Schedule of Events
Highland Park, Illinois
All poets are welcome to participate -
having 60035 as your zip code
is not a requirement
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Joseph Kuhn Carey Reading & Poetry Open Mic
Saturday, November 13
5:00 PM
Madame ZuZu's
1876 First Street
Highland Park Poetry welcomes Glencoe poet Jospeh Kuhn Carey reading from his newest collection, Black Forest Dreams.
Open mic immediately follows.
Poets may read up to three poems (poem may not exceed one page in length).
There is no fee to attend; however, patrons are expected to purchase an item from the cafe. Please support the businesses that support us.
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Jennifer Dotson Reading & Poetry Open Mic
Saturday, December 11
5:00 PM
Madame ZuZu's
1876 First Street
Highland Park Poetry welcomes founder Jennifer Dotson as she reads from her newest collection, Late Night Talk Show Fantasy & Other Poems.
Open mic immediately follows.
Poets may read up to three poems (poem may not exceed one page in length).
There is no cover charge; however, all patrons are expected to purchase an item from the cafe. Please support the businesses that support us.
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| Illinois State Poetry's 28th Annual Poetry Contest
Submission Period: July 1 to October 31, 2021
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Highland Park Poetry is pleased to sponsor a form contest - write a Zejel! This is only one of 14 marvelous poetry contest challenges with cash awards. For complete contest information, download the flyer. If you have questions, contact contest coordinator Jim Lambert, jim@jimlambert.net.
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2022 POETRY CHALLENGE
Submission Deadline is January 31, 2022.
Highland Park Poetry challenges poets to write a response to one of the following prompts:
- Underwater Life
- U. S. National Parks (honoring Yellowstone National Park 150th an)
- Waltmarie (poetic form invented by Candace Kubinec in )
Download the submission guidelines and entry form, including instructions on the poetic form, Waltmarie. Deadline is January 31, 2022.
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Click to download Submission Guidelines & Entry Form |
Due to the coronavirus crisis, Highland Park Poetry cancelled all its scheduled live, in-person poetry events and began posting daily poems on Facebook.
We have continued this practice and welcome poem submissions. Send your poem as a .doc attachment or as text in the body of your email addressed to jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org.
Here are the poems from September 2021.
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.
Continue to celebrate poetry and stay healthy!
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| Poetry Today - Past Episodes |
| March 2020 - Joris Soeding |
| February 2020 - Dipika Mukherjee |
| January 2020 - Herb Berman |
| December 2019 - Mike Freveletti |
| November 2019 - Jan Bottiglieri |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| August 2016 - Terry Loncaric on Poetry Today! |
| July 2016 - Jenene Ravesloot & Tom Roby on Poetry Today! |
| June 2016 - Bill Yarrow on Poetry Today! |
| May 2016 - Curt Vevang on Poetry Today! |
| April 2016 - Michelle Brinckerhoff on Poetry Today! |
| March 2016 - Michael F. Latza on Poetry Today! |
| January 2016 - Herb Berman & Lois Barr on Poetry Today! |
| December 2015 - Kate Hutchinson & Marjorie Skelly on Poetry Today! |
| November 2015 - Marcia Pradzinski on Poetry Today! |
| September 2015 - Jan Bottiglieri on Poetry Today! |
| August 2015 - Sandra Marchetti on Poetry Today! |
| July 2015 - Lois Barr & Karin Gordon talk Flash Fiction on Poetry Today! |
| June 2015 - Sister Cities Foundation Poetry & Prose Exchange on Poetry Today! |
| May 2015 - Poetry Today with 2014 Pentathlon Champ Don Shearn |
| April 2015 - Poetry Today features Susan T. Moss |
| March 2015 Spreading the Word with Debra Bruce & Jennifer Dotson |
| February 2015 - June Sawyers & Gail Goepfert |
| January 2015 - James Reiss and "The Novel" |
| Poetry Today Interview with Wendy Anderson, Nov. 2014 |
| Poetry Today with Beatriz Badikian-Gartler & Josh Corey, Oct. 2014 |
| Poetry Today with Charlotte Digregorio & Lois Baer Barr, Sep. 2014 |
| Writing Groups on "Poetry Today" with Lois Barr & Friends |
| June 2014 Poetry Today featuring Pamela Miller |
| May 2014 Poetry Today featuring Joseph Kuhn Carey |
| April 2014 Poetry Today Program for Comcast 10 |
| "Wrestling The Manuscript" panel discussion from April 2015 |
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