Posts Tagged ‘poetry readings’

First 2026 Feature

Posted: December 28, 2025 in Events, Ink's Poetry
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Fellow (and much better) poets Dogmatic and Sykes Hartmann and I are bringing poetry to Old Hights Brewing Company on January 25 as part of their Local Performers Showcase. Come get you some poems and really good beer! Time is still TBD, but mark your calendar. Because it’s a brewery reading in the dead of winter, I will be reading from Death Loves a Drinking Game and 61 Central.

In other news, content to suffer is officially complete! Finding a home for this chap has proven a difficult task, but stay tuned; I’m waiting patiently for a press to believe in this chap as much as I do.

Also, my first full-length since Death Loves a Drinking Game, The Sweet Release of Breath, is almost fully assembled. An editor I’m looking forward to working with is attached to the project, and I’m incredibly happy to be able to bring the best of these past twelve years of my poetic output into print (digital and otherwise).

Going Mad!

Posted: August 28, 2023 in Events, Ink's Poetry
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Many do not know this, but early on in my adult life, I once (and only once) decided to move away from New Jersey so that I might afford living elsewhere alone. That somewhere ended up being Secane, PA. While living there, I happened upon Eileen D’Angelo’s Mad Poets Society. It was a home away from home as far as open mics and readings went; the community was as welcoming as it was talented. One of my poems ended up being published in one of the group’s anthologies, and I read at their annual festival some time back. While I moved back to New Jersey only a short time later, I maintained a great affinity for the group. So when I saw an email blast calling for readers, I decided to end my estrangement. Luckily, they were of a similar mind.

The Mad Poets Society Festival is a yearly affair that usually coincides with a street fair, which takes place in Media, PA and features all kinds of great foodstuffs. (Note: the street fair is scheduled for the October 8 this year.) While the latter would definitely be reason alone to attend the poetry festival, the 55 scheduled readers (including me) on the bill for the 36th iteration, which will take place rain or shine on October 1, 2023, more than justify the trek. It’s a short, one-day festival featuring five sets of 11 poets reading approximately five minutes of poetry each. If you’re looking to hear me, I’ll be in the third set, which kicks off at 2:00 pm (1400) in The Mansion Parlor at the Media Borough Hall (301 N. Jackson St.; Media, PA). I’ll have copies of my chapbooks and formal collections for sale, but mostly I hope to see you all there!