Brick City Poetry Festival: Borderland

4 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Borderland Preliminary in Old North STL, Free 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. | Borderland Regional Poetry Slam Final @ UrbArts, $10

Brick City Poetry Festival: Keynote & Closing

Missouri History Museum 5700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO, United States

1 p.m. | Missouri Poet Laureate reading 3 p.m. | Quincy Troupe keynote address

Free

Poetry at the Point

Focal Point 2720 Sutton, Maplewood, MO, United States

Poets include Liz Hughes Wiley, Lylanne Musselman and Amy Holman

Free

Observable Readings

Dressel's 419 N. Euclid 2nd Floor, St. Louis, MO, United States

Featuring poets Kimberly Johnson, Jay Hopler and Marjorie Stelmach

second friday notes

Dierbergs 1080 Lindemann Rd., St. Louis, MO, United States

Poets include Pamela Garvey & Eric Jeltes, music by Will Soll

Free