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For its 5th edition, the Poetry Downtown Festival shines a spotlight on American Indian poetry—celebrating the rich traditions, vibrant voices, and visionary perspectives Indigenous poets bring to our stages!

This is the route and schedule of the Poetry Train 2024

9/28 Massachussets | Rhode Island | Connecticut | New York | New Jersey | Pennsylvania 9/29 Delaware | Maryland To honor Edgar Allan Poe, the 3rd Poetry Train starts this year in Boston and ends in Baltimore. We will stops in 20 big urban cities and small rural towns in 8 different states between Boston and Baltimore as Edgar Allan Poe was born…
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May 31, 2024 0

Sailing like Edgar Allan Poe from Philadelphia to Boston

This September 29 we will try to sail from Philadelphia to Baltimore. Hereby the exact 112 mile route https://www.afstandmeten.nl/index.php?id=3706114. Edgar Allan Poe travelled often by boat from Norfolk to New York, Baltimore to Philadelphia, etc. Here some from the last month of his life. September 4: Unknown location – probably on a ship to New…
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May 22, 2024 0

MAGA-Poetry

Hi guys, who wants to help us to Make America Green Again. We want this year entries from Washington, Oregon, Florida, Georgia, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachussets, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.


May 17, 2024 0

Where did Edgar Allan Poe lived

From The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore website I could make this list. Richmond, Virginia (1812-1827)Jan, 1812 – Jun, 1815 Northeast corner of Main and Thirteenth StreetsAug, 1820 – about??? With the Ellis Family xxx, 1829 – May, 1822 Fifth and K (later Leigh) Streets May, 1822 – Jun, 1825 Fourteenth Street and Tobacco Alley  Jun,…
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February 18, 2024 0

We are working on a new literature festival in LA

Hi guys, we are working on SportLitFest.com and we want to organise this festival this july in Los Angeles. Please give me a call if you are interested?


January 21, 2024 0

Cover LA Poetry Beach Festival anthology

Did you know that you can already submit your The Raven poem. It cost you 10$. On January 19th you can even submit your poem for free.


January 7, 2024 0

The Raven

Theme of our 4th poetry competition is The Raven. We chosed this theme to commemorate Edgar Allen Poe’s (January 19, 1809 Boston, MA – Oktober 7, 1859, Temecula, CA) 175th day of death


December 8, 2023 0

Support our festival

Like each year you can support our festival by buying amazing gifts. We have 9 wonderfull perks. Goto www.lapoetrybeach.com/crowdfunding and check it out!


August 26, 2023 0

Pressletter: Poetry Train 2023 leaves from Boston

In 2021, Dutch artist Erik van Loon gave America a five day coast to coast poetry festival to celebrate his 50th birthday. Each year he honours a deceased poet. This year he selected Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932, Boston, MA – February 11, 1963, Londen, UK) and because of that the Poetry Train 2023 will depart…
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August 25, 2023 0

I Never Could Talk To You

August 24, 1953 Sylvia Plath tried to commit suicide. Theme of LA Poetry Beach this year is Sylvia Plath’s ‘I Never Could Talk To You’ and poets from all over the world can submit a poem. We picked this line from Sylvia Plath to give suicidal people inspiration to write about their problems, their depressions,…
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August 24, 2023 0