Brick Street Poetry

For our Neighborhood Literary Art Park! Thank you Poetry Foundation and thank you Allen Whitehill Clowes and Grace Family Foundations. We are looking forward to a great summer with the youngsters in our Park's Paris Avenue neighborhood.

Today’s #podcast features Katie Hesterman, author of A Round of Robins, and special host Sammy the Toucan from the Indiana Young Reader’s Center! Katie and Sammy discuss children’s #poetry and read from Hesterman’s playful poetry collection about #birds. open.spotify.com/episode/4FX…

We will be welcoming former Indiana #Poet Laureate Norbert Krapf for our first #poetry reading of 2021 on May 6th! If you are interested in attending, go to Poetry on Brick Street’s Facebook and sign up under the events page!

For the latest episode of our monthly #podcast, we welcome special guest Matthew Graham, Indiana’s newest #Poet Laureate! Listen in as Graham discusses his #poetry, which explores themes of home! open.spotify.com/episode/636…

It’s the third Thursday of the month and we’re still feeling a bit Irish after yesterday’s St. Patrick’s day celebrations. To keep feeling charm of the Emerald Isle check out this month’s podcast with Irish #poet Rosaleen Crowley. #StPatricksDay #poetry open.spotify.com/episode/495…

We are happy to announce that #Poetry on Brick Street is reopening in May with COVID safety measures! POBS will welcome talented poets such as Norbert Krapf, Dana Roeser, and Eugene Gloria for our monthly poetry readings.

Calling all #poets! We are seeking poetry submissions for an anthology centered on Little Eagle Creek and its tributaries. Poets should submit their work through Submittable at tiptonpoetryjournal.submitta… by May 31. A $100 prize will go to the best poem of the anthology.

We welcome Shonda Buchannan in celebration of Black History Month. Hear her strong voice share her poetry. PBS Hour named her memoir "Black Indiana" as one of the top 20 books to read for understanding institutional racism. open.spotify.com/show/2meuEY…

You and your favorite youngster will want to listen to our latest "Off the Bricks" podcast with wonderful children's poet Rebecca Kai Dotlich. Choose your favorite platform for podcasts by clicking an icon on the Brick Street Poetry Podcast page here: brickstreetpoetry.org/off-th…

Tomorrow is the third Thursday of the month and you will want to listen to our latest "Off the Bricks" podcast with Dr. Joe Heithaus as we explore the many ways into a poem with poems from his new book "Library of My Hands" and a Natural Moment Poem from Phoenix Cole.

It's the third Thursday of the month and a new Off the Bricks Podcast featuring guest poet Eugene Gloria is waiting for you. Choose the icon for your favorite podcast site and listen. brickstreetpoetry.org/off-th…

Our board member and program chair Joyce Brinkman has taken on a big task. She will be one of the poets writing a poem each day during October to be posted on Tupelo Press. Here's the link to the 30/30 Project: tupelopress.org/the-30-30-pr…

It's Here! open.spotify.com/episode/2Qy…

Follow this link to hear about our new podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6xR…

It's Coming Soon!

Brick Street Poetry Congratulates Eugene Gloria on receiving the 2020 Indiana Author Award for Poetry!

Don't miss the Indiana Humanities Indiana Author Awards announcement! September 1st, 11 am live on Facebook!

Read the winning poem and submit your work at tiptonpoetryjournal.com/

Submissions for the summer edition of the Tipton Poetry Journal are now closed. We accept submissions on a rolling basis, so please continue to submit your original poetry to be featured in future editions!