POETRY EVENTS

Poetry Tent on Washington Ave.

10:00am

Walt Howat Memorial Youth Poetry Contest, hosted by Anna Evans

10:40am

Reading: Philadelphia Poet Laureate Raina J. León

11am

Haiku Wake Up Call: Nick Virgilio Haiku Association 

11:20am

TBD

11: 35am

Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War, group reading hosted by J.C. Todd

12:05pm

Reading: Ophelia Hostetter 

12:20pm

NaPoMo Challenge, group reading sponsored by Perkins Center for the Arts

12:50pm

 Painted Bride Quarterly, group reading hosted by Kathleen Volk Miller

1:20pm

Reading: James Hoch

1:40pm

Reading: Blake Kilgore

1:55pm

Reading: Alison Lubar 

2:10pm

Reading: John Wojtowicz

2:25pm

Reading: Noel Quiñones 

2:45pm

Reading: Mihaela Diana Moscaliuc

3:05pm

Reading: Danny Shot 

3: 25pm

Open Mic hosted by Reet Starwind 

POETRY WORKSHOP TENT (Across from Poetry)

10am

Gratitude journaling with Kathleen Volk Miller

10:45am

How to Get Published, a panel discussion 

11:30am

Found Poetry Workshop with Sherrie Yvette Wilkins, sponsored by Perkins Center for the Arts 

12:15pm

Interactive Poetry Workshop with Noel Quiñones 

1pm

Poetry Performance Workshop with Ophelia Hostetter 

1:45pm

Creative discussion with Dreamers’  Playlist creator & interstellar storyteller Reet Starwind

2:30pm

Haiku Workshop led by Nick Virgilio Haiku Association

ALL DAY: Wall of Haiku, poet talks and book signings, Town Poem, refrigerator magnet poetry and more