Celebrate National Poetry Month by joining us as we kick-off Salisbury Poetry Week with an evening of readings & performances by poets from all across Delmarva. The event boasts a broad array of poetic styles and presentations, culminating with an open mic showcase. This event is 21+
Already confirmed:
Amber Green - Founder and facilitator of Fenix Youth Project, which encourages Salisbury youth to speak out through poetry and leadership, and a spoken word artist in her own right.
Jermichael Mitchell - Poet, Author, Event Coordinator, Philanthropist, Radio Personality, Community & Youth Activist; President of KIDZ Reaching our Children Youth Basketball Program, (“KIDZ R.O.C.”) a non-profit organization where young people learn life skills and build strong moral values through teamwork; Vice-President of the Extraordinary League of Gentleman (E.L.O.G. Incorporated), encouraging young men to develop etiquette, diversity, and interpersonal relationships through arts & culture; created the Salisbury Lions P.R.I.D.E. Club.
Linda Blaskey - poetry editor for The Broadkill Review and coordinator for the Dogfish Head Poetry Prize. Her work has been selected for Best New Poets 2014 and for Raleigh, NC’s Poetry on the Bus Project. She has twice been a recipient of fellowship grants from Delaware Division of Arts.
Blake Burkhead - B. E. Burkhead is a poet, writer and artist. He lives on the vestigial tail of Maryland with his wife, son and an army of starving cats. His first book of poetry, The Underside of the Rainbow, was released in 2015 on Raw Dog Screaming Press.
Ash'Iz Tha Rebirth (Ashley Cuffee) - an Alternative Health Crystal Practitioner whose spoken word poetry is created to revive, reveal, and foster a healing rebirth of the spirit. Currently working on a monologue called “Invisible Me” based on her debut book of autobiographical poems, A Piece of Me, Brings Peace to Me.
Sherry Chappelle - 2011 winner of the Dogfish Head Poetry Prize for the chapbook, Salmagundi
Nancy Mitchell - Special Features Editor of Plume Magazine, the author of three volumes of poetry, and the winner of a 2011 Pushcart Prize. Her recent publications include Big Muddy, The Superstition Review, and forthcoming in the Columbia College Literary Review.
The Vippa - Musician, lyricist, poet, comedian, and all around entertainer. From Delmar, MD by way of Newark, NJ.
Tara A. Elliott - teacher, facilitator for SU's Lighthouse Poetry Society, poet, and founder of Salisbury Poetry Week, Tara has work forthcoming in Triggerfish, The Broadkill Review, and Wildness Journal.
Adam Tavel - Adam Tavel won the 2017 Richard Wilbur Book Award for his third collection of poems, CATAFALQUE (University of Evansville Press, 2018). You can find him online at adamtavel.com.
Lisa Lipps - Eastern Shore native whose pursuit of writing began during her elementary school in Somerset County where early influences included Robert Louis Stevenson & Edgar Allen Poe. Her multi-faceted writing style encompasses current affairs, personal & social empowerment, and intimate erotica. Lisa’s first self-published collection of poems is now available through her Facebook page.