Please join us for a virtual book launch party to celebrate the release of LVP’s Darrell Parry’s new poetry collection “Twists”. Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 8:00 PM EST. This will be a virtual event so you can attend safely, from anywhere! Darrell will read from his new book, and… Continue reading
Welcome to Lehigh Valley Poetry, if you are new here. Maybe you landed here from Instagram or Facebook, or came to find out more about an event or project. “But wait, where am I? And who are you?” First, welcome. I’m Lynn Alexander and I started this website and associated… Continue reading
Tuesday Muse was a great performance series, hosted by Cleveland Wall and myself- Lynn Alexander- that ran at the IceHouse in Bethlehem until the pandemic hit. We had so many talented poets and musicians and grew a small local community of poets who have kept in touch, collaborated, and developed… Continue reading
The monthly mini is the free, no strings workshop that takes place on zoom before the Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon, open mic. We do the open mic on the first Monday of the month, at 8:30 PM EST. Before that, we gather informally on the zoom from 8:00- 8:30… Continue reading
Monday, February 7. 8:00 PM EST. Virtual. February’s mini workshop will take place before the Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon open mic, first Monday of the month at 8:30 EST. We meet on zoom each month and poets are welcome to participate in the mini workshop, open mic, or both…. Continue reading
Happy New Year, Poets. Are you ready for 2022? Monday, January 3, 2022. 8:00 PM EST. January’s monthly mini workshop will be chill and low key after the holiday bustle. As always, we post on our Lehigh Valley Poetry Facebook page and share sporadically on Instagram. (#lehighvalleypoetry and #lehighvalleypoetryvirtualsalon) The… Continue reading
Monday, December 6, 2021 8:30 EST, Zoom: We interrupt our regular monthly open mic programming for the annual Krampus Rumpus open mic, which will replace the December Lehigh Valley Poetry (virtual) salon that would normally occur on December 6. Consider this virtual event mesh to be a special edition of… Continue reading
We are saying good bye to 2021, and as usual we are offering our monthly mini workshop on the first Monday of the month, December 6. This will be the last session of the year, and we are going to follow it with the annual Krampus Rumpus poetry open mic…. Continue reading
Since we posted this year’s Words in the Ward, it seemed like a good idea to share the video from last year, the first year that WITW teamed up with the Easton Book Festival. Because of the pandemic, these were virtual alternatives to in person programming. Words in the Ward… Continue reading
Once again, Words in the Ward has teamed up with the Easton Book Festival to bring you another video featuring a wild mash up of local poets. You can find it on You Tube here: https://youtu.be/_B9TEKyPqW0 You can also find it by searching YouTube for the Easton Book Festival, and… Continue reading
Each month, we do a “mini workshop” before the Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon and Open Mic. The open mic is on the first Monday of the month at 8:30, the workshop is from 8:00- 8:30. Same zoom link. We always post an event on the Lehigh Valley Poetry Facebook… Continue reading
We’re back for our monthly virtual salon and open mic, on Monday, November 1, 2021. We start off at 8:00 PM with our “mini workshop”, and then we follow that with our open mic at 8:30. (EST) This is a loose, flexible space for all to hang out, share a… Continue reading
Each month, we do a “mini workshop” before the virtual open mic. The Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon and Open Mic happens on the first Monday of the month, 8:00 EST for the mini workshop, and 8:30 PM EST for the open mic. The mini workshop is usually a short… Continue reading
An impromptu plan to meet up has evolved into “Poetry On the Square”- a casual, outdoor open mic meet up in Easton, PA in front of Book and Puppet book store. Book and Puppet is located in the circle by Crayola, easy to find if you are in Centre Square…. Continue reading
The Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon and Open Mic will stay virtual, and continue on the first Monday of the month. The event is hosted on zoom with the event details on the Lehigh Valley Poetry Facebook page. (Under “events”) We start at 8:00 EST with a mini workshop, followed… Continue reading
The world is opening up, and in-person events are coming! There are already events on the calendar for fall at the Ice House in Bethlehem, PA. More details will be coming, but if you are making plans- keep some of these dates clear and come out for poetry. Coming up… Continue reading
Tuesday Muse had a good run at the Ice House in Bethlehem, almost two years as a monthly performance series with featured poets, musicians, and open mic. Of course, the pandemic led to the closing of most venues, including the Ice House. We did some virtual events and some recordings,… Continue reading
We are still hosting the Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon and Open Mic, on the first Monday of the month. We start with out monthly “mini workshop” at 8:00 PM EST. At 8:30, we start the updates and open mic. We do this virtually on zoom, and you can find… Continue reading
September Monthly Mini Workshop: Monday September 6, 2021. We do a monthly “mini workshop” online using zoom before the Lehigh Valley Poetry Salon, on the first Monday of the month from 8:00 PM EST-8:30 PM EST. These are typically short prompts, reflections, techniques, and generative exercises. For more information and… Continue reading
August Monthly Mini Workshop: Monday August 2, 2021. We do a monthly “mini workshop” online using zoom before the Lehigh Valley Poetry Salon, on the first Monday of the month from 8:00 PM EST-8:30 PM EST. These are typically short prompts, reflections, techniques, and generative exercises. For more information and… Continue reading
