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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.



Document
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.
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

Highland Park Poetry - Updated June 1, 2023

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