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Next Open Mic Night
Host: TBD
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 7:00pm.
Open Mic is offered either online (via ZOOM™) OR IN PERSON!
In person is at the new Larson Gallery, 1606 W. Nob Hill Blvd.
The Yakima Coffeehouse Poets presents Open Mic Night generally held on the second Wednesday of each month, September through May.
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April is National Poetry Month
— Friday, March 29, 6 p.m. @ Yakima Valley Museum, Yakima, Wash.: Poet traci kato-kiriyama wiłl present “Songs Over Sagebrush: The Creative Lives and Poetry of Japanese Women on the Yakama Reservation.”
— Friday, April 12, 6 p.m. @ Yakima Valley College, Yakima, Wash.: YVC will present its annual Black Box Poetry Slam. The event will take place in the Black Box Theatre in Kendall Hall, Building 12.
— Saturday, April 13, noon @ Barnes & Noble Bookstore in the Columbia Center Mall, 1321 NB. Columbia Center Blvd, Suite 700, Kennewick, Wash. Yakima poets Sam Faulk and Jillian Calahan will be debuting their new poetry book, “The Angel’s Addendum,”
— Friday, April 19, 6 p.m. @ Larson Art Gallery, YVC Campus, 1606 W. Nob Hill Blvd, Yakima, WA: The Yakima Coffeehouse Poets are presenting its annual Yakima Coffeehouse Poetry Contest Reading Event.
The Ellensburg Arts Commission Poet Laureate Program has four upcoming events:
— Saturday, April 6th at 10 a.m. Walking Chapbook Poetry Project Roving Launch. Gather for hot coffee and poetry at Ellensburg Downtown Association, 109 E. 3rd Avenue. We will walk around downtown with featured poets reading their poems.
— Saturday, April 20th at 6 p.m. Poetry Showcase Celebrating National Poetry Month at Hal Holmes Community Center. Features 10 local poets and musician Jeff Selden
— Saturday, May 11th at 12 p.m. Spring Sonnets: Poetry Nature Walk at Helen McCabe State Park. Sign up here: https://www.ycic.org/giss
— Thursday, May 16th at 7 p.m. Poetry Reading & Workshop by Colorado Poet Erica Reid at The Ink, 405 N. Main, Eburg
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Washington State Poet Laureate
Yakima Coffeehouse Poets – About us
Poets and poetry lovers who live in Central Washington State will find these pages informative.
The Yakima Coffeehouse Poets is a registered Washington State non-profit corporation formed in 2014 to represent the interests of poets and poetry lovers of Central Washington.
Central Washington, roughly speaking, is bound by the Columbia River to the east and south, the Cascades Crest on the west, and the Wenatchee River on the north.
If you live or work in this area, or have roots here, you are eligible to participate in our Annual Poetry Contest and to read at our regular Open Mic Night events. Original poetry only, please!
If you live outside Central Washington, we invite you to enjoy the poetry published on our website. If you are visiting Yakima, our home base, you are welcome to attend and read at our Open Mic Nights which are held at 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the month September through May.
Local Poet Publications
At Yakima Coffeehouse Poets, we always encourage individual enterprise when it comes to the creative arts. We encourage our friends in the poetry community to check out Leon, Mike, Joanna, and Dotty’s contribution to the local poetry scene!
Yakima Coffeehouse Poets – chapbook Publications
Twentieth: Selected Coffeehouse Poems
Our goal with the poems in the anthology, Twentieth, is to draw out more Central Washington poets and give courage to those who have more poems to offer for the future.
These poems represent the best of the past 19 years and include all the poets whose permission could be gained. You’ll notice that some poets have several poems because they won our annual contest several times.
Visit our Publications page to see examples of our local talent. You can also Contact Us to order your own copy of available chapbooks.
Poetry Contest
Our Annual Poetry Contest reading event is usually held at the Larson Gallery, Nob Hill & 16th Ave, Yakima. Visit and enjoy samples and information about each year’s successful event! Link to find out More info…
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