Tonight, holding a stranger in my arms—

The bickering of vowels on the buses,

In your imagination of their crimes,

It is a willow when summer is over,

You cannot know this yet

The dreams of the dreamer

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

September rain falls on the house.

When despair for the world grows in me

2026 Festival Program SEPTEMBER 18-25 9/18 Friday – Reception At Moxy, Downtown Houston, 412 Main St. 9/19-20 Sat & Sun – Live: Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston 9/21-25 On-line only NOTE: All times are given in Central Standard Time (CST) Saturday, September 19 AFTERNOON PROGRAM – Part 1 (doors at 1:00 PM- ends 5:00 […]

It's a great day, Sunday,

Welcome home. Your flight touched down in morning mist, drizzle soft.

In shallow nests among pebbles

Upon my return to the US, he

Living Canvas at IMMA is a partnership between IMMA and IPUT Real Estate, Ireland’s leading property investment company and visionary supporter of the arts, that brings Europe’s largest digital art screen to the grounds of IMMA. The screening programme presents contemporary art films and moving image works, allowing visitors and the wider community to enjoy […]

Puir Burns, wha's bouquet like a shot kail blaws

No longer throne of a goddess to whom we pray,

Look at you, sitting there being good.

Niall Campbell speaks with host Hannah Lowe about love and labor, reading back catalogs, being the kind of person who says “no.” Niall reads his poem “Good Night” and Deborah Digges’ poem “The Birthin...

I announce myself in the opera house: rosary beads and du’as.

We talked about you all the time.

Apii Manidoo-giizisoons basangwaabid When the sky’s eye blinks in December

Reading literature is a force of good for our health and communities, writes Jen Benka.

Richard Scott chats with host Hannah Lowe about queer ancestors, deep time, supermarkets of the mind, and the lyric poem as illumination device. Scott reads his poem “Red Jasper” and Allen Ginsberg’s ...

These poems

My grandmother’s three were for her husband to return,

On July 18th & 19th, visit the New York City Poetry Festival for screenings of 22 of our poem films.

Mimi Khalvati speaks with host Hannah Lowe about Dylan Thomas’ reckless life, poetic forms as an antidote to modernity, and learning to pronounce her own name. Mimi reads her poem “Coma” and Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.”

Joelle Taylor joins host Hannah Lowe to discuss the heterogeneity of queer culture, female eroticism without the male gaze, poems as movie trailers, and more. Joelle reads her poem “Psalm” and an excerpt from Danez Smith’s poem “summer, somewhere.”

YouTube video by Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation

I grew a rose within a garden fair

Menna Elfyn reads poems and chats with host Hannah Lowe about writing in Welsh and English, overturning syntax, and finding common ground through shared language.