11-14 | Poetry on the Prairie

About this event

Join the folks from Poetry Palooza at Art on the Prairie again this year as they present “Poetry on the Prairie” at the Perry Public Library, located at1101 Willis Avenue. The event welcomes several Iowa poets to join in the fun. The event is free and open to the public.

Plus, Beaverdale Books will be onsite selling books by the poets. Saturday November 14:  10:00 -10:30 | Coffee Networking  10:30 – 11:30 | The Art of Losing: Loss, Memory and Reclamation with BJ Soloy (workshop)  11:30 – 1:00 | Lunch  1:00 – 2:00 | Through You Not to You: Generating Metaphors with David Williamson (workshop)  2:00 – 3:15 | Feature readings  Paul Brooke (Poet Emcee, Iowa Poet Laureate)  Kelsey Bigelow  Thunda Khatt  Josie Nabhan-Warren, 2026-27 Iowa Student Poet Ambassador  BJ Soloy  Aaron D. Wiegert  3:15-3:30 | Stretch break (if time allows)  3:30 – 4:30 | Open Mic (emceed by musical duo Pullin’ Strings)  4:30 – 5:00 | Buffer time and officially end by 5:00 at the latest Sunday, November 15:  10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Networking  11:00 – 12:30 | Lyrical Iowa readings (emcee Marilyn Baszczynski)  12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch  1:30-3:00 | Regional/Place-Based Poetry Workshop with Elaine Mattingly  3:00 – 4:00 | Poetry Open Mic (emcee Elaine Mattingly) Rum cake served while supplies last.

Description from Poetry Palooza.

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