Poetry Reading for the Easton Book Festival, 2022, on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 4:30. Book and Puppet in Easton, at 22 Centre Square. E. Lynn Alexander will read from “Find Me in the Iris”, published in 2022. This is the second book of poetry by E. Lynn Alexander, from… Continue reading
Please join us for a poetry reading with local features to celebrate the kick off of this year’s Easton Book Festival. LVPC continues to partner with the festival on programming so please check out the festival website (link) and social media during October 2022 for the latest on over a… Continue reading
We are planning for another year of the Easton Book Festival, the free local celebration of reading, books, writers, and community. The goal is to provide in person and virtual programming for all ages, free and open to all. We want to have diverse, intentional, inclusive programs that include the… Continue reading
The virtual salon will be back in September 2022, starting with the open mic on Monday, September 5th. We have the events on the Lehigh Valley Poetry facebook page, so please check them out. The dates are:September 5, October 3, November 7, and December 5, 2022. We do the “mini… Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. Continue reading
Hello poetry friends! We had a great time with you at the Lehigh Valley Poetry Salon on June 6th. We had our usual “mini workshop” followed by our open mic. Great sharing and chatting about summer events and plans. There are a lot of events coming up, both in person… Continue reading
Calling poets, musicians, performers of all kinds!Lehigh Valley Poetry will be hosting “Ten on the Tenth” on Tuesday, May 10th. This is a special event where each performer will get ten minutes to share a poem, sing a song, tell jokes… think open mic variety show. This will be a… Continue reading
Years ago, I became intrigued by asemic art/writing/poetry and was lucky to interview two promoters of the form- Tim Gaze and Michael Jacobson, who also accepted my work later into asemic publications and an asemic art show a few years back. (If you would like to see a video of… Continue reading
Each month, as part of the Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon, we do a free mini poetry workshop meant to be a quick prompt or exercise. The Salon is a zoom event on the first Monday of each month, with the mini workshop from 8:00- 8:30 EST and the open… Continue reading
We will host our ongoing Lehigh Valley Poetry virtual salon and open mic, as we have been for over two years, on May 2 and June 6. We will take a summer break and return in September on the 5th which is Labor Day. The mini workshops are typically posted… Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly “mini workshop” before the monthly virtual open mic- Lehigh Valley Poetry Salon-held on the first Monday of the month on zoom. The mini workshop goes from 8:00-8:30, then we host the open mic. All are welcome. We typically post an event on Facebook on… Continue reading
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
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
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
