From the time-honored village of Ballston Spa, NY, Brian Dorn has been publishing rhyming-poetry on the internet for several years. A graduate of The University of Albany and SUNY Adirondack, Brian has effectively leveraged cyberspace to circulate his clever wordplay throughout an increasingly paperless world. Thanks to the web, Brian Dorn’s poetry has reached an audience far beyond upstate NY. Brian has authored hundreds of poems, many of which can be found in his two-volume collection, From My Poems To Yours.
On Monday, we start another great week packed with open mics, slams, and featured readings with Poets Speak Loud featuring Brian Dorn kicking things off.
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of July 28, 2013 Read More »
The feature at Live From The Living Room, Ken Denberg, jumped right in to read from his new manuscript of poems before he could get a proper introduction.
Live from the Living Room, July 9 Read More »
The July edition of the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic in Saratoga featured Avery and host Carol Graser welcomed over a dozen area poets to the historic stage.
Caffè Lena Poetry Open Mic, July 3 Read More »
We return to McGeary’s on Monday, July 29 for another edition of Poets Speak Loud with this month’s featured poet Brian Dorn. Brian is a great new face on the scene who has brought is rhyming poems to almost every poetry and spoken word reading and open mic in the area for the past year. He
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This edition of the Third Thursday Poetry Night was on the eve of the Summer Solstice, with a full complement of regular community open mic poets & our feature Glenn Werner.
Third Thursday Poetry Night, June 20 Read More »
Harmony Cafe is a weekly reading and open mic, quintessentially Woodstock. It was good to make the trip, hang out with old friends and poets.
Poetry Night at Harmony Cafe, June 10 Read More »
A day of parades, the Pride Parade in Albany, & the Flag Day Parade in Troy where this reading happened in spite of it all. Nancy Klepsch & me, DWx, the hosts, readers & listeners. I was first up with a clutch of new poems, the first perhaps goes on, “Counting Moons” then “Delete this
Poetry + Prose: 2nd Sunday @ 2, June 9 Read More »
What a great way to kick off the summer season with NGS #46 Tuesday night at Valentine’s. We had a full room of poets, performers, and an audience ready to soak it all up. Taking over the hosting duties for the first part of the show once again was Team Nitty Gritty captain and Albany Poets
NGS #46 Results – Kicking Off the Summer with Poetry, Spoken Word at Valentine’s Read More »
Poets Speak Loud!, May 27 This series is held on the last Monday of the month & so each year it falls on Memorial Day in May. Today we gathered in spite of (or because of) the Holiday in the back room of McGeary’s, our busy, attentive waitress was Victoria (a real cutey) & our
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The house was packed for today’s featured poet, Jill Crammond, with a long list of open mic poets, introduced by Edie Abrams. I’d gotten there early before the doors were even open, with a carload of Albany poets, including the perfectly coiffed featured poet, so I ended up at the top of the sign-up sheet.
Sunday Four Poetry, May 26 Read More »
Now that the Slam team has been selected, nominated, whatever, this was a wide-open slam for anyone to give it a shot & it was refreshing to not see all the same faces. But 1st K.P. (Kevin Peterson) served as host for the open mic. First up with a love poem in rhyme (“High Wire”) was
Nitty Gritty Slam #45, May 21 Read More »
This is just an open mic, no featured reader, held most months of the year at the Arts Center of the Capital Region on River St. in Troy, NY for writers of prose & poetry. The hosts are Nancy Klepsch & me, DWx. Brian Dorn has gotten brave & signed up first, & started with
Poetry + Prose: 2nd Sunday @ 2, May 12 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.
