Betty and Stanley convene a series of meetings with poets and lovers of the art to discuss the formation of Poets House

Poets House, Inc. is established as a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization

Betty and Stanley organize The Poets Advisory Committee, a diverse group of poets representing all aesthetic approaches to poetry, to advise on program initiatives

Stanley Kunitz becomes Poets House Board President, Rachel Bellow its first executive director

Poets House opens to the public with core collection of 600 books from Paul Zweig

Poets House presents its first public program, a reading and conversation with Tomas Transtromer

Passwords, the signature Poets House program series, which features one poet reading and discussing the work of another, is developed by Didi Goldenhar, first program director

Poets House appoints Lee Briccetti as its executive director

Poets House moves to 72 Spring Street, a 2,200 square foot loft space

Margo Viscusi begins her long tenure as Board President

Stanley Kunitz becomes president emiritus

First Annual Poets House Showcase features the year’s new poetry books & discusses future of poetry publishing

Axe-Houghton Multimedia Archive established

Poetry in The Branches (PITB) established in partnership with The New York Public Library; Philip Levine presents first public PITB event

First Summer Reading Series in Rockefeller Park in partnership with Battery Park City

First Annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge Benefit is held

Poetry in The Branches in nine metropolitan library sites

First People's Poetry Gathering co-sponsored with City Lore, exploring the relationship between oral traditions and literary texts; 8,000 attend

First Poets House website launched

Poets House expands to 4,500 square feet at 72 Spring Street

First Children's Room opens in a converted storage closet

First poetry installation opens in Central Park Zoo

Designated by Battery Park City to receive a 11,000 square-foot space in a new green building

Capital campaign commences

Poets House construction in Battery Park City begins

Poetry in the Zoos project begins in 5 US cities

The Invention of Farewell – The poetry community says farewell to 72 Spring Street

Margo Viscusi becomes president emerita; Martín Gómez becomes board president

Poets House Grand Opening at 10 River Terrace

Poets House participates in groundbreaking program with CityLore, Illuminated Verses: Poetries of the Islamic World

Attendance more than doubles, reaching 50,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30th

Emily Dickinson at Poets House: From the Donald and Patricia Oresman Collection opens at Poets House featuring rare manuscripts, books, letters and fragments

25th Anniversary celebration of Poets House commences, marked by year’s worth of programming tracing 3,000-year history of poetry