Poetry Downtown 2026

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

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In 2026 the theme of Poetry Downtown 2026 will be:

America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing

We choose this line from Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 Newark – April 5, 1997, New York) to commemorate his 100th birthday. With this poem we hope to get inspiration, thoughts and words to fight poverty in the United States and abroad!

Poetry Train

The Poetry Train 2026 will takes 17 minutes and it will depart at Newark (NWK) and arrive at New York (NYP).