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The Kentucky Poetry Festival

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Kentucky Poetry FestivalToday marks the beginning of the Kentucky Poetry Festival, sponsored by the University of Kentucky’s MFA in Creative Writing. The festival includes a variety of events, including an ekphrastic poetry contest, a poetry slam, and various readings.

You can view the full list of events by clicking here while links to the Facebook Event pages are below.

Poetry Events Week of March 23, 2015

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Holler 82 featuring Sarah McCartt-Jackson, Scott Daughtridge, Sheisty Khrist

Holler Logo by John LackeySarah McCartt-Jackson is a poet and folklorist whose topics tend to cover the natural world. Her latest chapbook is Vein of Stone from Porkbelly Press.

Scott Daughtridge is a short fiction writer hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. He is the creator of the “Lostintheletters” reading series at Atlanta’s Highland Ballroom.

Sheisty Khrist’s hip-hop roots go back much further than the writer of this blog post. As such, there’s not much to be said that hasn’t already, including (but not limited to) the news that his latest album, Cold Winter, is available now.

As always, Holler will be hosted by Eric Scott Sutherland and the open mic sign-ups start at 7pm (or, rather, as early as the sign-up sheet is available!).

When: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 @ 8pm
Where: Al’s Bar
601 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 309-2901

Off the Ground featuring Eric Scott Sutherland

off-the-groundFor a second helping of Eric Scott Sutherland, come down to Common Grounds for the newest installment of Off the Ground.

Off the Ground occurs monthly throughout the school year, and was created by the University of Kentucky’s creative writing organizations Limestone, Shale, and Graphite.

When: Friday, March 27, 2015 @ 7:30pm
Where:
343 E. High St.
Lexington, KY 40507
(859) 233-9761

Teen Howl 37 Tonight, Off the Ground Tomorrow

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Tonight the Morris book shop will host the Teen Howl Poetry Series featuring Lucy Wan. Tomorrow night, Common Grounds Coffee House will host Off the Ground with special guest Lisa Williams. Both will host an open mic.

Teen Howl Poetry Series #37 featuring Lucy Wan

When: Thursday, December 4, 2014 @ 6pm
Where: the Morris book shop
882 E. High St.
Lexington, KY 40502

teen howl 37The Teen Howl Poetry Series was started by Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy to showcase and celebrate Lexington’s teen poets.

Off the Ground Open Mic w/ Lisa Williams

When: Friday, December 5, 2014 @ 6pm
Where: Common Grounds
343 E High St
Lexington, KY 40507

off the ground lisa williamsOff the Ground was started by the University of Kentucky’s English department and is hosted by Limestone, Graphite, and Shale Literary Journal.

Poetry Events Week of October 6th, 2014

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If you know of any free, public poetry events in Kentucky (or easily accessible local venues), please contact us and we’ll add them to our events calendar.

  • Thursday, October 9Teen Howl 35

    • Teen Howl #35 featuring Aidan Ziliak

      Starts: 6:00 pm
      Location: The Morris Book Shop, East High Street, Lexington, KY, United States

      (Facebook Event page)
      The monthly event features the best of Lexington’s young poets (including an open mic), and headlines an under 20-year-old featured poet as well as an accomplished guest in the poetry community. Founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy, the name is based off of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”, which the group read in pieces during their initial meetings.
      This week’s featured guest is Aidan Ziliak.

    • Poezia

      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Location: Common Grounds Coffee House, East High Street, Lexington, KY, United States

      (Click for more info)
      Started in 2007 by Colin Watkins and Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Poezia is open to anyone committed to improving their craft.
      They meet every Thursday at Common Grounds, and the prose group meets every Tuesday at the same time.

  • Friday, October 10, 2014Off the Ground!