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Poetry Downtown Reading Series
The following poets will read their work at the Poetry Downtown Reading series. Boston 8.00-8.20 pm Jude Luttrell Bradley, CA8.20-8.40 pm Guy D’Annolfo, MA8.40-9.00 pm Geraldine Cannon, VT9.00-9.20 pm Steven Bruce Myerson, RI9.20-9.40 pm Jessica Boynton, VT New York 1.30-1.50 pm Shakira Croce, NY1.50-2.10 pm Ashley M. Stephenson, NJ2.10-2.30 pm M M De Voe, NY2.30-2.50…
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Poets: Get Ready To Die
I use this poem from #kennethpatchen to make clear that: This year’s selection process has been nothing short of a massacre. One-third of all poets failed to meet the points threshold. We are still in the process of finalizing the selections, as each jury member has three bonus or malus points to either secure a…
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Support Poetry Downtown 2024 and buy our shirts
2024 – Edgar Allan Poe – The Raven A Voyage To The Moon The Raven The Raven PRIDE A Voyage To The Moon 2024 Poetry Downtown Festival tshirt 2024 Poetry Downtown Festival tshirt 2024 Radio play tshirt 2023 – Sylvia Plath – I Never Could Talk To You I Never Could Talk To You I…
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Poetry Cycle Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore
At #PoetryCycle we follow Edgar Allan Poe footsteps in the cities he loved, worked and lived many years. Along the route of the Poetry Cycle we also (re)cycle Poe’s poems. If you like to recite Poe too then you should join. Join Poetry Cycle in:– Boston, 9/27 (8 -11.30 am) – Philadelphia 9/29 (8 – 11.30 am)…
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Crowdfunding
The 4th Poetry Downtown Festival is only possible with your support. That’s why we started a crowdfunding to raise +/- $ 12,000. You can support with ao PayPal or Creditcard $15 Poster Unlimited Donate $15 and get the official Poetry Downtown 2024 poster signed by Erik van Loon in return! $20 Septuagenarian Spew Unlimited Donate…
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Poetry Train we pick you up!
Poetry Downtown picks poets with the Poetry Train at home. In 2021 we had no Poetry Train. In 2022 I decided to bring more poets to our festival with the poetry train 2022 honoring Charles Bukowski. In 2023 I organised the poetry train again and we started in Boston as we decided to start our…
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A Mad Genius in a Nightclub at 2 pm
Hi guys, At the welcoming Nightclub The Depot in Station North, just a few blocks from Penn Station, you’ll find a lively spot run by the charismatic Margaret. Although the bar typically opens at 7 pm, Margaret has made an exception for none other than Edgar Allan Poe. Poets, welcome to Baltimore! This place is…
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Facebook ad campaign
Yesterday we started a Facebook Ad Campaign to get more entries from poets along the route of the poetry train. This is how many people we reached according to Facebook. Maryland 212Pennsylvania 199Massachusetts 195New York 188New Jersey 130Connecticut 95Rhode Island 52Delaware 17
