Poetry Downtown 2028

The 4h Annual Poetry Downtown Festival honors Edgar Allan Poe from September 27 - 29, 2024!

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In 2028 the theme of Poetry Downtown will be

But still, like dust, I’ll rise

We choose this line from Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928, Saint Louis, Missouri – May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) to commemorate the 100th birthday of Maya Angelou…

Poetry Train

The Poetry Train 2028 will be a bus and it will take 18 hours and it will depart from Saint Louis (STL) and arrive at Winston-Salem (WNS).