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Love Poem


By Donika Kelly

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Keen for A—


By Mícheál McCann

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Diving into the Wreck


By Adrienne Rich

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Archangel

By Jean Valentine

Read by Leslie Sainz

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Life Drawing: Jacob


By Padraig Regan

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Your Hands


By Angelina Weld Grimké

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Having a Coke with You


By Frank O'Hara

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Drunktown


By Jake Skeets

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Women and Other Flowers


By Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi

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Poem of the month

One Geography of Belonging

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Films

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Universal City

By Stephen James Smith

Read by Leah Minto

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Programs & recordings

Universal City film showcase 6/13

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News

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Belfast Book Festival 2025

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UK Global Majority Poets on Film 2025 with WritersMosaic

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Winter update: 31 poets, 75 poems

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15th Annual PoetryFest at Irish Arts Center

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Film screening at Film and Video Poetry Symposium

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About

Who we are

Our aim is to expand access to poetry and educational poetry materials, gathering great poems from across places, eras, and traditions.

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Our vision

«Our mission is to bring the legacy of poetry to a younger generation.»

Sample47 CATHY HALSTEAD – FOUNDER

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Poetry Ireland

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Academy of
American Poets

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Poet in the City

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92Y and the Unterberg
Poetry Center

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