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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Mississippi Mud Daubers Haiku Group
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI MUD DAUBERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Mississippi Mud Daubers haiku group was founded in 2006 by John Dunphy and named by the late Gretchen Batz. The group of 6-10 members meets once a quarter at 222 Artisan Bakery in Edwardsville\, Illinois. Meetings consist of critique of each others work\, a celebration of each of others successes\, and general fellowship among like minded poets.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen Gaa is your Friendly Neighborhood Haiku Poet and host of Haiku Talk on YouTube. He’s the author of two full length collections of haiku and senryu\, One Breath (Spartan Press 2020)\, and the Touchstone Award winning Wishbones (Folded Word 2018)\, as well as four chapbooks\, the High/Coo award winner One Note Moon (Brooks Books 2023)\, Fiddle in the Floorboards (Yavanika Press 2018)\, Blowing on a Hot Soup Spoon (Poor Metaphor Design 2014) and the Pushcart nominated Wasp Shadows (Folded Word 2014). With over 1000 haiku and senryu published in journals and anthologies around the globe\, he enjoys both giving and attending poetry readings and workshops and being part of the literary conversation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllyson Whipple is the creator of the Culinary Saijiki blog and podcast and Haiku Girl Summer. She also serves as the newsletter editor and Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America. Before moving to St. Louis\, Allyson was active in the Texas poetry community\, serving as board president of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review\, as well as co-editor for four editions of the Texas Poetry Calendar. She is now a proud resident of the Soulard neighborhood. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Rickert is the current president of the Haiku Society of America and has been published in many fine journals. He is the co-editor of Failed Haiku Journal of Senryu and edits The Living Senryu Anthology. Bryan has two books: Fish Kite (Cyberwit Publishing) and Dust and Stone\, co-written with Peter Jastermsky (Velvet Dusk Publishing). His work was also selected for inclusion in A New Resonance\, Volume 12. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn J. Han is Professor of English & Creative Writing and Associate Dean of Humanities & Theology at Missouri Baptist University in Creve Coeur. He is the author\, translator\, editor\, or co-editor of 33 books\, including 11 poetry collections. He also has published more than 2\,300 poems in Modern Haiku\, Frogpond\, Wales Haiku Journal\, and other journals and anthologies. Han served as editor of Dawn Returns: The Haiku Society of America Member’s Anthology 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-november-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Emerson Gray & Nita Penfold
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmerson Gray is a disabled genderqueer poet based in southern Illinois. He has been previously published in RFD Magazine as well as the Augment Review\, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his work on Crab Fat Magazine. He also served as a poetry editor for Chaotic Merge Magazine and Arrow Rock Journal. Emerson is currently an MFA Creative Writing candidate at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis. You can find him on Twitter @Emerson_Gray_ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNita Penfold‘s poetry has been called luminous and soul-stirring and has been widely published in anthologies\, including recently in the Charters & Charters text book\, Literature & Its Writers (5th edition)\, the 2021 Women Artist’s Datebook from Syracuse Cultural Workers\, and Northeastern University’s journal\, Pensive. Her first book\, They Stand Up in Broken Shells\, won the 2006 Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Poetry Book Award. Her other books are Landing in Oz (2012)\, The Woman with the Wild-Grown Hair: Complete Poems (2017) and Loreen Says (2022) all available on Amazon. An editor emeritus for Earth’s Daughters magazine\, the oldest extant feminist magazine in the US\, over 600 of her poems and several short stories have been published in the past 40 years. Nita received her BA in Communication and the Arts from Empire State College and her Master of Arts in Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge MA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-october-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Dannie Boyd & Richard Fischer
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSt. Louis-born poet\, songwriter\, and musician Dannie Boyd (Dannie B) enjoys writing about romance\, self-discovery\, and social justice. Dannie’s interest in poetry began in 2008 while studying creative writing and journalism at St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley. He learned to play the guitar\, bass\, and piano shortly after. The Florissant Valley Poetry Club voted him the most prolific poet of 2009. St. Louis Public Radio also featured his dramatic story of photographing the 2014 Ferguson demonstrations in their “Living Ferguson” event\, a nationally broadcast program on NPR. Dannie is continuing to work on the fusion of poetry and music. Dannie also continues to develop his work related to the Ferguson demonstrations\, expanding on the existing photography\, performative work\, and presentations. More information is available on his website\, DannieB.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Fischer grew up in the wild lands in the center of America near the big mounds and down river from the land of the mythic Huck where he was taught abstraction skills in the educational institutions of the later 20th century. He was adopted by the Muse at an early age and has enjoyed the works of his Muse siblings in this and other ages. He enjoys the connection he feels when he becomes one with the flow of word music. His Zen fellows assure him that it is akin to Buddha talk. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-september-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Gloria Day & Lesley Day
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGloria Day is a writer and illustrator who is currently based in St. Louis\, MO. Though she spent nearly a decade of her life teaching at the early childhood and elementary school levels\, she has continued to grow as a poet and author of self-published children’s books over the years. Though most of her work is inspired by her love and respect for children and their perspective\, her goal is to spend more time digging into heavier and more complex subjects for adults through poetry. In 2020\, she took on the role of full time caregiver for her mother who was diagnosed with dementia. Fully understanding the responsibility and the ever-evolving challenges of caregiving\, her most recent poetry has been shaped by her new role. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLesley Day is the author of Authenticity\, a raw collection of poetry that tells a story of the darkest tales\, and the deepest thoughts. Day has been published in several anthologies\, but Authenticity (Ink Soul Publishing 2022) is her first full length collection. Her forthcoming collections The Absence of Light and IMPACT – A Woman’s Story from Surviving to Living (Ink Soul Publishing) will be released in 2023. Day travels throughout Missouri performing her poetry and is the host of Sunday Night Poetry at Spine Bookstore & Café in St. Louis\, Missouri\, and Jefferson County Poetry and Open Mic Night at Savannah’s Coffee Corral in Pevely\, Missouri. Day resides in a small town in Missouri\, with her two young daughters and her one little pupkid.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-august-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Mikkel Snyder & Aubrey Byron
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMikkel Snyder is a Filipino-American writer based in St. Louis. An instructional technical writer by trade for the last eight years\, Mikkel has been a creative writer for far longer and has dabbled with poetry\, fiction\, zines\, pop culture journalism\, and more recently creative nonfiction. They are a co-publisher of FreezeRay Poetry and writer for Black Nerd Problems. Their poems have been featured in Radius Lit\, decomP\, and Button Poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAubrey Byron is a writer and journalist from St. Louis\, Missouri. She has written for Slate\, Gear Junkie\, Streetsblog\, and Feast Magazine. She is working on her first collection of poems\, many of which are inspired by nature.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-july-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Daniel Biegelson\, Kat Carroll & Tim Rowden
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Biegelson is the author of the book of being neighbors (Ricochet Editions) and the chapbook Only the Borrowed Light (VERSE). He serves as the Director of the Visiting Writers Series at Northwest Missouri State University\, where he also works as an editor for The Laurel Review. He holds an MFA from the University of Montana and an MA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He hails from New Jersey and lives near Kansas City with his wife and two kids. Find him at danielbiegelson.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKat Carroll is a poet\, artist\, and climate-focused clean energy researcher. Kat is from Omaha\, Nebraska originally\, where she received a Bachelors of Environmental Science at Creighton University\, and recently moved from New York\, where she completed a Masters in Environmental Policy at Bard College. She recently completed the second of two chapbooks. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Rowden is a poet\, journalist and suicide loss survivor. Following the loss of his son\, Ian\, in 2021\, he found refuge and healing in poetry. His poems chart a journey through grief\, loss healing and forgiveness and are part of a chapbook in development. Tim is the editor of the St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune\, founder of The Grief Project and a presenter for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-june-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Richard Stimac\, Andy Chen & Jill Firns
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Stimac has a full-length book of poetry Bricolage (Spartan Press)\, a forth-coming poetry chapbook Of Water and of Stone (Moonstone) and published over thirty poems in Burningword\, Clackamas\, december\, The Examined Life Journal\, Faultline\, Havik (Third Place 2021 Poetry Contest)\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, Mikrokosmos (Second Place 2022 Poetry Contest; A.E. Stallings\, judge)\, New Plains Review\, NOVUS\, Penumbra\, Salmon Creek Journal\, Talon Review\, and Wraparound South. He has also had an informal readings of plays by the St. Louis Writers’ Group and Gulf Coast: Playwright’s Circle\, plays published in The AutoEthnographer\, Fresh Words and Hive Avenue Literary Journal\, and an essay in The Midwest Quarterly. A screenplay of his is in pre-production. He is a poetry reader for Ariel Publishing and Clepsydra. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndy Chen was born and raised in New Jersey. He is a Kundiman graduate and holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. His poems appear or are forthcoming in Ploughshares\, New England Review\, december\, The Offing\, and Denver Quarterly\, and his reviews appear in Hong Kong Review of Books\, Hyphen\, and Colorado Review. He teaches at John Burroughs School in St. Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJill Firns is a queer poet and aspiring novelist in St. Louis. As a youngster\, she once had a re-imagination of “Roses are Red…” published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch and has been interested in writing ever since. She is a devoted attendee of Undercurrent\, a weekly poetry workshop lead by internationally-recognized slam poet Desiree Dallagiacomo\, and has had work published in Preposition: The Undercurrent Anthology. Through heavy imagery and storytelling masquerading as poetry\, she explores relationships with the natural world\, with others\, and with the self.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-may-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Pamela Garvey\, Brooking Gatewood\, Karen Head
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. Please note the livestream can only be viewed the night of the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPamela Garvey is the author of the collection of poetry Seven Miles Deep (Five Oaks P\, 2017). Her poetry\, prose and book reviews have appeared in Esquire\, Missouri Review\, Margie\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, The North American Review and many other journals. Honors include being a semi-finalist for the “Discovery”/The Nation prize. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks\, Things Impossible to Swallow (2River Press\, 2013)\, and Fear (Finishing Line Press\, 2008)\, a finalist for the New Women’s Voices Competition. Garvey is also a playwright. Her most recent production of the full length play\, The Piddlings\, was 2018. She is currently working on a book of lyric essays centered on raising a son with mental illness. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrooking Gatewood has been writing in verse since she could hold a crayon\, and has a history of scheming up interactive performance experiments that bring poetry off the page and back into the body\, in community – from salons and walking tours and embodied language workshops to a Tedx Talk and mixed-media collaborations. Born/raised in STL\, she’s absurdly happy to be back and re-rooting in riverside soil after many years in California\, and is currently pursuing her MFA with Shane Seely at UMSL. She recently won the 2022 UMSL Graduate Prize in Poetry\, the 2022 Deanne Wagner Poetry Contest\, and is published in Bad Ken: A Journal of Place (forthcoming). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Head is the author of Disrupt This!: MOOCs and the Promises of Technology (a nonfiction book about issues in contemporary higher education)\, as well as five books of poetry: Lost on Purpose\, Sassing\, My Paris Year\, Shadow Boxes and On Occasion: Four Poets\, One Year. She also co-edited the poetry anthology Teaching as a Human Experience: An Anthology of Poetry\, and has exhibited several acclaimed digital poetry projects\, including her project “Monumental” (part of Antony Gormley’s One and Other Project) which was detailed in a TIME online mini-documentary. Her poetry appears in a number of national and international journals and anthologies. In 2010 she won the Oxford International Women’s Festival Poetry Prize. Head has held residencies at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts-France. She has also taught in study abroad programs in Barcelona\, Spain and Oxford\, England. She serves as Editor of the international poetry journal Atlanta Review\, and as secretary for the Poetry Atlanta Board of Directors. On a more unusual note\, she is the Poet Laureate of Waffle House—a title that reflects an outreach program to bring arts awareness to rural high schools in Georgia\, which has been generously sponsored by the Waffle House Foundation. She is also the Poet Laureate of Fulton County\, Georgia. She is a Professor at Missouri S&T.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-april-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Floyd Boykin\, Jr.\, Robert Lowes & Paul Stroble
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFloyd Boykin\, Jr. is a father\, award winning poet\, author\, musician\, a recording artist and performer\, producer\, filmmaker\, youth group organizer and Lupus Awareness Advocate. He is the founder of SpokenVizions Entertainment Group\, L.L.C. and the producer of Project L.I.F.E. He is the author nine books (six poetry\, three self-help). Floyd has opened for a variety of poets and other artists such as The Last Poets\, Gill Scott-Heron\, Dahveed Nelson\, Malik Yusef\, Goapele\, Maya Azucena and Murphy Lee. He has released five studio albums including his most popular release EARTHOLOGY\, which includes a collaboration with Malcolm-Jamal Warner. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Lowes is a writer whose first poetry collection\, An Honest Hunger (Resource Publications)\, was published in 2020. His poems have appeared in journals such as The New Republic\, Southern Poetry Review\, december\, and Tampa Review. He recently has branched out into haiku while still writing poems in traditional European forms and free verse. A former president and board member of Saint Louis Poetry Center\, he coordinated the organization’s high school poetry contest for nine years. When he’s not hunched over a notebook\, he may be playing rhythm guitar at the School of Rock in Kirkwood. Samples of his poetry and journalism can be found at robertlowes.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Stroble teaches at Webster University and Eden Theological Seminary. A native of Vandalia (Fayette County)\, Illinois\, he has written several books\, especially church curriculum. His website is paulstroble.com. His poetry books\, published by Finishing Line Press\, are Dreaming at the Electric Hobo (2015)\, Little River (2017)\, Small Corner of the Stars (2017)\, Backyard Darwin (2019)\, Walking Lorton Bluff (2020)\, Four Mile (2022)\, and Galápagos Joy (2023).
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-march-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Kenytha Harvery\, Maggie Bell\, & Samuel
DESCRIPTION:This reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKenytha Harvey is an international speaker\, consultant\, author\, artist\, entrepreneur\, and mentor who has spent the last twenty-one years inspiring men\, women\, and children to live their lives to the fullest. One that is full of love\, kindness\, compassion\, and grace while pursuing the call on their lives with enthusiasm\, passion\, and persistence in spite of all the resistance\, oppression\, obstacles\, and challenges that they may face in this life. She is an East Saint Louis native\, a woman after God’s own heart\, and a lover of His people. Being a part of families who are lifetime learners has influenced her life in a major way. Kenytha is currently pursuing her graduate degree from Washington University in Saint Louis\, where she previously graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Psychological & Brain Sciences\, Certificate in Forensic Psychology\, and Creative Writing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaggie Bell is a writer and attorney who lives in St. Louis\, Missouri. She has primarily practiced criminal law\, including representing wrongfully convicted clients. In the midst of the pandemic\, she discovered a refuge in poetry. Her poems were published in the Fall 2022 Issue of Nine Mile Books & Literary Magazine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathan Sterling\, the poet known as Samuel\, is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a Master’s in Public Administration and Policy Analysis. He is a two-time published poet and the author of the works Archway and Two My Sisters. His writing can be found in the New York Writers Coalition Black Writers Journal as well as the Eastern Iowa Review. Nathan has a long history with writing but recently set his feet on the journey to smear the world with the color of his words. He is a passion filled writer\, wringing words of their last drop of emotion. He creates poems that you can call home\, providing somewhere you can fall apart or fall together whichever suits your soul. Join the journey.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-february-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230124T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Marie Chewe-Elliott & Jet McDonald
DESCRIPTION:This is a rescheduled event from November 2022.  The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarie Chewe-Elliott is a writer\, speaker\, and poet in north St. Louis County. She is the author of three books of poetry and a children’s book. Her poems have been published in The St. Louis Anthology\, SO Magazine\, UMSL’s Litmag\, and among winning selections in the 2019 Arts Rolla Writing Competition and Arts in Transit’s 2019 Metro Lines Contest. In 2012\, she co-founded North County Writing & Arts Network. Marie’s love of words guided her to a career of more than 30 years in various facets of communications\, including newspaper reporter\, nonprofit and government communications\, and adjunct lecturer. She earned degrees from the University of Mississippi and Webster University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJet McDonald (they/them) received their Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis\, where they also served as Poet Laureate. They now work as an organizational facilitator for the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH – affectionately pronounced “squish”) and are pursuing a Master of Social Work degree at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. They hope to weave creativity and mental health services into one cohesive career. Jet’s work has appeared in Amygdala\, Litmag\, Eunoia Review\, and Typehouse Literary Magazine\, where their poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2017.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-january-2023/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:EVENT CANCELLED - Poetry at the Point: Marie Chewe-Elliott\, Jet McDonald & Daniel Biegelson
DESCRIPTION:This reading has been CANCELLED due to illness. It will be rescheduled to a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarie Chewe-Elliott is a writer\, speaker\, and poet in north St. Louis County. She is the author of three books of poetry and a children’s book. Her poems have been published in The St. Louis Anthology\, SO Magazine\, UMSL’s Litmag\, and among winning selections in the 2019 Arts Rolla Writing Competition and Arts in Transit’s 2019 Metro Lines Contest. In 2012\, she co-founded North County Writing & Arts Network. Marie’s love of words guided her to a career of more than 30 years in various facets of communications\, including newspaper reporter\, nonprofit and government communications\, and adjunct lecturer. She earned degrees from the University of Mississippi and Webster University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJet McDonald (they/them) received their Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis\, where they also served as Poet Laureate. They now work as an organizational facilitator for the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH – affectionately pronounced “squish”) and are pursuing a Master of Social Work degree at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. They hope to weave creativity and mental health services into one cohesive career. Jet’s work has appeared in Amygdala\, Litmag\, Eunoia Review\, and Typehouse Literary Magazine\, where their poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2017. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Biegelson is the author of the book of being neighbors (Ricochet Editions) and the chapbook Only the Borrowed Light (VERSE). He serves as the Director of the Visiting Writers Series at Northwest Missouri State University\, where he also works as an editor for The Laurel Review. He holds an MFA from the University of Montana and an MA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He hails from New Jersey and lives near Kansas City with his wife and two kids. Find him at danielbiegelson.com.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-november-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221025T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221025T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Katerina Canyon\, Jennifer Goldring & Katherine Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaterina Canyon is a 2020 and 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee. Her stories have been published in The New York Times\, The Huffington Post\, and Folks. Her poetry has been published in CatheXis Northwest\, The Esthetic Apostle\, Into the Void\, Black Napkin\, and Waxing & Waning. Her first book of poetry\, Changing the Lines\, was released in 2017. From 2000 to 2003\, she served as the Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga. She has a B.A. in English\, International Studies and Creative Writing from Saint Louis University and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her latest book\, Surviving Home\, was released in 2021. Katerina Canyon currently lives in Seattle\, WA.  Readers can connect with her on Instagram\, Twitter\, Goodreads\, and Facebook. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Goldring is a poet based in St. Louis\, Missouri. On her days off\, she’s likely playing with clay\, taking photos\, hanging with her teenagers\, or writing poems. She’s Managing Editor for december magazine. Her award-winning poetry has appeared in various publications\, and her photography and other work can be found at jennifergoldring.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatherine Mitchell’s poems and essays appear in 2River View\, The Southern Review and The Louisville Review. The Southern Review nominated her poetry for Best New Poets. Katherine holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri—St. Louis. She’s an Alexander Technique teacher and teaches movement for writers workshops across the country.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-october-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220927T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Jane Ellen Ibur\, María T. Balogh & Alex Balogh
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to wear face masks when attending Poetry at the Point in-person at Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJane Ellen Ibur\, Poet Laureate of St Louis\, Missouri\, an established arts educator\, received a Visionary Award for Outstanding Arts Educator; recognized as a Warrior Poet from Word in Motion; two awards from the Missouri Scholar’s Academy\, A World of Difference Award from the Anti-Defamation League. Honored with an Author Recognition Award by the Missouri Center for the Book\, she is published in literary journals and anthologies garnering additional awards. She is the author of Both Wings Flappin’\, Still Not Flyin’ and The Little Mrs./Misses both published by PenUltimate Press. For further details\, visit Ibur’s Wikipedia page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaría T. Balogh is a multilingual\, bicultural poet\, fiction writer\, performing Caribbean folkloric dancer\, and educator. She has a book of poetry in Spanish by Ediciones Torremozas\, a Spanish publisher\, and a collection of poetry and fiction in English by Cool Way Press. Her fiction and poetry have been published in several different journals from the USA and South America. She has been all over and done just about everything\, including building rural aqueducts while in the Peace Corps. She now teaches Spanish\, specializing in Latin American literature and culture\, and creative writing at the University of Missouri St Louis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Balogh is author of the novel Accidental Destination and the poetry collection And Yet.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-september-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Tim Fox\, John Dorroh & Jim Hanson
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent attendees are required to wear a mask\, and provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test upon entrance to Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThough he is primarily a magazine editor and widely published nonfiction writer\, Tim Fox has written poetry since his childhood in St. Joseph\, Missouri. He finds poetry to be a shortcut to emotion\, and he likes the poems best that come to him when he’s not trying to write poetry at all. Tim lives in Southampton with his wife\, Ellen Reed-Fox\, and daughter Kate. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Dorroh has never fallen into an active volcano or caught a hummingbird. However\, he managed to bake bread with Austrian monks and drink a healthy portion of their beer. He wrote his first poem on the bathroom wall with his mother’s red lipstick. He hopes that his work has evolved since then. Two of his poems were nominated for Best of the Net and others have appeared in over 100 journals including Feral\, Pinyon\, North Dakota Quarterly\, River Heron\, Burningword\, Many Fine Donkeys\, and Selcouth Station. His first chapbook\, Swim at Your Own Risk\, was published in March 2022. His second one\, Personal Ad Poetry\, was published earlier this month. And a third\, This\, My Pie Hope\, & Other Related Tidbits\, is pending. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJim Hanson is a sociologist and retired senior researcher at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale\, where he worked and taught in economic and community development. He resides in the St. Louis area and is an ordinated Zen Buddhist. In addition to his book Endless Journey\, a chapbook titled Anthropic Musings was published in 2019 by Flutter Press\, and single poems have appeared in more than twenty websites and printings.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-august-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED – Poetry at the Point: Marie Chewe-Elliott\, Jet McDonald & Daniel Biegelson
DESCRIPTION:This reading has been CANCELLED due to illness.  It will be rescheduled to a later date.  We apologize for any inconvenience. \n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent attendees are required to wear a mask\, and provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test upon entrance to Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarie Chewe-Elliott is a writer\, speaker\, and poet in north St. Louis County. She is the author of three books of poetry and a children’s book. Her poems have been published in The St. Louis Anthology\, SO Magazine\, UMSL’s Litmag\, and among winning selections in the 2019 Arts Rolla Writing Competition and Arts in Transit’s 2019 Metro Lines Contest. In 2012\, she co-founded North County Writing & Arts Network. Marie’s love of words guided her to a career of more than 30 years in various facets of communications\, including newspaper reporter\, nonprofit and government communications\, and adjunct lecturer. She earned degrees from the University of Mississippi and Webster University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJet McDonald (they/them) received their Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis\, where they also served as Poet Laureate. They now work as an organizational facilitator for the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH – affectionately pronounced “squish”) and are pursuing a Master of Social Work degree at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. They hope to weave creativity and mental health services into one cohesive career. Jet’s work has appeared in Amygdala\, Litmag\, Eunoia Review\, and Typehouse Literary Magazine\, where their poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2017. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Biegelson is the author of the book of being neighbors (Ricochet Editions) and the chapbook Only the Borrowed Light (VERSE). He serves as the Director of the Visiting Writers Series at Northwest Missouri State University\, where he also works as an editor for The Laurel Review. He holds an MFA from the University of Montana and an MA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He hails from New Jersey and lives near Kansas City with his wife and two kids. Find him at danielbiegelson.com.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-june-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220524T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220524T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Andrea Carter Brown\, A. J. Ward & Alice Azure
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent attendees are required to wear a mask\, and provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test upon entrance to Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANDREA CARTER BROWN is the author of September 12 (The Word Works\, 2021)\, The Disheveled Bed (CavanKerry Press\, 2006) and two chapbooks\, Domestic Karma (Finishing Line Press\, 2018) and Brook & Rainbow (Winner of the 2000 Sow’s Ear Press Chapbook Award). Her poems have won the Five Points James Dickey Prize\, the River Styx International Poetry Prize\, and the PSA Gustav Davidson Memorial Prize\, among many others. Since 2017\, she has been Series Editor of the Word Works Washington Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA. J. Ward is a baker and writer living in St. Louis\, MO. His work especially delights in the relationships between people and place. He’s released several albums of songs\, has poems in a few publications\, and would love to know about the weird foods that only exist in your hometown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlice Azure’s recent work has appeared in Dawnland Voices 2.0\, Yellow Medicine Review and The St. Louis Anthology. She is the author of five books\, the most recent a volume of poetry\, Hunger Feast\, released December of 2017. Her chapbook\, Worn Cities\, was selected as poetry chapbook of 2015 by Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers & Storytellers. She lives in the St. Louis area and is a member of Saint Louis Poetry Center. Along with many other Mi’kmaw artists\, humanists\, educators\, lawyers\, and writers\, some of her work has been archived at the website Tepi’ketuek.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-may-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220426T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220426T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Agnes Vojta & Vincent Casaregola
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent attendees are required to wear a mask\, and provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test upon entrance to Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGNES VOJTA grew up in Germany and now lives in Rolla\, Missouri where she teaches physics at Missouri S&T and hikes the Ozarks. She is the author of Porous Land (Spartan Press\, 2019) and The Eden of Perhaps (Spartan Press\, 2020)\, and her poems have appeared in a variety of magazines. Her website is agnesvojta.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVINCENT CASAREGOLA teaches American literature and film\, creative writing\, and rhetorical studies at Saint Louis University. His book\, Theaters of War: America’s Perceptions of World War II (Palgrave/Macmillan\, 2009)\, provides a comprehensive examination of American World War II literature and film from the 1940s through the early 2000s. He has published poetry in a number of journals\, including 2River\, The Bellevue Literary Review\, Blood and Thunder\, Dappled Things\, The Examined Life\, Lifelines\, Natural Bridge\, Please See Me\, WLA\, and Work. He has also published creative nonfiction in New Letters and The North American Review. He has recently completed a book-length manuscript of poetry dealing with issues of medicine\, illness\, and loss (Vital Signs). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOET CANCELLATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMARY HELEN CALLIER is unable to join us for Poetry at the Point this month.  We are working to get her rescheduled.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-april-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220322T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220322T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point: Jo Schaper\, Erin Wiles & Joss Barton
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCONTENT WARNING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome of the poems during the first set of tonight’s reading contain explicit sexual descriptions\, as well as anti-LGBTQ+ language. The poet will reiterate this warning at the beginning and close of the set. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTH REQUIREMENTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent attendees are required to wear a mask\, and provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test upon entrance to Focal Point.  Learn more >> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJO SCHAPER‘s first publications were two chapbooks: one of railroad poetry\, and Riding the Twister–what happened to Dorothy when she returned from Oz. After an interval of 40 years\, she produced The Paw Paw Almanac and Reader with Steve Nagle\, then The Rockhound Rangers Chronicles chapbook. She and Steve are currently working on River Songs and Wayfaring Sagas -a water themed miscellany. She has BA degrees in writing and geology. and has worked in printing and publishing her whole life. She runs Geo Communications Services\, and is a partner in Paw Paw Poets Publishing\, LP. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nERIN WILES is a St. Louis poet\, editor\, and bookmaker. Her works include I & APOCALYPSE (JKPublishing 2006)\, FRACTALS (Saint Louis Projects 2009)\, & ANGELS DRIVE ALL OF MY UBERS (poor metaphor design 2020). She and Ellen Herget were co-editors of BAD SHOE\, a quarterly handmade journal published from 2010-13\, featuring almost exclusively female artists & writers\, for which they received a KICKASS AWARD from 52nd City magazine. Wiles got her start in indie publishing as an editor and designer for JKPublishing in Athens\, Ohio and then offset press Saint Louis Projects. She also worked in academic publishing at the Ohio University Press\, her alma mater (2006// BA summa cum laude). Wiles’ current publishing outfit is Poor Metaphor Design. Wishing to integrate physical movement and play into the reading of poetry\, the first project—a handmade Jacob’s ladder haiku mashup—was a collaboration with esteemed haiku artist Ben Moeller Gaa & visual artist Ron Isom. This work is held at the American Haiku Archives in Sacramento\, CA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOSS BARTON is a writer\, journalist\, and spoken word performance artist exploring and documenting queer and trans* life\, love\, and liberation. Her work blends femme-fever dreams over the soundtrack of the American nightmare. Combining prose poetry\, non-fiction confessional essays\, drag artistry\, and spoken word stage performances\, Joss examines the myriad states of queer trans womanhoods from historical\, political\, and pop cultural identities of death\, desires\, dreams\, and disco.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-march-2022/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211123T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
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SUMMARY:Tick Tock Poets: Stefene Russell\, Allison Cundiff\, Lizzy Petersen & Steven Schroeder
DESCRIPTION:The reading will be held in-person at Focal Point\, and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry at the Point and COVID-19\n\n\n\nThe health\, safety\, and well-being of our audiences\, visiting poets\, SLPC staff & volunteers\, and the St. Louis community is our top priority. Patrons attending Poetry at the Point in-person are required to provide upon entrance to Focal Point: \n\n\n\nA photo ID\, AND;A vaccination card with name that indicates full vaccination\, OR A photo of a complete vaccination card with name\, OR A negative RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours of the event date\, OR A negative antigen test taken within 24 hours of the event date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTick Tock Poets\n\n\n\nThe Tick Tock Poets are a loose collective based in the St. Louis region who meet regularly for meaningful critique of each other’s work. They represent a varying array of writing styles\, formal training backgrounds\, and poetics. They also enjoy a well-made bourbon from time to time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStefene Russell\n\n\n\nStefene Russell is the author of Inferna (Intagliata Press\, 2013)\, The Possum Codex (Otis Nebula\, 2015) and 47 Incantatory Essays (Spartan Press\, 2019). She was also the 2018 Laumeier Sculpture Park Poet-in-Residence. Find her online at stefenerussell.com\, Twitter & Instagram. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllison Cundiff\n\n\n\nAllison Cundiff’s publications include three books of poetry: Just to See How It Feels (2018\, Word Press)\, Otherings (2016\, Golden Antelope Press)\, and In Short\, A Memory of the Other on a Good Day\, co-authored with Steven Schreiner\, (2014\, Golden Antelope Press). Her non-fiction is featured in The Pragmatic Buddhist\, The St. Louis Post Dispatch\, Feminist Teacher\, and In Layman’s Terms Literary Journal; her fiction can be found at Hot Flash Fiction; her poetry is featured in The Chariton Review\, Little Patuxent Review\, The Night Heron Barks\, SWIMM\, The Antonym\, OxMag\, and Let’s Stab Caesar!. She lives in St. Louis where she teaches English. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLizzy Petersen\n\n\n\nLizzy Petersen is a poet from St. Louis\, MO\, where she works in public media and directs a student-run\, after-school literary magazine\, Outside Literary Magazine\, through a partnership with St. Louis Public Schools and Saint Louis Poetry Center. Her poetry has recently appeared in or is forthcoming in december\, Image\, Ninth Letter\, Pinch\, and Southern Humanities Review\, among others. In 2021 she was awarded the Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Interchange Fellowship and Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s Writer Residency. She currently serves as a contributing editor for $ – Poetry Is Currency and has previously served as the Managing Editor of River Styx and Co-Poetry Editor for Sycamore Review at Purdue University\, where she received her MFA in Poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteven D. Schroeder\n\n\n\nSteven D. Schroeder’s second book\, The Royal Nonesuch (Spark Wheel Press)\, won the Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award from Southern Illinois University. He edits the online poetry journal $ – Poetry Is Currency. His poetry is available from New England Review\, Crazyhorse\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, The Cincinnati Review\, Copper Nickel\, and Diagram. He works as a creative content manager for a financial marketing agency in St. Louis.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-november-2021/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading,Virtual / Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200825T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Until further notice\, following guidelines issued by the City and County of St. Louis\, we are suspending Poetry at the Point readings. Please stay tuned for reschedule dates and information.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-43/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200728T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
CREATED:20200324T210508Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Until further notice\, following guidelines issued by the City and County of St. Louis\, we are suspending Poetry at the Point readings. Please stay tuned for reschedule dates and information. \n 
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-42/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200623T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
CREATED:20200324T210213Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Until further notice\, following guidelines issued by the City and County of St. Louis\, we are suspending Poetry at the Point readings. Please stay tuned for reschedule dates and information. \n 
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-41/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200526T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200526T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
CREATED:20200324T195713Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Until further notice\, following guidelines issued by the City and County of St. Louis\, we are suspending Poetry at the Point readings. Please stay tuned for reschedule dates and information.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/postponed-poetry-at-the-point-2/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200421T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
CREATED:20200324T195539Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Until further notice\, following guidelines issued by the City and County of St. Louis\, we are suspending Poetry at the Point readings. Please stay tuned for reschedule dates and information.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/postponed-poetry-at-the-point/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200324T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200324T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Until further notice\, following guidelines issued by the City and County of St. Louis\, we are suspending Poetry at the Point readings. Please stay tuned for reschedule dates and information.
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-40/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200225T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200225T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
CREATED:20200120T205127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250719T191942Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Poets include Beth Gordon\, Susie Morice and Agnes Vojta
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-39/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200128T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012334
CREATED:20200120T204436Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Poetry at the Point kicks off the election year with a fun presidential reading by St. Louis Poetry Center’s current and past board presidents.\n\nPoets include Dwight Bitikofer\, Ted Mathys\, Mary Ruth Donnelly\, Robert Lowes and Keith Byler
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-38/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191119T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012335
CREATED:20190616T040557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T182032Z
UID:10000324-1574191800-1574195400@stlouispoetrycenter.org
SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Poets include Emily Koehn\, Sunni Hutton and Shine Goodie
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-37/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T012335
CREATED:20190616T040410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T201906Z
UID:10000423-1571772600-1571776200@stlouispoetrycenter.org
SUMMARY:Poetry at the Point
DESCRIPTION:Poets include Jacqui Germain\, Jamie Wendt\, Clayton Adam Clark and Rebecca Ellis
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/poetry-at-the-point-36/
LOCATION:Focal Point\, 2720 Sutton\, Maplewood\, MO\, 63143\, United States
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