Poetry Month! Special Open Mic Event in Bethlehem April 12

icehouse poetry event april 12,2022

Join Lehigh Valley Poetry at the IceHouse in Bethlehem for a special in person poetry open mic event in celebration of poetry month! Tuesday, April 12, at 7:00 PM. All are welcome to come and share the stage with poems, short stories, music, and more. The IceHouse in Bethlehem is… Continue reading

Poets Directory

I have neglected this feature, and apologize. The intention was to support connections and discovery and poets finding one another to collaborate and share space. I will be doing an update soon, so if you are interested in a listing, please send an email and include some information and links… Continue reading

Lehigh Valley Poetry Presents- Book Launch for “Twists”

Book Launch for Darrell Parry's book "Twists"

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

Winter 2022- Lehigh Valley Poetry Updates

Lehigh Valley Poetry Updates 2021 2022

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: Update

Tuesday Muse

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

Annual Lehigh Valley Poetry Zine Swap 2022

2022 zine swap Lehigh Valley Poetry

It is almost time for the annual Lehigh Valley Poetry zine swap! It is simple to participate. During the months of December and January, we sign up participants. By February 1, we have our list. The list goes out, and we mail our zines in the month of February. The… Continue reading

Monthly Mini: March 2022

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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

Monthly Mini: February 2021

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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

Monthly Mini: January 2021

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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

LVP’s Annual Krampus Rumpus Open Mic 2021

Lehigh Valley Poetry Krampus Rumpus December Poetry

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

Monthly Mini: December 2021

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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

Words in the Ward, Episode 1 2020

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

Words in the Ward: Episode 2

Words in the Ward at the Easton Book Festival, Video by E. Lynn Alexander

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

Lehigh Valley Poetry- Winter Season-Virtual Salon and Open Mic

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

Lehigh Valley Poetry Salon- Staying Virtual

Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon and Open Mic

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

This Fall at the IceHouse, Bethlehem

Cleveland Wall and E. Lynn Alexander

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