Upcoming Poetry Events – September 2011

September is the month when the poetry activities in the Rochester, NY-area flourish, especially now that SUNY Borckport’s Writers Forum is back in session. So read below for all the events. Oh, and Just Poets is now on Google +. If you are on Google +, why not add us to your circle. You can [...]

Save the Dates

Two important upcoming dates for Just Poets. On Saturday, August 7, at the monthly Just Poets meeting, Donna Marbach will hold a writing aerobic session where she will be sharing some of her fabulous ideas for writing. This will be followed by writing workshops led by Donna and Kitty Jospé. This event begin at 1:30 [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – June 2011

Summer’s here, and things are slowing down, but there are still poetry events a-happening. In fact, on June 14th the editor and guest editor of Redactions: Poetry & Poetics will each be having a poetry reading but in different locations. Here’s you poetry challenge for June: Make both of those readings in the same night! Don’t [...]

Two Days with Margaret Randall (April 13 and 14)

Noted poet, photographer, teacher, essayist, and activist Margaret Randall will be visiting Rochester on April 13 and 14, with appearances at both RIT and St. John Fisher College. April 13 events 12:30-1:50 p.m.: Informal talk on her life and work, including a PowerPoint presentation of her photographs. Bamboo Room, Campus Center, Room 2610/2650, RIT. Open [...]

Upcoming Poetry Events – April 2011

For the month of April, the Just Poets blog will host the “Favorite Poem Project.” Each day during National Poetry Month, we will post a Just Poets member’s favorite poem along with the member’s comment about the poem. This poems are scheduled to appear each day at 9:00 a.m. **** Monday, April 4, 2011, at 7:30 [...]

Jennifer de Winter: Playing with Poetry: Videogames, Language, and Emotional Interactivity (4-4-11)

Monday, April 4, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., St. John Fisher College English Department Fr. John Cavanaugh Reading Series presents a lecture by Jennifer de Winter: “Playing with Poetry: Videogames, Language, and Emotional Interactivity.” The event will occur at St. John Fisher College campus, Wegmans Nursing Bldg, Rm 100. The event is free and open to the public. [...]

Ophelia’s Flowers: Mythic Women and Love (3-24-11)

Just Poets and the Arts Minor Program of St. John Fisher College Present: Ophelia’s Flowers: Mythic Women and Love Song Cycle for Piano and Voice to be followed by a Poetry Reading* Libretto and poems by E. Louise Beach; Jennifer Bellor, composer Ophelia’s Flowers will be performed on Thursday, March 24, at 7:00 p.m. in [...]

Just Poets Meeting (3-5-11) … Close Encounters of the Jeremy Fernaays Kind

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 foreign/fresh perspective he [...]

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 [...]