Contest; the complete list of the winners as well as their poems can be found here.
A reading by Hainesport award-winning poet Anna Evans
Pandemic-themed haiku, featuring The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association
South Jersey poets paying tribute to the late Walt Howat, poet and poetry tent founder, with his own poems and works that capture his enduring spirit
A reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo, who is on faculty at Rutgers-Camden
Experience the magic of this year’s Poetry Tent by watching the video to the right.
Poetry events are presented with the generous support of the Collingswood Foundation for the Arts, as well as our partners at the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association of Camden and Murphy Writing at Stockton University.