Albany Poets

Albany Poets mission is to give everyone the platform to share their art with the world. Whether it is on stage, online, or in print, Albany Poets strives to integrate the arts into the Capital Region.
Steve Denehan

Two Poems – Steve Denehan

Two poems – “What to Get the Man Who Has Everything” and “Man, Versus Fly” – by poet and Pushcart Prize nominee Steve Denehan.

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an international literary prize that is a hotbed for new talent in Poetry and Short Fiction.

Marian Kilcoyne

Two Poems – Marian Kilcoyne

Two poems – “Just Sounds” and “Roar” – by Irish poet, writer, and educator Marian Kilcoyne.

Mike Jurkovic at the Calling All Poets open mic on April 5, 2019

Two Poems – Mike Jurkovic

Two poems – “West of Boston” and “Brubeck’s Bar #6” – by Hudson Valley poet, writer, and host Mike Jurkovic.

Shannon Cuthbert

Four Poems – Shannon Cuthbert

Four poems – “Root Center”, “Philosophy”, “The Only Café Around For Miles”, and “Semestering” – by Shannon Cuthbert.

Carol Jewell

Three Poems – Carol H. Jewell

Three poems – “When Kingfishers Caught Fire”, “Still Can’t Afford an Epitaph”, and “No One Told Me” – by Carol H. Jewell.

LA Brown

Three Poems – LA Brown

Three poems – “Lurgan, Co. Armagh”, “Kicking Tyres”, and “Docked, Dreaming” – by Australian poet LA Brown

Greg Wilder

“The Virus” by Greg Wilder

“The Virus”, a poem about the Coronavirus Pandemic, written from April – November 2020, by local poet Greg Wilder.

George Moore

Four Poems – George Moore

Four poems – “Wilfred Owen at Twenty-Five”, “Pakistan”, “Distance on Aran”, and “Street Life in Ventspils, Latvia” – by George Moore.