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I don’t know how to address this without giving more attention than they deserve, but at our event last week, an individual pretending to offer a poem, instead offered a hateful, bigoted polemic/screed targeting the very heart of what we are.

While we do honor a broad definition of poetry, we do not offer a platform for lectures, polemics, screeds, hateful/hurtful attacks on marginalized individuals in our community or the organizations that offer support for them.

If this is confusing to you, then WordXWord is not the right space for sharing your work.

We’re doing it again. Poets of any age 12 - 80+, speaking any language, working in any style are invited! Find out more at https://wordxwordfestival.com/vlp24/

This is happening. Take your mind to the gym. https://wordxwordfestival.com/3030/

HEARD / Poets Creating Conversation @ Unitarian Universalist Church, Pittsfield, 3/12/24

BREAK / stories @ Dottie's, PIttsfield, MA 2/25/24

10 Words / Poems that fit on a dime and some that don’t at Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, PIttsfield, MA 2/22/24

FRAGMENT / Poets Creating Conversation at Unitarian Universalist Church, Pittsfield, MA 1/30/24

NEW BEGINNING / stories - at Dottie's Coffee Lounge 1/26/24

GRAVITY, December 4
@ The Berkshire Museum

ARTIFACT, November 6
@ The Berkshire Museum

WORK, October 15, 5P
@ The Mount / Edith Wharton’s Home

February 2017 (10x10 at the Berkshire Museum)

Free Range Bullets and Banned Books (Poets Creating Conversation) - August 16, 2023 at The Mount / Edith Wharton’s Home

A great day at The Mount, Walkin' with WordXWord #3 (August 6). Curated and hosted by D Colin, with poems by Bennie W. Pharr IV (Silent Quill), Ashley Alafberg (Ashley Wonder), Nathan Smith, Mary Panza, Courtney Staton (Courtney Symone), Laura Evelyn (EL), and D.

https://mailchi.mp/ede77f27f462/this-sunday-august-6-a-sculpture-walk-unlike-any-before

This Sunday, August 6 - A Sculpture Walk Unlike Any Before Guest curated by poet D Colin, this iteration of Walkin' with WordXWord will offer a fresh take on what is already a perennial favorite! Participating poets include: Silent Quill; M.I.D.N.I.G.H.T.; Ashley Wonder; Nathan Smith; Mary Panza; Courtney Symone; EL; and D. Colin.

Walkin' with WordXWord at The Mount, July 30. (one more chance to check it out August 6!)

So this happened. And it was awesome. Walkin' with WordXWord at The Mount, July 23. (two more chances to check it out, albeit with new combinations of poets and poems - 7/30 & 8/6)

How many poets can you fit into a Very Large Poem?

Roots, Shoots, and Leaves at The Mount, May 21, 2023

Roots, Shoots, and Leaves
May 21, 3P
Outdoors at The Mount / Edith Wharton’s Home
2 Plunkett Street, Lenox

It’s spring, roots are stretching, shoots are popping, leaves are returning from the south . . . and we're serving poets al fresco. This event will require a short walk (golf car assistance available), as it will take place at one or more locations on the grounds of The Mount. BYOC - bring your own chair or blanket if you prefer . . .

FREE

Take your brain to the poetry gym. http://3030poetry.com/ April is national poetry month - take the challenge.

WordXWord's 30/30 Poetry Challenge

Help us create and perform a Very Large Poem - Poets of any age 12 - 80+, speaking any language, working in any style are invited! https://www.wordxwordfestival.com/wlp/

https://www.wordxwordfestival.com/

Story Slam
Heart of the Matter
February 10, 7P
Dottie's, 444 North Street, Pittsfield, MA
Free

Just in time for Valentines Day, the theme is Heart of the Matter. The stories are yours. Admission is free.

Dottie's will have food and beverages available for purchase.

Story Slam? - A story slam is a storytelling competition open to anyone (pre registration required) with a five-minute story to share on the event’s theme. Stories are scored by volunteer judges from the audience. Story slams are fast paced and high spirited with widely ranging responses to the theme. For February the theme is "Heart of the Matter."

Register online to tell a story (slots are limited).

https://cpccommunity.org/event/poetry-slam-feb/
Poetry Slam in Housatonic, from our friends at CPC

Poetry Slam with Bobby Miller - Center For Peace Through Culture Coming with serious poetry slam roots from NYC, now Berkshire resident Bobby Miller kicks off his Poetry Slam Night at CPC.