The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Megan Palmer

About me

Meg Palmer (she/they) sings lead for Voices United Chorus and bass for Past Curfew quartet (BHS and SAI quartet). https://www.facebook.com/pastcurfewquartet

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

9:00am EDT

Write Around Salem Old Town HallDanielle Jones

10:15am EDT

Collage as a Door to the Poetic Surreal: A Generative Workshop St. Peter's Church - ChapelLeticia Priebe Rocha

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

Love is the Measure of Loss: Poetry of Grief PEM - Morse AuditoriumCindy Veach • Quintin Collins • Jennifer Martelli • Subhaga Crystal Bacon • Susan Rich

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

11:30am EDT

Cut, Paste, Create: A Workshop in Found Poetry and Art St. Peter's Church - ChapelAyanna Watkins • Meg Palmer