Schedule of Events

A Celebration of Words

Schedule of Events
Highland Park, Illinois

All poets are welcome to participate -
having 60035 as your zip code
is not a requirement

Events

Lennart Lundh / Julie Isaacson

Reading & Poetry Open Mic

Saturday, February 11

Doors open to poets at 4PM

Reading begins at 4:15PM

Laughlin Gallery

1900 Sheridan Road

Join Highland Park Poetry for our monthly reading at Laughlin Gallery, our new venue located at 1900 Sheridan Road. Free on-street parking available and in nearby public lots. No cover charge but donation for venue appreciated. Restroom available but no café service. Doors open to poetry at 4PM so as not to disturb other classes or programs occuring earlier. Purchase your favorite beverage before the show at Perfect Blend or Love That Spice/Tea. These businesses close at 4PM so be sure to arrive early to get your order in.

We're pleased to welcome Lennart Lundh and Julie Isaacson as our featured poets this month. Open-mic immediately follows. Poets may bring up to three poems to read (each poem should not exceed one page - if your poems are longer, read fewer).

Lennart Lundh is a poet, photographer, historian, and short-fictionist. His work has appeared internationally since 1965.

Julie Isaacson resides in Highland Park, where she is an educator in private practice to promote literacy and writing for students of all ages. She is a writer of short stories and poetry. She is a contributing writer in I Am My Father’s Daughter compilation of tributes. Julie’s poems have received awards from Highland Park Poetry and Illinois State Poetry Society. She is the author of an anthology entitled The Angry Chef: Satisfying Recipes Inspired by Unsatisfying Relationships. Julie serves on the board of East on Central, Journal of Arts and Letters, where she is a regular contributor. In addition to these passions, Julie also enjoys performing in storytelling venues in the area, including Short Story Theatre and This Much is True. She was included as a teller at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in 2021. Julie is currently writing a memoir based upon family life near the Mississippi River. Other favored activities include creating in the kitchen, long walks with her rescue dog, and playing piano. A travel highlight is California, to visit her adult children and for ocean gazing.

***Mary Beth Bretzlauf was incorrectly listed as one of our featured poets in February - she is scheduled for our event on March 11, 2023. Apologies for any confusion. ***

Chuck Bennorth, Photographer

This event is not sponsored by Highland Park Poetry but we are pleased to share the information with our friends and followers

Upcoming Event Dates -

March 11, 2023 at Laughlin Gallery - features are Paul Buchheit & Mary Beth Bretzlauf

Daily Poem Posts

Here are the poems from January 2023.

Thank you to our contributors to this special section:

Carol Alfus, Marie Asner, Gary Beck, Herb Berman, Michael H. Brownstein, Jackie Chou, Jennifer Dotson, Laura Edington, Idella Pearl Edwards, Phil Flott, Mardelle Fortier, Kathleen Gregg, John Grey, Richard V. Kaufman, Marylou Knapik, Joan Leotta, Arlene Gay Levine, Lennart Lundh, William Marr, Joan McNerney, Adrian McRobb, Michael Minassian, Carl "Papa" Palmer, Jenene Ravesloot, Diane Redleaf, Sandy Rochelle, Mykyta Ryzhych, Susan Schubert, Leslie Anne Swanson, Lynn White, Peter Witt and Greg Zeck.

Previous months are available for review as archive downloads at the bottom of the Muses' Gallery.

Please also enjoy our Muses' Gallery. Join us on Facebook.

Highland Park Poetry seeks submissions of shorter poems for our Daily Poem posts. Collaborations are welcome as are poems in non-English languages when accompanied by an English translation.

Continue to celebrate and carry poetry in your heart!

Poetry Today - Past Episodes

March 2020 - Joris Soeding

February 2020 - Dipika Mukherjee

January 2020 - Herb Berman

December 2019 - Mike Freveletti

November 2019 - Jan Bottiglieri

June 2019 - Jamie Wendt

May 2019 - William Lederer

April 2019 - Patrice Boyer Claeys

March 2019 - Khalid Mukhtar

February 2019 - Olivia Maciel Edelman

January 2019 - Weather the Weather with Emma Alexandra and Betsy Dolgin Katz

December 2018 - Cathleen Schandelmeier

October 2018 - C. J. Wilkens

August 2018 - Caroline Johnson

July 2018 - William Carey & Mary Beth Bretzlauf discuss Coffee, Tea & Other Beverages in 2018 Summer Muses' Gallery

June 2018 - Wilda W. Morris

May 2018 - Oliver Mansfield & Constance Vitale

March 2018 - Dr. Shai Har El

February 2018 - Cynthia Gallaher

January 2018 - Faisal Mohyuddin

December 2017 - Arlyn Miller, Poetic License, Inc

October 2017 - Public Art Poetry with Marjorie Rissman & Kerry Leaf

September 2017 - Naoko Fujimoto

August 2017 - Donna Vorreyer

July 2017 - Bakul Banerjee

June 2017 - Curt Vevang

May 2017 - William Marr

April 2017 - HPHS Focus on the Arts

March 2017 - TRAVEL Poetry on Poetry Today!

November 2016 - Jacqueline Harris on Poetry Today!

October 2016 - Lennart Lundh on Poetry Today!

September 2016 - Al DeGenova on Poetry Today!

Technical difficulties during taping of this episode leave the screen blank for about three minutes; however, have faith - the audio continues just fine and the interview goes on.