Poetry Matters Project

Join us June 2-4 for a weekend of free performances
in celebration of women creators.

Since 2011, Casita Maria’s South Bronx Culture Festival has celebrated the vibrant culture and communities of the South Bronx through an annual performance series anchored by a new theme each year. This year’s ...

National Poetry Month is officially over.
We will be sharing some of the highlights from a very productive month.
We want to thank Vermont Poetry Society for having founder, Lucinda Clark who also is the current president of Georgia Poetry Society to read her work.

Next week we are ending National Poetry Month with a SLAM!
This free event will bring novice and seasoned poets to the stage for a fun evening of spoken word.

Want to join the competition? A few spots are left, sign up to claim yours today! No Slam experience required.
All entrants must be 18 or...

It National Poetry Month!
We for twenty three years we at Poetry Matters Project have selected suggestions from American Academy of Poets to celebrate. We share the link to the list with you, Share with us what you are doing on our Facebook or Instagram pages. PoetryMattersProject.

Learn more about the women who are important to our history.

As we return to the world at large, this post by Seth feels appropriate to share.
Have a great Friday!

We have found a great collaboration for Poetry Matters Project! The deadline to enter is fast approaching. Don't let this chance to share your work past you by!

We will showcase new releases by Augusta poets Alice Johnson and Sa Jules. Sponsored by Georgia Poetry Society and Poetry Matters Project.

When Dawn Comes to the City” was first published in the June 1920 issue of Cambridge Magazine, and reappeared later the same year in Claude McKay’s collection Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems (Grant Richards, 1920). The poem was also published in McKay’s later collection, Harlem Shadows (H...