Mark O’Brien & Dennis SullivanAnother annual poetry-rite-of-Spring & I just had to be there. This was the third year for this event, with 10 poets competing for the laurel crown. This is a very well organized & structured contest, run by …
Smith’s Tavern Poet Laureate Contest, April 22 Read More »
It’s all over except the shenanigans (or as we used to say, the “PsychoClusterFuck”). Karaoke + Poetry = Fun was held upstairs at Valentines. Lila ran the music machine & in order to sing you had to first read a poem. There was a great variety o…
Albany Word Fest Karaoke + Poetry = Fun, April 21 Read More »
Welcome back to Thom’s 10 Things. I took last week off so that I could give all of my attention to the Albany Word Fest. This weeks post is all
Thom’s 10 Things… Post-Word Fest Edition Read More »
Ed Rinaldi is back talking about the power of poetry and the words written on the page with his newest poem “spoken words”. If you are keeping track at home, this is Ed’s 140th poem of the year so far.
Poem A Day – Ed Rinaldi – spoken words Read More »
Are you writing a poem everyday for National Poetry Month? Want to post those poems on the Albany Poets website? Send them to albanypoets@gmail.com and they will be available for the world to read.
Poem A Day – Ed Rinaldi – handed the formula to brand my soul home Read More »
On Tuesday, May 1, we storm back into Valentine’s for the 17th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. At the 16th Nitty Gritty Slam last week at Valentine’s we were
Nitty Gritty Slam #17, May 1 at Valentine’s Read More »
It’s National Poetry Writing Month! A poem a day, each day in April. This poem was made using one of Charles Bernstein’s experiments: Acrostic chance: Pick a book at random and use title as acrostic key phrase.
Poem A Day – Jason Crane – hand movements / end of the universe Read More »
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
