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

Marcia J. Pradzinski Reading

& Poetry Open Mic

Saturday, January 15 *NEW DATE*

5:00 PM

Madame ZuZu's

1876 First Street

Highland Park Poetry welcomes Marcia Pradzinski as our first featured poet of 2022! Marcia J. Pradzinski is a retired ESL instructor who taught at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is the author of two books of poetry, Left Behind published by Finishing Line Press in 2015 and As One Day Slips Out of the Shoe of Another released by Kelsay Books in 2021.

Open-mic follows immediately. Poets may bring up to 3 poems or 3 pages. Sign up to read upon arrival.

There is no cover charge but all participants are expected to purchase an item from Madame ZuZu's. Please support the local businesses that support Highland Park Poetry.

COVID protocols. Effective January 7, proof of vaccination status is required for all on-premises dining establishments in Highland Park.

Illinois requires face coverings over nose and mouth for all indoor businesses.

At Madame ZuZu's tables are spaced apart so that attendees may eat and drink comfortably without wearing a mask. Please wear a mask while moving about Madame ZuZu's, going to the restroom or visiting with friends and fellow poets or ordering food or drink. Disinfectant wipes are used to wipe down the microphone between performers.

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 150^th 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.

Click to download Submission Guidelines & Entry Form

Daily Poem Posts

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 December 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!

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.