Poetry Downtown 2025

The 5h Annual Poetry Downtown Festival honors John Trudell from September 23 - 28, 2025!

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Theme:
In 2025 the theme of Poetry Downtown will be

Look at us

This is the title of John Trudell (February 15, 1946 Omaha, Nebraska – December 8, 2015 Santa Clara County, California) poem ‘Look at us’. Listen him reading this poem from 4:40 in the video below.

Poetry Train

The Poetry Train 2025 will takes 48 hours and 41 minutes and it will depart at Omaha (OMA) and arrive at San Jose (SJC). Just 5 miles away from Santa Clara County.