David Baker, Vievee Francis and Eduardo C. Corral will read their work, followed by a curated Q & A with the audience. Read more >
NO TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED! This is a FREE EVENT premiere on Youtube The 2021 Palm Beach Poetry Festival went fully virtual, including the beloved Participant Open Mic Readings. This year’s participating poets submitted a pre-recorded video of themselves reading a poem of up to three minutes, and will be be featured in Youtube playlists organized by workshop. Enjoy these virtual readings featuring writers from the comfort of your own home, and feel free to share widely with your family and friends. Premiere starts at 4:00 pm Wednesday, January 20th. Playlist 2 (1/21): Corral, Francis, Prufer workshops … Don’t miss this! … Read more >
Craft Talk with Tim Seibles: Texture in Poetry: Satin vs. Corduroy Craft Talk with Karin de Weille: Exploring Metaphor: the Extraordinary Range of Possibilities Each poet will discuss poetic craft for 30 minutes, followed by a collaborative Q & A with the audience. Read more >
Poets Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Kevin Prufer and Martha Rhodes read from their collections and new poetry. Read more >
NO TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED! This is a FREE EVENT premiere on Youtube The 2021 Palm Beach Poetry Festival went fully virtual, including the beloved Participant Open Mic Readings. This year’s participating poets submitted a pre-recorded video of themselves reading a poem of up to three minutes, and will be be featured in Youtube playlists organized by workshop. Enjoy these virtual readings featuring writers from the comfort of your own home, and feel free to share widely with your family and friends. Premiere starts at 4:00 pm Wednesday, January 20th. Playlist 2 (1/21): Corral, Francis, Prufer workshops … Don’t miss this! … Read more >
Craft Talk with Traci Brimhall: Love Is in the Repetition Craft Talk with Eduardo C. Corral: Pouring Language into New Containers: Rethinking the Poetic Line Each poet will discuss poetic craft for 30 minutes, followed by a collaborative Q & A with audience. Read more >
Special Guest Poet Gregory Orr will perform the original work, The Beloved: A Poetry & Song Cycle with the fabulous Parkington Sisters. Originally slated for an in person on stage live event at this festival, we will premiere an original video of the work, produced during the Pandemic in two locations, Charlottesville, Virginia and Wellfleet Massachusetts and produced and edited in Delray Beach by Gladstone Multimedia. We are grateful to the Geraldine R. Poetry Festival who commissioned the original collaborative work, and featured it first at the 2018 Dodge Poetry Festival. Read more >
NO TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED! This is a FREE EVENT premiere on Youtube The 2021 Palm Beach Poetry Festival went fully virtual, including the beloved Participant Open Mic Readings. This year’s participating poets submitted a pre-recorded video of themselves reading a poem of up to three minutes, and will be be featured in Youtube playlists organized by workshop. Enjoy these virtual readings featuring writers from the comfort of your own home, and feel free to share widely with your family and friends. Premiere starts at 4:00 pm Wednesday, January 20th. Playlist 1 (1/20): Baker, Bosselaar, Brimhall workshops … Don’t miss this! … Read more >
Craft Talk with David Baker: Subtlety and the Sublime Craft Talk with Vievee Francis: The Personal ‘I’: Why and How Our Lives Matter in the Poem Each poet will lecture on craft for 30 minutes, followed by a collaborative Q & A session with the audience. Read more >
Traci Brimhall, Tim Seibles, and Brian Turner will kick off the 2021 Festival with virtual readings of their brilliant poems, with a curated Q & A to follow. Read more >
