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

Kathryn P. Haydon Reading

& Poetry Open Mic

Saturday, June 10

Doors open to poets at 4PM

Reading begins at 4:15PM

Ozmun Home - NEW LOCATION

1898 Sheridan Road

Join Highland Park Poetry for our monthly reading at Laughlin Gallery, our new venue located at 1894 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 Kathryn P. Haydon as our featured poet 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).

Kathryn P. Haydon is based near the shores of Lake Michigan and she writes poetry to think with fresh eyes. Her poems have been published in New Croton Review, Written River, The Bedford Record-Review, and Clinch as well as in books, academic journals, and in her first poetry collection, What Do Birds Say to the Moon? Primarily a non-fiction writer and creativity trainer, Kathryn’s most recent book is The Non-Obvious Guide to Being More Creative (No Matter Where You Work). Her new collection of poems inspired by Lake Michigan, Unsalted Blue Sunrise, will be released on June 12. Kathryn is the founder of Sparkitivity. Please say hello at www.sparkitivity.com.

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

Upcoming Dates for Readings & Open-Mics - Locations are in flux be sure to check calendar and Facebook closer to the event date

July 8 - features are Sandy Marchetti and Esteban Colon
August 12 - features are Mary Jane Gabrielsen and Judith MK Kaufman
September 9 - features are Ann E. Michael, winner of the 1st Prairie State Poetry Prize, and Caroline Johnson
October 14 - feature is Laura Joyce-Hubbard, Highland Park's Inaugural Poet Laureate

Prairie State Poetry Prize

for a 1st or 2nd Book

Deadline: Midnight, October 31, 2023

Judge is Lennart Lundh

Prize:

Publication by Highland Park Poetry Press
$150 Cash Award
20 copies of winning manuscript
Possible feature spot for a Highland Park Poetry Reading Event

Download complete submission guidelines.

Click to download Prairie State Poetry Prize Instructions

Daily Poem Posts

Here are the poems from May 2023.

Thank you to our contributors to this special section:

Carol Alfus, Jan Chronister, Morris Dean (aka Moristotle), Jennifer Dotson, J. K. Durick, Sheila Elliott, Dan Fitzgerald, Judith Stern Friedman, Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Martina Gallegos, John Grey, Irene Hoffman, Maria A. Karamitsos, Richard V. Kaufman, Jennifer Leigh Kiefer, Elizabeth Stanley King, Arlene Gay Levine, Lennart Lundh, Adrian McRobb, Denise O'Hagan, Gabrielle Pearlman, Jenene Ravesloot, Diana Kwiatkowski Rubin, Susan Schubert, Lesley Anne Swanson, Brady Urban, Lori Wall-Holloway, Peter Witt, Michael P. Wright, and Andrena Zawinski.

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

January 2023 - Poetry Today is Back!

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.