Category: Events

Virtual Poetry Reading / Ron Koertge

Published on by Editorial Staff

The Crazy Wisdom Poetry Circle of Ann Arbor and 3rd Wednesday Magazine Present:
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 7-9 pm (Eastern) Via Zoom.

Ron Koertge has had poems twice in Best American Poetry and grants from the NEA and California Arts Council. His novels for young adults won two P.E.N. awards. An animated film made from his flash fiction, Negative Space, was shortlisted for the 2018 Academy awards. Billy Collins calls his presentations “deliciously smart and entertaining.”

Email cwpoetrycircle@gmail.com for Zoom link.

The link will be sent via email a day or two before the event. The reading will be followed by an open mic. Participants are welcome to read a poem of their own or a favorite. If you have attended an event in the past two years, you are already registered.
Your hosts: Ed Morin, David Jibson and Lissa Perrin.
All times are Eastern Time Zone

3rd Wednesday’s Annual Poetry Contest

Published on by Editorial Staff

THE 2022-23 POETRY CONTEST OPENS FOR ENTRIES ON NOVEMBER 1, 2022 AND CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 15, 2023. EACH YEAR THIRD WEDNESDAY AWARDS 3 $100 PRIZES IN ITS ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST.

Introducing this year’s contest judge: David James.

DavidJamesAfter writing poetry for over forty years, I’ve recently tried my hand at playwriting with some success. I’ve had seven one-acts produced off-off-Broadway in New York, and twenty other one-act plays produced across the country.

As a lifelong poet, it’s been a rush to have other people “say” my words in these plays. And there is the real possibility of having an audience!

David James currently serves as the president of The Poetry Society of Michigan. He will soon retire from teaching at Oakland Community College where his popular courses have included Composition I and II, Creative Writing, Advanced Creative Writing, Introduction to Playwriting and Screenwriting, Advanced Screenwriting, and Introduction to Literature: Poetry and Drama. In 2006, David was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award for teaching excellence.

Poems by David James:
Like a Brick to the Head – Rattle
High Marks in My Book and Interview with Buddha – Peacock Journal
A Case for Reincarnation and Somedays the Bear – Third Wednesday

Click for Complete Contest Details