Announcing the 2025 Free Time Contest for Incarcerated Writers

Submissions will be accepted June 1st through August 15th. Details inside!
 
 
Announcing the Summer 2025 Season!

Join us for classes, events, and for the 2025 Sealey Challenge!
 
 
Why I Love Voca

I would have never come across this poem if it weren't for Voca.
 
 
15 Facts for 15 Years: Things You Didn't Know About Voca

Fun facts about our newly revamped Voca archive!
 
 
Outdoor improvements coming to the Poetry Center this summer!

The College of Humanities will lead the donor-funded renovations this summer.
 
 
New Voca playlist: Poems of Resilience and Hope

A playlist for moments when we need encouragement.
 
 
Making the mile-long poem: A Conversation with Todd Gilens

The poem was written to be read in transit, in snippets as well as in its entirety, and had to be meticulously designed in order to fit the space of the curb.
 
 
Spring 2025: Classes and Workshops

General Registration open NOW!
 
 
Running Into a New Year: 2025 Poetic Calendar

As we turn the pages on a calendar, we’re turning both forward and back in time.
 
 
Voca: now FULLY transcribed!

We just finished transcribing and captioning all publicly accessible recordings on Voca--a six million word project. Here's what we learned.
 
 
Behind the Erasures

What Mary Ruefle noticed about her own Erasures exhibit
 
 
Announcing the Spring 2025 Season at the Poetry Center!

Join us for readings by Ilya Kaminsky, Katie Farris, Kimberly Blaeser, Terrance Hayes, Niki Herd, Divya Victor, and more!
 
Poetry Center Spring 2025 Reading Series
 

Art For Justice

See the work from leading poets as part of this project that seeks to confront racial inequities within the criminal justice system to promote social justice and change.