2025 Events - Poetry

TENT 5 (Haddon & Washington Aves.)

10am - Walt Howat Youth Poetry Contest: Hosted by Anna Evans

10:40am - Hadassah Broughton, state champion, New Jersey Poetry Out Loud

10:55am - Poetry Tempest: Group reading hosted by Kendall Bell, featuring Chad Frame, Miriam Kramer, Shannon Frost Greenstein

11:35am - Whitman Aloud: Hosted by BJ Ward

Group reading by invited regional poets TBD

12:15pm - Midnight Poetry @ Noon: Hosted by Reet Starwind

12:45pm - Winner, Meditation Gardens of Collingswood poetry winner

1pm - Nick Virgilio Haiku Association: Hosted by Robin Palley and Henry Brann

1:30pm - Elle Vintage

1:50pm - Lauren Hilger

2:10pm - CavanKerry Press: Hosted by Dimitri Reyes

Group reading by Lennox Warner, Marina Carreira, Basia Wilson

2:50pm - Martin Wiley

3:10pm - Dimitri Reyes

3:30pm - Open Mic: Hosted by Painted Bride Quarterly & Slush Pile podcast

ALL DAY: Book signings, poet meet-and-greets, Town Poem, Wall of Haiku, Refrigerator Magnet Poetry

Poetry Workshop

TENT 6 (Haddon Ave. across main poetry tent)

10 a.m. - Healing through Writing, with Kathleen Volk Miller

11 a.m. - Youth Poetry Workshop, with Suzanne Gili Post

12 p.m. - Conversation with/reading by poet Peter Murphy, "A Tipsy Fairy Tale'' memoir

1 p.m. - How to Get Published, hosted by Kathleen Volk Miller; Panelists: Kendall Bell, Marcia LeBeau, Marina Carreira

2 p.m. - Poetry Workshop, hosted by Elinor Mattern

3 p.m. TBA