Festival Schedule2026
All listed times are EST
FRIDAY APRIL 17
6PM
REGIE GIBSON
POET LAUREATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
READING & POETRY AWARD CEREMONY
ROCKPORT COMMUNITY HOUSE
58 Broadway, Rockport, MA
SATURDAY APRIL 18
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
POETRY WORKSHOP
Painting With Words
Ekphrastic Poetry
ROCKPORT ART ASSOCIATION & MUSEUM
12 Main Street, Rockport, MA
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
OTHER PATHS FOR SHARAZAD
Jennifer Jean & Ghufran Al-saegh
Both are members of Her Story Is (HSI), a collective led by independent women writers which promotes projects aimed at expanding linguistic, artistic, and cultural boundaries in response to global conflict and its aftermath, with a focus on centralizing the experience of women. An audience Q&A will follow the reading. This event will be from 12:30 to 1:30 PM.
SHORT POETRY FILMS
Pamela Bailey Powers / Rockport
Fin Hall / Scotland
REGIONAL POETS OPEN MIC
Poets from Rockport, Cape Ann and the Northeast
SUNDAY APRIL 19
9AM - NOON
INTERNATIONAL POETRY READING
ONLINE / Pre-register for Link
& Live @
Gloucester Writers Center
126 E Main St, Gloucester, MA
1PM - 2:30 PM
HAIKU GINKO / WALK
A quiet contemplative workshop in a natural setting.
Pre-register / group of 20 only