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Poets House 25th Anniversary

Join us in celebrating Poets House's 25th anniversary for a special series of programs that trace 3,000 years of poetry — from Gilgamesh to the myriad poetic voices that are defining the 21st...

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Children's Room

Our Constance Laibe Hays Children's Room is a creative space filled with the best of children's poetry books, old-fashioned typewriters and a card catalogue packed with poetic objects to trigger...

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Poets House Annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
Monday, June 11, 2012

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Founding Friendships: Treasures from the Collections of Elizabeth Kray and Stanley Kunitz

On View May 15 to October 6

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Poetry Spotlight

Poetry Spotlight

Poets House is a comprehensive Collection of American Poetry, a poetry library, and a poetry organization dedicated to providing poetry events for New York City and the surrounding area

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Poets House!

Exploring our 50,000 volume poetry collection, free and open to the public six days a week. View the art works and manuscripts from collections of founders Betty Kray and Stanley Kunitz. Then join us on June 11th for the annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge honoring poet Galway Kinnell.

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The Memory Palace with Hettie Jones

The Memory Palace with Hettie Jones

6 Wednesdays, April 11–May 16, 6:00–8:30PM

This workshop considers ways into your “memory palace,” with its stored treasure of objects and events. Students will be encouraged to create “from the heart to the...

April 11, 2012 - 6:00PM to 8:30PM

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The Sheep Meadow Press at Poets House

Readings by John Ashbery, Christopher Middleton, Michael Schmidt and Stanley Moss

John Ashbery will read from his...

May 17, 2012 - 2:30PM

The Whole Poem with Neil Shepard

6 Thursdays, April 12–May 24th (skipping May 10th), 6:00–8:30pm

From first draft to final draft, we need strategies for seeing the whole poem, both its full potential for content and its most satisfying form....

April 12, 2012 - 6:00PM to 8:30PM

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Poets House at a Glance

Poets House at a Glance

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Our Mission

A Home for All Who Read and Write Poetry

Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry. Our poetry resources and literary events document the wealth and diversity of poetry and stimulate public dialogue on issues of poetry in culture. We seek to document the wealth and diversity of poetry and to cultivate a wider audience for the art.

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Our Space

A Place for Poetry

Opened to the public in September 2009, the new home for Poets House is LEED Gold certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. The 11,000-square-foot space designed by architect Louise Braverman is more than double the size of our former home in SoHo.

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    Thu May 17
    The Sheep Meadow Press at Poets House

    Readings by John Ashbery, Christopher Middleton, Michael Schmidt...

    Thu May 17
    Passwords: Vijay Seshadri on W.H. Auden

    Poet Vijay Seshadri addresses the life and work of this prolific British-born poet, who...

    Tue May 22
    Passwords: Rosamond King on Caribbean Poets of the 20th Century

    Scholar and poet Rosamond King shares her insights into the groundbreaking output of 20th...

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    10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282
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