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Poets House Showcase - Poets House The Poets House Showcase, a yearly exhibition of over 2,500 poetry books from more than 500 presses, celebrating new poetry publications.

Mark your calendars for the Showcase opening on December 13! With hundreds of collections and publishers represented, you'll find poetry works from new and established authors, small presses and major publishers. RSVP to a 30th Poets House Showcase event today.

Picture of Palestinian by Ibrahim Nasrallah

Arabic text from the poem Palestinian by Ibrahim Nasrallah

A page containing the english translation of the full poem for "Palestinian"

Flier for the 30th Poets House Showcase

A chapbook by award-winning Palestinian poet and novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah, featuring @hudafakhreddine.bsky.social's English translations. "'I write now so that I do not die,' Nasrallah insists, 'and every time they try to erase us, we become clearer.'" (@worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social, 2024)

Poets House Showcase - Poets House The Poets House Showcase, a yearly exhibition of over 2,500 poetry books from more than 500 presses, celebrating new poetry publications.

Mark your calendars for the Showcase opening on December 13! With hundreds of collections and publishers represented, you'll find a panoramic view of new poetry works from new and established authors, small presses and major publishers. RSVP to a 30th Poets House Showcase event today.

Picture of #evolutionarypoems by Mihret Kebede

A collaboration between poet Mihret Kebede and Anna Moschovakis, "#evolutionarypoems features "rhythmic and direct reactions to contemporary political events...show[ing] how revolution is not linear and how a deep connection to homeland lives inside of critique." (@circumferencebooks.com, 2025)

Poets House Showcase - Poets House The Poets House Showcase, a yearly exhibition of over 2,500 poetry books from more than 500 presses, celebrating new poetry publications.

Learn more about and RSVP to our upcoming 30th Poets House Showcase here!

Photo of Sahar Khraibani, Farid Matuk, Michelle Peñaloza, and Roque Raquel Salas Rivera.

Photo of Cameron Awkward-Rich, Jennifer Espinoza, Chet’la Sebree, and Annie Wenstrup.

February 5, 2026 | 7-9pm Cameron Awkward-Rich, @sadqueer4life.bsky.social, Chet’la Sebree, and @akwenstrup.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 | 7-9pm Sahar Khraibani, @faridmatuk.bsky.social, Michelle Peñaloza, and @roqueraquel.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 | 2-5pm 30th Showcase Community Reading

Photo of Ahmad Almallah, Mandy Shunnarah, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.

Photo of Ching-In Chen, jason b. crawford, charles theonia, Nora Treatbaby.

January 15, 2026 | 7-9pm @chingin.bsky.social, @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social, @floweroid.bsky.social, and Nora Treatbaby
January 22, 2026 | 7-9pm Ahmad Almallah, Mandy Shunnarah, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, and @lenakt.bsky.social

30th Poets House Showcase Flier

Photo of Hala Alyan, Cynthia Cruz, Carl Phillips, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips.

Announcing our official line-up for the 30th Poets House Showcase Reading Series! Join us in uplifting an array of voices crucial to this moment in poetry publishing on Saturday, December 13th, 6-8pm. Featuring Hala Alyan, Cynthia Cruz, @cphillipspoet.bsky.social, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips.

Sucha lovely wormy poem!

In-Person 6-Week Workshop: Neil Shepard: Vision And Revision: Seeing Into The Heart Of The Poem Nov 5 - Dec 17: Discover "the deep heart's core" of a poem, and learn how to refine that core sentiment and sensibility within poetry.

Discover “the deep heart’s core” of a poem, and learn how to refine that core sentiment and sensibility within poetry with Neil Shepard. Join the "Vision And Revision: Seeing Into The Heart Of The Poem" workshop, every Wednesday from November 5 to December 17. Be present and sign up today.

"The Nature of Our Times" Hybrid Poetry Reading & Exhibit Launch Join us for a hybrid poetry reading and exhibit launch featuring contributors to the new anthology "The Nature of Our Times."

Readings from Kimberly Blaeser, Aileen Cassinetto, chingin.bsky.social, kinsaledrake.bsky.social, David Hassler, Jane Hirshfield, thepoetslizard.bsky.social, philipmetres.bsky.social, hyffeinated.bsky.social, Dorsía Smith Silva, Arthur Sze, Joanna Solfrian, and leahumansky.bsky.social. RSVP today!

The Nature of Our Times

Event details for The Nature of Our Times event

Join us Thursday, November 13th at 7 PM ET for a hybrid poetry reading and exhibit launch featuring contributors to the new anthology "The Nature of Our Times", edited by @thepoetslizard.bsky.social, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler. Foreword by phillevin.bsky.social.

In-Person 3-Hour Workshop: Noa Micaela Fields: A VOWEL'S MUSIC Guided by mouthfeel and ear-sense, we will attune to the power of vowels as vessels for sonic improvisation and rhetorical structure.

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A Vowel's Music Noa Micaela Fields Voyage into the secret lives of vowels, the subtle and sensual building blocks of poetry's music.

Guided by mouthfeel and playful ear-sense, we will attune to the power of vowels as vessels for sonic improvisation and rhetorical structure.

Noa Micaela Fields is an echodeviant* (trans poet with hearing aids) in search of the hypervivid in her one and only captionless life. Her debut poetry collection E, a trans remix of Louis Zukofsky's "A", is forthcoming from Nightboat Books. She is currently based in Chicago.

@doyounoapoet.bsky.social is teaching an in person 3-hour workshop with us on November 22nd from 1:30-2:30PM on "a vowel's music."

Poet as Witness - Poets House 10/30: When war shatters daily life, poetry rises as testimony. Readings from Anna Malihon, Iryna Vikyrchak, Lesyk Panasiuk and their translators.

When war shatters daily life, poetry rises as testimony. Ukrainian poets speak in words that refuse silence, tracing the lines between loss and resilience, grief and human dignity.

Presented in partnership with @razomforukraine.org and the Ukrainian Cultural Festival.

RSVP to the event today!

Poet As Witness A Hybrid Reading from Ukrainian poets and their translators

Photo collage of Anna Malihon, Iryna Vikyrchak, Lesyk Panasiuk and their translators Olena Jennings, Nina Murray, and Ilya Kaminsky.

Join us on 10/30, 7 PM ET for a hybrid reading from Anna Malihon, Irina Vikyrchak, Lesyk Panasiuk, and their translators Olena Jennings, Nina Murray, and @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social.

Moderated by @uilleamblacker.bsky.social.

New Works: James Lenfestey and Sarah Ruhl 10/14: Please join us on October 14 at 7pm to celebrate the newest publications from James P. Lenfestey and Sarah Ruhl.

RSVP for our upcoming New Works event here: poetshouse.org/event/new-wo...

Collage-style poster announcing an in-person art event titled 'new works' featuring James Lenfestey and Sarah Ruhl on October 14 from 7-9PM.

Biography of Sarah Ruhl, highlighting her Pulitzer finalist plays, multiple awards, and role as a Yale drama professor living in Brooklyn.

Biography of James P Lenfestey

Join us on Tuesday, October 14th for an insightful evening with acclaimed writers Sarah Ruhl and James P. Lenfestey, who will be reading from their latest works - Time Remaining (@milkweededitions.bsky.social, 2025) and Lessons from My Teachers (Simon & Schuster, 2025).

You are invited to celebrate the exhibit opening of Mercy-Eyed Down the Triple Highway on Saturday October 11 6-9pm! Join us for performances with No Land and Anne Waldman accompanied by musicians Oliver Ray on guitar, Heru Shabaka-Ra on trumpet, and Georgia Wartel Collins on double bass.

Remote 6-Week Workshop: Tony Towle: FIRST PRINCIPLES: What You Say Is Inseparable from How You Say It - Poets House 10/15: Students will step outside of their usual modes of writing a poem by writing in an unfamiliar styles, other modes, and new personas.

All are welcome, space is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Please contact support@poetshouse.org with any questions.

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Remote 6-Week Workshop First Principles What You Say Is inseparable from How You Say It Tony Towle

Remote 6-Week Workshop Oct 15 - Nov 19 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET $360 ($320 for members) Six Wednesdays "A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left." - Alexander Pope All are welcome, space is limited. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Please email support@poetshouse.org with any questions.

Starting Oct 15, Tony Towle will lead a remote 6-week workshop "FIRST PRINCIPLES: What You Say Is Inseparable from How You Say It" 🔲

In this workshop, students will step outside of their usual modes of writing a poem by writing in an unfamiliar styles, other modes, and new personas.

Epic Voices: A Voyage on the Hudson - Poets House Join us for a ferry voyage down the Hudson River with readings and performances illuminating Rumi's Water translated by Haleh Liza Gafori.

The ferry leaves at 5:45pm from the Brookfield Place Terminal. Reception to follow at Poets House ⛴️

All proceeds support Poets House! Be apart of this special evening of poetry 🌃

Tickets can be purchased here:
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Poets House Epic Voices A Voyage on the Hudson with Haleh Liza Gafori Nick Flynn & Laleh Javaheri Saatchi Friday, October 10th at 5:45 PM ET Brookfield Place Ferry Terminal

Haleh Liza Gafori Book Image of "Water" by Rumi

Please join us for an illuminating sunset ferry voyage down the Hudson River with readings and musical performances by acclaimed musician and poet Haleh Liza Gafori of her newly published translations from the Farsi of Rumi, Water (New York Review Books, 2025) on Friday, October 10th!

When I leave this body, People will ask— What did he do with his life? I knew you, Beloved. That was enough.

—Rumi
tr. Haleh Liza Gafori (2022)

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The Poets Table at Emily 9/24: Join us for a smorgasbord of fine food and poetry at EMILY, with readings from Mark Doty and Marie Howe. Reservations are required.

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EAT PIZZA, HELP POETS HOUSE! ASK FOR "THE POET" PROMOTION NOW AVAILABLE AT EMILY, 919 FULTON STREET

There are also just a handful of tickets left for our Poets House fundraising party at Emily Brooklyn on 9/24 with readings from 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner Marie Howe and Emily co-founder Emily Hyland’s beloved teacher Mark Doty - as well as plenty of pizza, of course! Get your ticket today!

Dorothea Lasky and Elizabeth Metzger came to Emily Brooklyn to try out The Poet pizza, a special pizza made to benefit us, as we face the loss of federal funding this year 🍕

A spread from a Mary Ruefle book featuring a 19 century illustration of two men and collage text; on the right hand butterfly stamps

A display case featuring spreads of books that incorporate tipped in papers and Letters

A display case featuring books that incorporate, lace, string, and various objects

The opening spread from an idyll in London, with a circuitous diagram on the left hand page

From Mary Ruefle, Erasures, at @poetshouse.bsky.social