I'M SORRY ABOUT POETRY / APRIL 1-30, 2025

APRIL 1-30

MAGNETIC POETRY CONTEST

Enter in-person at DEFUNCT BOOKS (1108 Woodland St.) 

Tag your poem

#IMSORRYABOUTPOETRY

WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF THE MONTH!

PRIZES 

TBA

SATURDAY, APRIL 5 (3PM-SUNSET)

SHOW & SELL: MAKER'S BAZAAR

Join us for a very special *ALL POETRY EDITION* of SHOW & SELL: MAKER'S BAZAAR for the Wedgewood-Houston Art Crawl at The Packing Plant.

TUNES by @wxnafm
PIZZA by @diceyspizzatavern
DRINKS by @jackalopebrew

WORK by

SALT Weekly

God in a T Shirt

Illustrious Sanguine

Public Zoo Press

Aaron Zvi Felder

Jerpoet

Abraham Moore

Cameron Lucente

Daybreak Arts Show & Sell Residency

Burlyworld Show & Sell Residency

MORE TBA

APRIL 9

DREAMING TOWARD TRANSFORMATION

SESSION LEADER: STEPHANIE NIU

Dreaming Toward Transformation: A generative workshop on the transformative power of dreams, images, and the subconscious What can a dream do? In a space unbounded by the logic of the waking world, how might dreams push us to imagine reality differently, and possibly even transform it? In this 90-minute generative workshop, we will dive into the imagery and language of our own dreams, prompted by selected work from Dana Levin and Brendan Constantine. Participants will emerge with a poem or reflection of their own and a deeper consideration of the dream’s sister question: what can a poem do?

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*7PM
*Hosted by @coopgallery

*In partnership w/ @vanderbiltuniversitypress
*Journals + materials provided by @turnipgreencreativereuse
*Complimentary masks from @nashmask4mask + HEPA Air Purifier
*FREE with encouraged donations going to SESSION LEADER
*1st floor, wheelchair accessible 

SATURDAY, APRIL 12 (12PM-2PM)

FORT NEGLEY GUIDED POETRY TOUR

*A guided walking tour of Nashville's only UNESCO-designated 'Site of Memory' with poetry in mind. 

Led by Dr. Angela Sutton, research assistant professor in the Department of Communication of Science and Technology at Vanderbilt University, Assistant Dean of Graduate Education and Academic Affairs in the College of Arts & Science at Vanderbilt University, and the author of Pirates of  the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution

RSVP and contact: nashvillepoetrylibrary@gmail.com

*In partnership with Friends of Fort Negley, and Metro Parks Nashville.

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 (1PM-2PM)

WORD SALAD @ EDGEHILL BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY (1409 12TH AVE. S.)

Typewriter Poems, Magnetic Poetry, 

Haikubes, Word Collages, Blackout Poetry, Exquisite Corpse Group Poem, Spoken Word Poetry, Word Games: Scrabble, Apples to Apples, Taboo, Scattergories, Incohearent...

PLUS: SALADS FROM VUI'S KITCHEN!

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 (3PM-5PM)

BREATHING MUSEUM

FNPL  + THE PORCH

Breathing Museum is a poetry reading that honors Tennessee poets who have made a personal impact on local writers. At this gathering, contemporary poets will share the works of poets who have passed, celebrating voices that continue to resonate. These readings pay tribute not only to the poetry itself but also to the lives and stories of the poets—those whose creative contributions shaped their communities and whose words still move within those who knew them, worked with them, and saw them perform. Through this communal act of remembrance, we bring renewed breath to their writing. Breathing Museum reminds us that poetry, like breath, connects us across generations, through time and place.

THURSDAY, APRIL 24 (8PM)

THE POET WRITES YOUR DREAM

DREAM

SHARE

WRITE

RELEASE

Burning Acre Dispensary

2111 Elliston Pl.