The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

JT

Jess Tower

Danvers, MA

About me

Disabled Poet and Tutor

11:00am EDT

Small Press Fair, Sponsored by the Creative Collective Old Town Hall

11:30am EDT

“We, the poets, grant you refuge:” How Palestinian Poetry Inspires Activism PEM - Groups HubJuPong Lin • Carolyn A. Cushing • mona shiber • Rachel Teferet

2:00pm EDT

Poetics of Pop Culture and Humor National Park Service - AuditoriumOtto Vock • Alejandro Lucero • Jess Yuan • Yena Sharma Purmasir

3:15pm EDT

Science in Poetry | Poetry in Science National Park Service - AuditoriumJackie Craven • Maggie Greaves • Barbara Ungar • Sarah Giragosian

4:30pm EDT

American Tyrant: Poetry in the Age of Democratic Fragility St. Peter's Church - Large RoomEnzo Silon Surin • Cortney Lamar Charleston • Suzanne Frischkorn

7:00pm EDT

Headline Reading: Featuring Danez Smith sponsored by Graywolf Press Tabernacle ChurchDanez Smith

9:00pm EDT

Poetry Slam (In partnership with the Boston Poetry Slam) Die With Your Boots OnMyles Taylor