National Beat Poetry Festival 2025
Schedule: FRIDAY NIGHT – AUGUST 29, 2025, Location: Canton Town Hall, 4 Market St # 100, Collinsville, CT 06019, 7:00pm-10:00pm. “Do It Now” Performs, Past & Present...
July Poet of the Month Virginia Shreve
Biography: Born in Nitro, West Virginia. Lived many places, including NJ, MN, TX, FL, and Budapest. Had 4 brothers. Still had to mow the lawn....
June Poet of the Month Sandra Feen
Biography: Sandra Feen was inducted as the 2022-2024 Ohio Beat Poet Laureate by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. She co-hosts the monthly online creative...
Poem of the Week By Tammi Truax
Biography: By day Truax works as a public-school librarian. She was the editor of The Poet’s Tale; Lady Wentworth (illustrated) by Longfellow (Bookbaby, 2013), and...
Poet of the Month Chris Bodor
Biography: Chris Bodor is a first generation American. He was born in Connecticut to an English mother and a Hungarian father. During the past three decades, his...
Poem of the Week By Eliot Katz
Biography: Called “another classic New Jersey bard” by Allen Ginsberg, Eliot Katz is the author of seven books of poetry—including Unlocking the Exits and Love,...
Poem of the Week By Martin Willitts
Biography: Martin Willitts Jr lives in Syracuse, New York. He is an editor for the Comstock Review and he judges the New York State Fair...
Poem of the Week By Timothy Tarkelly
Biography: Timothy Tarkelly is a poet and educator in Southeast Kansas. His work appears in Flyover Country, The Daily Drunk, the Red Lemon Review, and...
Poem of the Week By Pilar Rodríguez Aranda
Biography: Pilar Rodríguez Aranda is a writer and multidisciplinary artist born in Mexico. Lived 13 years in the USA. Started doing video while in college,...
Poem of the Week By Erine Leigh
Biography: Erine Leigh served as poet laureate of Portsmouth, NH 2015 to 2017, leading the community of mostly school children to appreciate their own reactions...