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May 2024
Virtual Poetry – May Day 2024 Anthology
Sunday May 19, 2024 - 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOiqrTIuGtI4ZR23zt_f1C1FDbB5uk6U May Day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, observed in many countries on May 1. In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers, in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886). Five years later, U.S. Pres. Grover Cleveland, uneasy with the socialist origins of Workers’ Day, signed legislation to…
Find out more »Live Poetry – Pink Trees Press
Live Poetry at Fergie's Pub Pink Trees Press began in 2012 in New York City, publishing small batches of handmade, hand-sewn books. In 2019, Pink Trees Press started producing Origami Books. The simplicity and low cost of these books, allowed Pink Trees Press to reach a larger audience. In 2020, Pink Trees Press began producing mass-marketed books. The press continues to grow publishing memoirs and poetry collections. They are active in the poetry community curating readings across the nation. They…
Find out more »Live Poetry – Christopher Childers and Ernest Hilbert
Live Poetry at Fergie's Pub Christopher Childers, author of The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse, a book 14 years in the making. He received an NEA Translators’ Fellowship in 2018, and has published in venues including The Kenyon Review, the Yale Review, Agni, Literary Matters, and Smartish Pace. His translations have been included in several anthologies, including The Penguin Book of Elegy and The Poetry Pharmacy Forever. His poem “Miasma” is forthcoming from Best American Poetry 2023.…
Find out more »Live Poetry – C.M. Crockford & Amber Renee
Live Poetry at Fergie's Pub Since March 2022, House Poet has strived to bring together writers, dancers, djs and musicians alike. Join us in 2024 as we bring that energy to Moonstone's Poetry Nights at Fergies, featuring an open reading, featured readers, live music and a soundtrack you can bounce to. C.M. Crockford is an autistic/ADHD Philadelphia poet and the author of Birdsongs: Poems 2020-2023, co-hosted The Band: A Podcast About The Shield, published two chapbooks, and his work has…
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