KPF and RAWK join forces to offer a youth poetry workshop based on the theme of "Gratitude". Details about facilitator coming soon!This workshop will be facilitated by WMU Graduate Student Hannah Arvanigian, with help from KPF Executive Director Casey Grooten. Hannah Seelman is a student at Western Michigan University, where she is both earning anMFA […]
The Celebration of Community Poets The Celebration of Community Poets is a yearly event hosted by the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival as a part of our National Poetry Month Festival Week. The Celebration combines multiple organization partnerships, and ten plus local poets and musicians who share one original piece each. The Celebration is also where the […]
Your Turn Open Mic Join Fire and Kalamazoo Poetry Festival for The Magic Open Mic, hosted by Great Dane. Come early if you think you want to read! Accessibility: - This even strives to be SCENT-FREE. Please consider leaving perfumes and fragrances at home. - Wheelchair access through the entrance on Portage Street.
REGISTER HERE How We Attune to Gratitude In this workshop we will explore how poets cultivate an intimate sense of attention: attuning to the complexity of the world around us and the worlds within us. We’ll dwell together with poems and writing prompts that cultivate our sense of careful attention and we'll contemplate together what […]
REGISTER HERE Sounding the Heart of the poem Sounding the Heart of the poem is a workshop by The Institute of Public Scholarship poet, playwright, and fiction writer, Denise Miller, that is focused on sound devices like assonance, alliteration, and consonance, combined with the concept of echolocation, to explore how poets can use sound to […]
Craft Talk Featured Poets Denise Miller and Aaron Coleman participate in a Craft Talk moderated by KPF board member Nancy Nott. The poets will discuss their writing process and thoughts on poetry and writing in general. There is no way to describe where the conversation will lead, so come check it out! Accessibility: - This […]