Poetry Cafe

Oakville Poetry Alliance
Home Poetry Month - April Poetry Cafe Contests Event Calendar		"The sun and stars that float in the open air....the appleshaped earth and we upon it ....surely the drift of them is something grand; I do not know what it is except that it is grand, and that it is happiness,...." Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
		Poetry Cafe
LOCAL POETRY GROUPS Pelicans The Canadian Federation of Poets (CFP) The Inkwell The Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS) REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Oakville Arts Council The Ontario Poetry Society Hamilton Poetry Centre		Since 2004, The Poetry Café has featured outstanding professional poets from Oakville and elsewhere and showcased many local unpublished poets. There is no event like this anywhere in Ontario. Each event begins with poetry readings by the Organizing Poets followed by the Guest Poet who is from the Oakville area. Then the Feature Poet, who is a professional poet, reads and the event concludes with open mic. There is usually a Q&A opportunity with the Feature Poet and, while quatities last, all who attend get a chapbook with the poetry read that day at the Poetry Café. Location: Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St, corner Rebecca Dates: Third Sunday of September, October, November, February, March and April. Time: Noon – 2 p.m. Arrive before noon and you have a chance to win a book prize. Admission : $5 cash at the door Next Event: Sunday February 21 Feature Poet: Heather Cadsby Guest Poet: Mary Catherine Rolston Feb 21 Heather Cadsby Mary Catherine Rolston Mar 21 Michael Walsh Cheryl Xavier April 18 Randall Maggs Contact: Maria DiDanieli mdidanieli@hotmail.com