Upcoming Poetry Events – August 2011

August is slow month for poetry, which is okay because we’ll need the rest heading into September when the poetry events will flourish and The Writers Forum will commence its reading series.  Until then, here’s what’s a happening. Oh, and Just Poets is now on Google +. If you are on Google +, why not [...]

John Roche Reading (8-5-11)

On Friday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m.,  John Roche will be reading at Greenwood Books, located at 123 East Avenue, Rochester, NY. John Roche  earned his PhD from SUNY Buffalo, studying with Robert Creeley and John C. Clarke. His first two full-length poetry collections are Topicalities (2008) and On Conesus (2005), both from FootHills Publishing. His latest book of poems, Road Ghosts, is [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – May 2011

It’s quiet month in May, but what can expect after the loud month April’s National Poetry Month. Below are the happenings for May. Don’t forget to read the May Poet Talk. It’s available as a PDF by clicking Poet Talk May 2011 PDF or visiting the Poet Talk page above. **** Friday, May 6 at [...]

Karla Linn Merrifield Book Reading (5-6)

Karla Linn Merrifield‘s will be reading from her recently released collection of poems, The Urn (Finishing Line Press), on Friday, May 6th at 7 p.m. at Greenwood Books, which is located at 123 East Avenue, Rochester. It’s First Friday in Rochester, so please drop in. This event is free. A recent “Best of the Net” nominee, [...]

A Twisted Pair – Dave Tilley and Donna M. Marbach Reading (3-4-11)

On Friday, March 4th at 7:00 p.m. – Dave Tilley and Donna M. Marbach will be reading from Twisted Pair (FootHills Publishing) and other work at Greenwood Books First Friday Reading on 123 Main Street in Rochester. Both a visual artist and a poet, Donna M. Marbach has published non-fiction, fiction, and poetry in a variety of anthologies and [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – March 2011

The next monthly meeting of Just Poets will be Saturday, March 5th, from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the COP Conference Room at the Campus Center at St. John Fisher College. March’s meeting will feature Jeremy Fernaays, who will do a presentation entitled Alien Thinking and Three-Dimensional Poems. For Jeremy, the best literature is written from a [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – February 2011

The next monthly meeting of Just Poets will be Saturday, February 5th, from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the COP Conference Room at the Campus Center at St. John Fisher College. Donna M. Marbach will be facilitating  the opening presentation, Poetry Pilates, which will be a series of prompts and exercises to thaw our frozen brains and [...]