Mass Poetry

Each year, Mass Poetry partners with the Boston Book Festival to curate the entire track of poetry programming, which includes readings, spoken word performances, and workshops. In 2024, over 1,000 festival-goers attended our events like "Blue Flare: Haitian Women Poets of the Now" and visited our tent on Copley Plaza to try their hand at blackout poetry.

Donate today to support Mass Poetry's community programming from the Boston Book Festival to our partnership at GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing. Make a gift now so that all members of our commonwealth can come together to share their stories.

We aim to raise $50,000 by December 31st, so please give to Mass Poetry today. Visit https://masspoetry.org/donatenow/ to donate.

Get ready for an electrifying night at the SW@MP Slam!

When: December 11th, 5 PM
Where: Center for Creative Writing (50 Liberty Drive, Boston MA, 02210)

Join us as SW@MP teens compete for a spot on the Slam Team headed to March's Teen Spoken Word Festival! The evening kicks off with a feature performance by poet and SWA@MP Slam Team coach Katya Zinn, followed by a high-energy 3-round slam.

We need YOU in the audience to cheer on these incredible young voices. Let’s pack the house and celebrate the power of spoken word!

We are so excited to introduce you all to the next poet in our getting to know series: Linda Flaherty Haltmaier!

Linda Flaherty Haltmaier is the award-winning author of four books of poetry and the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Andover, MA. Her new collection, Shadows Set to Burn, is the winner of the 2024 International Book Award for Narrative Poetry. Linda leads poetry workshops, gives readings, and promotes poetry on the North Shore of Boston where she lives with her husband and daughter.

Read Linda’s full bio and interview here: https://masspoetry.org/getting-to-know-linda-flaherty-haltmaier/