Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney discusses the life and work of English Poet Keith Douglas (1920 – 1944), noted for his war poetry during World War II.

Please join eco-poetry.org for a reading and conversation regarding eco-poetics and the environment.

Presenters include:

Alfred Corn
D. Nurkse
Burt Kimmelman
Fran Castan
Vivian Demuth
Gil Fagiani
Pat Falk
Daniela Gioseffi
George Held
Eliot Katz
Maria Lisella
Nancy Mercado
Maria Terrone
Juanita Torrence-Thompson
Barry Wallenstein

9:00 am Poem in Your Pocket Day Community Breakfast at Poets House (Kray Hall). Bring a favorite poem to share!

10:30 am – 3:00 pm — Students from three neighborhood schools read throughout the day in celebration of a local arts-education partnership.

Students from local schools P.S. 1, P.S. 89 and P.S. 276 read throughout the day in celebration of a local arts-education partnership.

Join us for a community breakfast and open mic — bring a favorite poem to share!

A reading by the 10 poets in Poets House’s second annual Emerging Poets Fellowship program. Funded by a generous grant from the Jerome Foundation, this program assists emerging poets by providing excellent poetry writing instruction and mentoring in the special environment of Poets House's library—with its unique archives and access to far-reaching programs and conversations with poets and poetry audiences.

• 12:45 pm Welcome with Joseph Bruchac & Allison Hedge Coke
• 1:00 pm: A Conversation with Cedar Sigo, Orlando White & Karenne Wood
• 2:30 pm: A Conversation with Joseph Bruchac, Natalie Diaz & Joy Harjo
• 4:00 pm: A Language Conversation with Natalie Diaz, Orlando White, Sherwin Bitsui & Karenne Wood

• 11:00 am Welcome with Joseph Bruchac & Allison Hedge Coke
• 11:10 am Craft Presentations and Discussion with Jennifer Foerster, Maurice Kenny, Cedar Sigo & James Thomas Stevens
• 2:00 pm: Panel on Native Narratology with Santee Frazier, Allison Hedge Coke & Roberta Hill