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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 7pm – POETRYPoets & Prophets PresentsBOB SMALL Bob Small will debut his newest Poetry Chapbook, Swarthmore, Nov 28th, 2008, a series of interlocking Poems about Thanksgiving Eve of that year, with illustrations by both local and New York City Artists, etc. Bob Small has presented Feature Readings at the following Philadelphia locations; …
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TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 7pm – POETRYMoonstone Poetry Series PresentsJEANNE MURRAY WALKER & DAVID MOOLTENauthor of New Tracks, Night Falling ($16.00 Eerdmans) “Anyone who can get through a newspaper,” Jeanne Murray Walker says, “will find this book a piece of cake.” Indeed, the poems in this book are strong but unpretentious pieces rich in meaning and …
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 7pm – OPEN MIC GO PHILS!!!
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 7pm – POETRYMoonstone Poetry Series PresentsTHOMAS FUCALORO, CHRISTIAN GEORGESCU, SARAH SARAI (from you say. say. – $15 Uphook Press) Rhythm, risk, reach… A sensitivity to words that sparkle on the page and in performance spark off it…Uphook Press is a New York City-based publisher specializing in work by poets and spoken words …
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 8pm – OPEN MICOPEN MIC“The time has come,” the Walrus said,“To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–Of cabbages–and kings–And why the sea is boiling hot–And whether pigs have wings.” – Lewis Carroll “I am the Walrus” – John Lennon
TUESDAY AUGUST 25, 7pm – POETRY MOONSTONE POETRY SERIES and the NATIONAL BLACK ARTS SPOKEN WORD TOUR & NATIONAL BLACK AUTHORS TOUR Presents KATRINA: POETRY & POLITICS Poetic & Spoken Word Performances by the Cast members from the Katrina Storm drama series and New York productions of “Wade in the Water” and “One More River …
WEDNESDAY JULY 29 – 7:00pm Featuring poetry published in Philadelphia Poets 2009 – Volume 15 Meet the Poets: PAT BOLGER Mother of six, grandmother of seventeen. Pat graduated from Chestnut Hill College in 1951, where she wrote for the college magazine. She began writing again when the children moved out, and is now working on …
TUESDAY JULY 14, 7pm – POETRY MOONSTONE POETRY SERIES Ponders Bastille Day An open outcall, poetic pondering, on the nature of freedom. How does Bastille Day translate for the former colonies? Poetry in reflection of such, greatly appreciated and encouraged. And what of letters de cachet? Did they survive? Hosted by Ray Garman, Lamont Steptoe …
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TUESDAY JUNE 23, 7pm – POETRY Moonstone Poetry Series Presents MICHELE BELLUOMINI & DAN MAGUIRE Michele Belluomini is a poet, storyteller, and librarian. Her work has been published in many journals, including Philadelphia Poets & The FoxChase Review among others, as well as in several anthologies – most recently, Commonwealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania. She …
FRIDAY JUNE 19, 6pm – POETRY C.A. CONRAD author of Advanced Elvis Course ($12.95 Soft Skull Press) CAConrad’s unabating love for the King has put him on a pilgrimage to Memphis on an advances ELVIS course. These bizarre, multi-faceted vignettes, conversations, and poems are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity. …