Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents…, and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.

Poetry Open Mic For Kids?

The Daytona Beach News Journal in Florida has an article on their site about a cafe in the area holding weekly open mics for elementary kids.  They have been doing

Call For Submissions

Albany Poets is looking for Albany area poets to be featured on our website, Other:____, and future printed publications. If you are interested in having your work featured on the

Albany Poets At LARKfest 2006

Albany Poets is proud to be a part of the 2006 LARKfest. For the second year in a row, Albany Poets will be bringing poetry and spoken word to this

Other:____ Issue Five

The fifth issue of Albany Poets quarterly art/lit zine is now available. This issue of Other:____ is packed with poetry, photos, art, and more from poets, writers, and visual artists

Albany Poets Podcast Number 14 Now Available

Poets Speak Loud at Tess’ Lark Tavern on Monday, April 24, 2006 The post-Word Fest Poets Speak Loud was not just our monthly poetry and spoken word open mic at