start September off right

always begin with poetry

Author

Salena J. D.
September 03, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

⭐️Top Shelf Pour

Visit Riffraff on Friday night for this PVD staple - the monthly open mic night put on in partnership with LitArtsRI. Get there early enough to throw your name in ring for a chance at 5 minutes in front of a captivated, literary audience to sing, play, or poet your heart out. Even if you don’t make the cut, I encourage you to stay to enjoy a delicious drink, browse the bookshelves, & support your fellow performers while they’re on the mic!

🏠️ Brew-It at Home

This is not a class, it's a community! This virtual cohort is a cross between a retreat and an MFA in which poets of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome. Aside from enjoying her informative and inspiring content on Instagram, I deeply appreciate that Ariana's teaching focuses on uplifting writers of color & LGBTQIA+ poets. While the first workshop happens tomorrow, registration doesn’t close till September 9th so there’s still time to participate. With a monthly payment plan and a 1:1 consultation add-on available, I highly recommend joining while you still can if you’ve got the budget!

🗳️ Spill the Tea

With the event calendar live and the poetry book club already in the works, I’m extra curious…

What type of in-person poetry gathering would you most like to attend?

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📤️ Pour Your Heart Out

Anomaly Poetry’s winter anthology, Tidings, is now open for submissions! Themes of tradition, cycles of life, the need for human connection, & cozy holiday memories will fill it’s pages. Sound like something you like to write about? Submit up to 2 poems via email as soon as you can—don’t wait till the deadline to share your work!

🏘️ Pour-trait of a Neighbor

Meet the 2025 ProvSlam Team

The award-winning Providence Poetry Slam is an enduring cultural staple housed at AS220 in downtown Providence since 1992. Lovingly known as ProvSlam, this volunteer-run endeavor serves as a community space to cherish transformative storytelling and performance. One of the oldest and most acclaimed poetry slam venues in the nation, ProvSlam hosts the longest-running open mic and poetry slam in Rhode Island. This year’s competing Slam Team ranked top 3 in the Northeast! The 2025 ProvSlam team— Christa Coburn, Febo, GBRL, Michaelis & René Ramos—have dedicated this spring & summer to poetry on stage & on page. Their final performance together at their home venue is tomorrow, as they launch their team chapbook, “How to Catch A Pig”, (event in roundup below) but if you can’t make that, make sure you stay up-to-date with all the amazing things going on at ProvSlam & follow each and every one of these stellar poets in their poetry journey on all the platforms!

https://www.provslam.org/

📆 On Tap This Week

Disclaimer: All events are subject to change without notice. Please check event pages and social media for the most up to date information.

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