| All events scheduled for April 2020 are cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. |
Visit our "Schedule of Events" tab to read poems about the virus, poems about calm or perseverance. Thank you to our contributors to this special section: Mary Jo Balistreri, Michael H. Brownstein, Daniel Cleary, Charlotte Digregorio, Michael Escoubas, Colleen McManus Hein, Candace Kubinec, Richard V. Kaufman, Adrian McRobb, Lakshmy M. Nair, Laura Ross, Curt Vevang, William Vollrath, Lynn West, and R.M. Yager.
We are posting a poem daily on Facebook. Be sure to like Highland Park Poetry!
Also, if you have a poem to share, please email to jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org.
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| NOW IN THE MUSES' GALLERY - 2020 Poetry Challenge Winners: Sight/Mars/Magic 9 |
| New Writing Opportunities
POETRY BOOK REVIEWS - Seeking poets with books to review (prefer publication within 16 months) as well as poets interested in writing reviews. Highland Park Poetry is now accepting reviews of poetry books for publication on our website and Facebook. For information, contact jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org.
Submissions for the 2020 Poetry Challenge are now closed; we will announce our 2021 Poetry Challenge in October.
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| Check out our newest poetry book reviews
for March 2020
Still
By Mary Jo Balistreri
FutureCycle Press, 2018
94 Pages
ISBN 978-1942371588
Reviews by Mary Beth Bretzlauf & Charlotte Digregorio
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Highland Park Poetry is please to nominate the following 6 poems for the 2020 Pushcart Prize:
From our Summer 2019 Muses’ Gallery: Driving Cars (published June 2019 and in print, available on Amazon.com)
- Traffic Cop by Chuck Kramer
- Minnesota Thighs by Maggie Stewart
- Song of the Volkswagen by Mikki Mendelsohn
- 1955 by Herb Berman
From our Voices of the Past (published April 2019 on line and in print, available on Amazon.com)
- The Resignation by Jen Meyer
- There is a Kid at School Who Has a Nanny by Don Shearn
We wish all our nominees the very best of success!
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April is National Poetry Month.
Here in Highland Park, we celebrate poetry all year round.
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Highland Park Poetry is a community-wide celebration of words.
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Sharing poetry with audiences of all ages.
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Offering poetry writing workshops, readings and displays.
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Creating opportunities for local poets.
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