Poet KC Trommer offers a writing prompt for creating poems that interrogate “the worlds we know, think we know, and those we remember. “
A Place for 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.
Upcoming Events
Literary Partners Program: Veronica: A Suite in X Parts and All That Beauty Launch Party
Oct 18, 2019 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmCelebrate the publication of Erica Hunt’s Veronica: A Suite in X Parts and Fred Moten’s All That Beauty with readings by both authors.
A Tribute to W. S. Merwin
Oct 21, 2019 | 8:00 pmA tribute to W. S. Merwin, with Sonnet Coggins, Robert Hass, Edward Hirsch, Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Ondaatje, Tracy K. Smith, and others.
Poetry & Science: Our Intimate Connections to Trees with Nalini Nadkarni & Forrest Gander
Oct 22, 2019 | 7:00 pmThe second event in the Poetry & Science series convenes vital voices in ecology & ecopoetics: Nalini Nadkarni, Forrest Gander & Alison Hawthorne Deming.
From the Blog
Thoughts on Bookmaking by Claire Van Vliet of The Janus Press
Claire Van Vliet, MacArthur Award–winning book artist and publisher of works by James Schuyler, Kwame Dawes & others, describes her creative process.
Gay New York: An Interview with Artist Nicholas Buffon
Nicholas Buffon discusses capturing gay history and New York’s “decayed and changing present” in his exhibition at Poets House, on view through November 30.
The Practice of Poetry: Writing Poems of Place with KC Trommer
Poet KC Trommer offers a writing prompt for creating poems that interrogate “the worlds we know, think we know, and those we remember. “
Thoughts on Bookmaking by Claire Van Vliet of The Janus Press
Claire Van Vliet, MacArthur Award–winning book artist and publisher of works by James Schuyler, Kwame Dawes & others, describes her creative process.
Gay New York: An Interview with Artist Nicholas Buffon
Nicholas Buffon discusses capturing gay history and New York’s “decayed and changing present” in his exhibition at Poets House, on view through November 30.