The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Lisa Usani Phillips

Amesbury, MA

lisausaniphillips.com

Find me on

About me

As the fourth poet laureate of Amesbury, Massachusetts, I host a monthly poetry reading series featuring established and emerging poets from Amesbury and beyond: Amesbury Monthly Poetry Readings — Amesbury Cultural Council. My debut hybrid collection, Guest People, was published by Wheeling Tern Books in 2022.

6:30pm EDT

Kickoff Event: Common Threads: A Celebration of Massachusetts Poets Old Town HallElizabeth Bradfield • J.D. Scrimgeour • David J. Silva, Ph.D. • John Andrews • Carmen Barefield • Janet E. Aalfs • Amy Wise Rothschild • Theadora Siranian • Porsha Olayiwola • Anna Lucia Deloia • Gray Davidson Carroll

10:00am EDT

Revere Beach Stories: Poems and Photographs PEM - Atrium AlcoveKevin Carey • Jennifer Martelli • Stephenie Young

10:15am EDT

Danielle Legros Georges: A Tribute PEM - Morse AuditoriumMartha Collins • Kevin Gallagher • Patrick Sylvain • Tracy K. Smith

11:30am EDT

Understories: Tapping Hidden Networks PEM - Morse AuditoriumJessica Cuello • January Gill O'Neil • Lesley Wheeler • Oliver de la Paz

2:00pm EDT

We The Gathered Heat: A Reading of Asian American & Pacific Islander Poetry PEM - Morse AuditoriumFranny Choi • Usman Hameedi • Joshua Nguyen • Chrysanthemum • Giles Li • Juliana Chang • Matthew Olzmann

3:15pm EDT

Revision Roulette St. Peter's Church - ChapelCarla Panciera • K. T. Landon

4:30pm EDT

The Night Office: Embracing the Creative Power of Darkness National Park Service - AuditoriumCarolyn Oliver • Hannah Larrabee • Matthew E. Henry • Nina MacLaughlin

10:15am EDT

Celebrating 25 Years of the Massachusetts Book Awards in Poetry, Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for the Book PEM - Morse AuditoriumJanuary Gill O'Neil • Daniel Tobin • Amy Dryansky • Sara Deniz Akant • Ilan Stavans • Enzo Silon Surin

11:30am EDT

Finding the Lyric in Shame Cinema Salem - Theater 1Shira Dentz • Krysten Hill • Jennifer Martelli • Jessica Cuello • Joan Kwon Glass

12:45pm EDT

The Climate for Publishing Poetry in Massachusetts Cinema Salem - Theater 1Anna M. Warrock • Gloria Mindock • Robbie Gamble • Cheryl Clark Vermeulen • Eileen Cleary

2:00pm EDT

Where Do You Live? in Arabic & English National Park Service - AuditoriumAmy Merrill • Jennifer Jean • Alma Richeh

3:15pm EDT

Headline Reading: Featuring Marilyn Chin & Ross Gay PEM - East India Marine HallRoss Gay • Marilyn Chin