From our friends at Fireside Book Shop: More info: https://www.firesidebookshop.com/events/2024/4/27/fireside-book-shop-poetry-festival. Fireside Book Shop 29 North Franklin Street Chagrin Falls, OH, 44022 ..read more

Reposted from our friend Philip Metres: NOT TO BE MISSED! On April 15th at 6pm, in JCU’s Donahue Auditorium (Dolan Science Center) at John Carroll University, join us for a talk and reading of poems by celebrated Irish poet, theologian, and podcaster Pádraig Ó Tuama. Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, conflict resolution mediator, and the author of Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love (2024), Poetry Unbound (2022), Feed the Beast (2022), Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community (2017), In the Shelter (2015), Sorry for Your Troubles (2013), and Readings from the Books of Exile ..read more

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk and Poets Respond Thursday, April 18th at 7:00 p.m. Join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman and guest poets Beks Freeman, Carrie George, and Philip Metres for a night of surrealism and the unconventional. For this Ekphrastacy, poets respond to the current exhibition on view in Heights Art's gallery, Irrational Objects: Backwards Into the Future. Their live poetry will undoubtedly respond to and interrogate surrealist themes of the unexpected and uncanny. Artists in the exhibition will also speak about their work. Reserve your spot today! Heights Arts 2175 Lee Roa ..read more

Join us at the annual Jawbone poetry festival in Kent! Contact RC Wilson at rcwilsonii@gmail.com for more information ..read more

Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Reading Featuring Cornelius Eady and Arlene Keizer When: Wednesday, April 10, 7:00 pm Where: African Community Theatre, Oscar Ritchie Hall (225 Terrace Drive), Kent, Ohio Cornelius Eady is the author of several books of poetry, including the critically acclaimed Hardheaded Weather, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, winner of the 1985 Lamont Prize from the Academy of American Poets, The Gathering of My Name, which was nominated for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize, and his most recent collection The War Against the Obvious ..read more

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Available for your reading pleasure at Inkfish: https://inkfishmag.com/erasure-poetry/2024/03/1 ..read more

A Gathering of Laurels II Ohio Poets Laureate read from their work for National Poetry Month on Saturday, April 06, 2024 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm EDT at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Join us as Poets Laureate from around Ohio share their work. Doc Janning, the Inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of South Euclid, will emcee the event. Books will be available for sale and signing, and we'll celebrate with light refreshments. Featured poets: Honey Bell-Bey, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Cuyahoga County John Burroughs, Beat Poet Laureate Emeritus of Oh ..read more

 You're Invited to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Word and Song Ray McNiece at Sandusky's Mr. Smith's Coffeehouse 2:00 Saturday March 16th Open-Mic to Follow  ..read more

From our friends at Ohio Center for the Book: Celebrate National Poetry Month With Us   This April, celebrate National Poetry Month with the Ohio Center for the Book as four acclaimed Ohio poets representing Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Dayton visit us at Cleveland Public Library for two weekend poetry readings. These events are free and open to the public. Sat., April 20: Lindsay Turner and Noah Falck Sat., April 27: Stephanie Ginese and Taylor Byas For location information, check out our host libra ..read more