Kansas City Poetry Jam, Second Annual

The Kansas City Poetry Jam is a two-day micro-festival for everyone on the spectrum of poetry: readers, writers, editors, teachers, performers, and publishers. If you love poetry, join us for our second annual event.

Schedule:

Friday, 7 to 9 pm: Opening Ceremonies and Readings

Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm: Workshops, Networking, and Open Mic.

Saturday,6 -9 pm: KC BookBeat Lit and Libations Fest

Friday and Saturday, Book Booths: Flying Ketchup Press, Spartan Press, Helianthus Books, and Sullivan Book Arts. Poets, bring your books to swap or sell!

Here’s a sneak peek at the workshop offerings:

Mary Silwance -- Poetic Inspiration. Let's launch our Poetry Jam with poems that inspire us. Bring a favorite to share.

Tyrone "Inkwell" Gethers Jr -- The Song of Poetry: Let's explore how the essence of music activates the creative process as we construct poems with emotion as their foundation.

Polly Alice McCann " --The Poet-Tree Effect: Learn how to edit and publish poetry.

Jamie Lynn Heller -- Artists and Writers Walking Hand in Hand. Explore the art of Ekphrastic writing and see how visual artists and writers can inspire each other to help an audience experience a moment on multiple levels.

Tajsha Dixon -- "Movement as Language"

Come jam with us at Shoal Creek Co-Op, located in Pleasant Valley, Missouri, near Worlds of Fun. Our goal is to merge diverse groups of writers and poets for education and best practices, a cross-pollination of all good things, especially to increase the publishing of poetry.

Poetry Jam will be followed by the KC BookBeat annual Lit and Libations Event from 6 to 9 pm. Tickets for our event are $20 at the door. Or get the Lit and Libations ticket from KCBookbeat.com and add ours for half price. Thanks to the Missouri Humanities, both festivals were able to work together to make this literary weekend possible!

Helping regional writing artists catch up with eachother and their creative practice is the mission of Ketchupedia, begun in 2020 by Flying Ketchup Press ® as an outreach to make room for poetry as space for personal narrative that empowers, heals, and unites diverse audiences. FKP was established in 2018 to champion new voices in poetry and short stories. Our dream, to share worlds of wonder and delight; to share stories.

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