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July 2025
Thursday July 17th at 7 PM ET - Carolina Hospital & Virgil Suarez
Please register in advance
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VetAXBz-SE-h35RjV_pkaw
Thursday July 17th at 7 PM ET - Carolina Hospital & Virgil Suarez
Please register in advance
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VetAXBz-SE-h35RjV_pkaw
June 2025
Thursday June 19th at 7 PM ET - Nin Andrews & Dustin Brookshire
Thursday June 19th at 7 PM ET - Nin Andrews & Dustin Brookshire
May 2025
Friday, May 9th at 7:30 PM ET - POETRY Issue #37 Launch Reading
Friday, May 9th at 7:30 PM ET - POETRY Issue #37 Launch Reading
April 2025
Thursday April 17, 2025 at 7 PM Eastern SoFloPoJo Presents
Sandra Marchetti & Jose Hernandez Diaz
Thursday April 17, 2025 at 7 PM Eastern SoFloPoJo Presents
Sandra Marchetti & Jose Hernandez Diaz
March 2025
Sunday March 16th at 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches presents:
Ken Holland
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Sunday March 16th Submissions close for the SoFloPoJo May 2025 Issue
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Thursday March 20th at 7 PM Eastern SoFloPoJo presents:
Emma Bolden & Dwaine Rieves
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Friday March 21st at 7 PM Eastern
FLASH FICTION from issues 35 & 36
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Sunday March 16th at 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches presents:
Ken Holland
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Sunday March 16th Submissions close for the SoFloPoJo May 2025 Issue
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Thursday March 20th at 7 PM Eastern SoFloPoJo presents:
Emma Bolden & Dwaine Rieves
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Friday March 21st at 7 PM Eastern
FLASH FICTION from issues 35 & 36
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Feb 2025
Friday, Feb 7th at 7:30 PM ET - POETRY Issue #36 Launch Reading
Sunday, Feb 16th at 3 PM ET - Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches
Julie E. Bloemeke & James Morehead
Friday, Feb 7th at 7:30 PM ET - POETRY Issue #36 Launch Reading
Sunday, Feb 16th at 3 PM ET - Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches
Julie E. Bloemeke & James Morehead
Jan 2025
Sunday, January 19th @ 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches - Carmine Giordano & Maria Lisella
Tuesday January 21st @ 7 PM Eastern - SoFloPoJo presents Jenny Grassl & Holaday Mason
Saturday January 25th 10AM-4PM Delray Beach Public Library Blossoming Winter – A Day of Writing & Sharing -
Instructor: Janet Pfeffer: Memoir, & Lúcia Leão: Poetry.
Featured Readers: Elizabeth Jacobson | Fabienne Josaphat | Michael Mackin O’Mara | Romeo Oriogun | Janet Pfeffer | Olivia Mettler
Saturday January 25th Noon-3PM Art Hollywood - Poetry at Mystic Coffee on Harrison St Hollywood, FL
Hosted by Gregg Shapiro, Featured Readers: Denise Duhamel, Julie Marie Wade, Barbra Nightingale, Lenny DellaRocca
Sunday, January 19th @ 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches - Carmine Giordano & Maria Lisella
Tuesday January 21st @ 7 PM Eastern - SoFloPoJo presents Jenny Grassl & Holaday Mason
Saturday January 25th 10AM-4PM Delray Beach Public Library Blossoming Winter – A Day of Writing & Sharing -
Instructor: Janet Pfeffer: Memoir, & Lúcia Leão: Poetry.
Featured Readers: Elizabeth Jacobson | Fabienne Josaphat | Michael Mackin O’Mara | Romeo Oriogun | Janet Pfeffer | Olivia Mettler
Saturday January 25th Noon-3PM Art Hollywood - Poetry at Mystic Coffee on Harrison St Hollywood, FL
Hosted by Gregg Shapiro, Featured Readers: Denise Duhamel, Julie Marie Wade, Barbra Nightingale, Lenny DellaRocca
Dec 2024
Tues Dec 3rd @ 7 PM Eastern - SoFloPoJo presents Julie Marie Wade reading from THE MARY YEARS
Sun Dec 15th Submissions close for SoFloPoJo Issue #36 - February 2025
Tues Dec 31st Submissions close for the Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize
Tues Dec 3rd @ 7 PM Eastern - SoFloPoJo presents Julie Marie Wade reading from THE MARY YEARS
Sun Dec 15th Submissions close for SoFloPoJo Issue #36 - February 2025
Tues Dec 31st Submissions close for the Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize
Nov 2024
POETRY Launch Reading: Friday, Nov 8th at 7:30 PM ET
POETRY Launch Reading: Friday, Nov 8th at 7:30 PM ET
Oct 2024
Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 @7 PM SoFloPoJo presents Joanna Fuhrman & Jillian Phillips
Sunday, Oct 20, 2024 @ 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches - David Colodney & Laurie Kuntz
Friday, Oct 25, 2024 @ 7:30 PM Hola Poetas - Poets from our Latinx Poetry Month Special Issue
Sunday, Oct 20, 2024 @ 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches - David Colodney & Laurie Kuntz
Friday, Oct 25, 2024 @ 7:30 PM Hola Poetas - Poets from our Latinx Poetry Month Special Issue
Sept 2024
Tuesday Sept 17, 2024 @ 7 PM Eastern Carmine Giordano & Sandra Yannone
Aug 2024
Friday Aug 9th, 2024 @ 7:30 PM SoFloPoJo August POETRY Launch Reading
The August FLASH Launch Reading has been postponed & will be rescheduled. Sorry for the delay.
The August FLASH Launch Reading has been postponed & will be rescheduled. Sorry for the delay.
Jul 2024
Sunday July 14, 2024 @ 3 PM Eastern Performance Poets: Angela Narciso Torres & Stephen Gibson
Email [email protected] for details
Tuesday July 16, 2024 @ 7 PM Eastern Jennifer Franklin & Jim Daniels
Email [email protected] for details
Tuesday July 16, 2024 @ 7 PM Eastern Jennifer Franklin & Jim Daniels
Jun 2024
Sunday June 9, 2024 @ 3 PM Performance Poets: Will Barnes, Veronica Golos, & Heidi Seaborn - Zoom
Email [email protected] for details
Tuesday June 18, 2024 @ 7 PM Poets read from The Secret Live of Love by Dr. Mary Galvin - Zoom
Sunday June 9, 2024 @ 3 PM Performance Poets: Will Barnes, Veronica Golos, & Heidi Seaborn - Zoom
Email [email protected] for details
Tuesday June 18, 2024 @ 7 PM Poets read from The Secret Live of Love by Dr. Mary Galvin - Zoom
May 2024
Sunday May 5, 2024 @ 3 PM Performance Poets live at Civil Society Brewing Co. 425 Kanuga Dr. West Palm Beach
Email [email protected] for details
Tuesday May 7, 2024 @ 7 PM Lenny DellaRocca presents TRIO: Amanda Russel, Susannah Simpson, with Michael Mackin O'Mara
Friday May 10, 2024 @ 7 PM Francine Witte hosts the SoFloPoJo May FLASH Launch Reading
Tuesday May 14, 2024 @ 7 PM SoFloPoJo May POETRY Launch Reading
Sunday May 5, 2024 @ 3 PM Performance Poets live at Civil Society Brewing Co. 425 Kanuga Dr. West Palm Beach
Email [email protected] for details
Tuesday May 7, 2024 @ 7 PM Lenny DellaRocca presents TRIO: Amanda Russel, Susannah Simpson, with Michael Mackin O'Mara
Friday May 10, 2024 @ 7 PM Francine Witte hosts the SoFloPoJo May FLASH Launch Reading
Tuesday May 14, 2024 @ 7 PM SoFloPoJo May POETRY Launch Reading
Apr 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024 at 7 PM SoFloPoJo presents Dorianne Laux & AE Hines
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024 at 7 PM SoFloPoJo presents Dorianne Laux & AE Hines
Mar 2024
Tuesday March 19, 2024 at 7 PM SoFloPoJo Presents Suzanne Frischkorn & Jen Karetnick
Tuesday March 19, 2024 at 7 PM SoFloPoJo Presents Suzanne Frischkorn & Jen Karetnick
Feb 2024
Sun Feb 11th 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Rachel Neve Midbar & E.Ethelbert Miller with Open Mic
Tues Feb 20th 7 PM Eastern - February Issue POETRY Launch - Hear the poets from Issue 32
Fri Feb 23rd 7 PM Eastern - February Issue FLASH Launch hosted by Francine Witte - Hear the authors from Issue 32
Sun Feb 11th 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Rachel Neve Midbar & E.Ethelbert Miller with Open Mic
Tues Feb 20th 7 PM Eastern - February Issue POETRY Launch - Hear the poets from Issue 32
Fri Feb 23rd 7 PM Eastern - February Issue FLASH Launch hosted by Francine Witte - Hear the authors from Issue 32
Jan 2024
Sun Jan 14th @ 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches -- Joe Weil and Maria Mazziotti Gillan, followed by Open Mic.
Tues Jan 16th @ 7 PM SoFloPoJo Presents: -- Lauren Tivey and Belle Ling
Sun Jan 14th @ 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches -- Joe Weil and Maria Mazziotti Gillan, followed by Open Mic.
Tues Jan 16th @ 7 PM SoFloPoJo Presents: -- Lauren Tivey and Belle Ling
Nov 2023
The First Annual South Florida MAUREEN SEATON POETRY PRIZE (no fee, no paywall)
$500 for the winning poem - co-sponsored with Limp Wrist - Submissions from Nov 1st thru Dec 21st
Tues Nov 7th 7 PM Eastern - November Issue Poetry Launch - Please Register in Advance
Wed Nov 8th 7:30 PM Eastern PM - Judy Ireland reading at the Betsy Hotel on South Beach with Ruby Hansen Murray
Fri Nov 17th 7 PM Eastern - November Issue Flash Launch hosted by Francine Witte - Please Register in Advance
Fri-Sat-Sun Nov 17-18-19 - 40th Miami Book Fair Street Fair!
The First Annual South Florida MAUREEN SEATON POETRY PRIZE (no fee, no paywall)
$500 for the winning poem - co-sponsored with Limp Wrist - Submissions from Nov 1st thru Dec 21st
Tues Nov 7th 7 PM Eastern - November Issue Poetry Launch - Please Register in Advance
Wed Nov 8th 7:30 PM Eastern PM - Judy Ireland reading at the Betsy Hotel on South Beach with Ruby Hansen Murray
Fri Nov 17th 7 PM Eastern - November Issue Flash Launch hosted by Francine Witte - Please Register in Advance
Fri-Sat-Sun Nov 17-18-19 - 40th Miami Book Fair Street Fair!
Oct 2023
Sun 10/22 Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: @ 3 PM ET - Mary Block and Oscar Fuentes
Tues 10/24 SoFloPoJo Presents: @ 7 PM ET - Xiao Yue and Barbara Hamby Please register in Advance to Attend
Sun 10/22 Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: @ 3 PM ET - Mary Block and Oscar Fuentes
Tues 10/24 SoFloPoJo Presents: @ 7 PM ET - Xiao Yue and Barbara Hamby Please register in Advance to Attend
Sep 2023
Thurs 9/7 - Lunchtime Poetry & Jazz @ the Library Series monthly first Thurs @ noon
Fri 9/8 - Escribe Aqui @ The Betsy Hotel September reading: September 8, 2023 Time: 7 PM to 8:30 PM ET
Wed 9/13 - Dustin Brookshire’s Wild & Precious Life Series, Carl Phillips with Paul Tran and Donika Kelly
Sun 9/17 Memorial for Dr. Mary E. Galvin, SoFloPoJo poetry contributor & guest editor
Tues 9/19 - SoFloPoJo Presents: @ 7 PM ET online - Dan-Beachy Quick & Ruth Danon
Sun 9/24 - Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: @ 3 PM ET online - Fall Equinox Open Mic
Thurs 9/7 - Lunchtime Poetry & Jazz @ the Library Series monthly first Thurs @ noon
Fri 9/8 - Escribe Aqui @ The Betsy Hotel September reading: September 8, 2023 Time: 7 PM to 8:30 PM ET
Wed 9/13 - Dustin Brookshire’s Wild & Precious Life Series, Carl Phillips with Paul Tran and Donika Kelly
Sun 9/17 Memorial for Dr. Mary E. Galvin, SoFloPoJo poetry contributor & guest editor
Tues 9/19 - SoFloPoJo Presents: @ 7 PM ET online - Dan-Beachy Quick & Ruth Danon
Sun 9/24 - Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: @ 3 PM ET online - Fall Equinox Open Mic
Aug 2023
Tuesday Aug 8th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading - Please Register in Advance
Friday Aug 11th at 7 PM ET - Zoom FLASH Launch Reading - Please Register in Advance
Tuesday Aug 8th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading - Please Register in Advance
Friday Aug 11th at 7 PM ET - Zoom FLASH Launch Reading - Please Register in Advance
Jul 2023
Sunday, July 23rd at 3 PM ET Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Elizabeth Jacobson & Anne Marie Macari w/Open Mic
Tuesday, July 25th at 7 PM ET SoFloPoJo presents David Groff & Maggie Queeney
Sunday, July 23rd at 3 PM ET Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Elizabeth Jacobson & Anne Marie Macari w/Open Mic
Tuesday, July 25th at 7 PM ET SoFloPoJo presents David Groff & Maggie Queeney
Jun 2023
Sunday, June 11th at 3 PM ET Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Lúcia Leão & Jamie White w/Open Mic
Tuesday, June 20th at 7 PM ET SoFloPoJo presents Tennison Black & Jackie Craven
Sunday, June 11th at 3 PM ET Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Lúcia Leão & Jamie White w/Open Mic
Tuesday, June 20th at 7 PM ET SoFloPoJo presents Tennison Black & Jackie Craven
May 2023
Tuesday, May 9th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading Please Register in Advance
Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading Please Register in Advance
Tuesday, May 9th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading Please Register in Advance
Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading Please Register in Advance
Apr 2023
Sunday April 23rd at 3 PM EDT Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading: Julie E. Bloemeke & Stacie M. Kiner
Tuesday April 25th at 7 PM EDT SoFloPoJo presents Sean Singer & L.J. Sysko
Sunday April 23rd at 3 PM EDT Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading: Julie E. Bloemeke & Stacie M. Kiner
Tuesday April 25th at 7 PM EDT SoFloPoJo presents Sean Singer & L.J. Sysko
Mar 2023
Sunday March 19th at 3 PM Eastern, Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Susannah Simpson & Judy Ireland
Tuesday March 21st at 7 PM ET Zoom SoFloPoJo Presents Becka Mara McKay & Peter Hargitai
Saturday March 25th at 7 PM Eastern, Lenny DellaRocca invites you to TRIO: Jennifer Martelli, Rick Mulkey, Jessica Cuello
Sunday March 19th at 3 PM Eastern, Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Susannah Simpson & Judy Ireland
Tuesday March 21st at 7 PM ET Zoom SoFloPoJo Presents Becka Mara McKay & Peter Hargitai
Saturday March 25th at 7 PM Eastern, Lenny DellaRocca invites you to TRIO: Jennifer Martelli, Rick Mulkey, Jessica Cuello
Feb 2023
Tuesday, February 7th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading
Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7 PM Paisley Rekdal at F.A.U.'s Off the Page Reading
Friday, February 17, 2023 at 7 PM ET - Zoom FLASH Launch Reading
Tuesday, February 7th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading
Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7 PM Paisley Rekdal at F.A.U.'s Off the Page Reading
Friday, February 17, 2023 at 7 PM ET - Zoom FLASH Launch Reading
Jan 2023
SoFloPoJo Presents: Maya Sonenberg & Julie Marie Wade
Tuesday, January 24th at 7 PM ET Zoom
SoFloPoJo Presents: Maya Sonenberg & Julie Marie Wade
Tuesday, January 24th at 7 PM ET Zoom
Nov 2022
Tuesday, November 8th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading
Friday, November 18th at 7 PM ET - Zoom FLASH Launch Reading (rescheduled from 11/11 to 11/18)
Tuesday, November 8th at 7 PM ET - Zoom POETRY Launch Reading
Friday, November 18th at 7 PM ET - Zoom FLASH Launch Reading (rescheduled from 11/11 to 11/18)
Oct 2022
Wednesday Oct 12th 7 PM Flower Conroy & Suzanne Frischkorn Zoom
Wednesday Oct 12th 7 PM Flower Conroy & Suzanne Frischkorn Zoom
Sep 2022
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7 PM EDT
SoFloPoJo presents Bill Neumire & Donald Platt Zoom
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7 PM EDT
SoFloPoJo presents Bill Neumire & Donald Platt Zoom
Aug 2022
Tuesday Aug 9th at 7 PM EDT Zoom POETRY Launch Zoom Reading
Sunday Aug 14th at 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading & Open Mic: MY Fievre & Catherine Esposito Prescott
Tuesday Aug 23rd at 7 PM EDT Zoom FLASH Launch Zoom Reading
Tuesday Aug 9th at 7 PM EDT Zoom POETRY Launch Zoom Reading
Sunday Aug 14th at 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading & Open Mic: MY Fievre & Catherine Esposito Prescott
Tuesday Aug 23rd at 7 PM EDT Zoom FLASH Launch Zoom Reading
Jul 2022
Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading & Open Mic: Gregg Shapiro & Kerry Trautman
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 7 PM EDT
SoFloPoJo presents Beth McDermott & Nicole Tallman
SoFloPoJo presents Beth McDermott & Nicole Tallman
Jun 2022
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 7 PM EDT
SoFloPoJo presents Kristina Marie Darling & Rachel Abramowitz
SoFloPoJo presents Kristina Marie Darling & Rachel Abramowitz
May 2022
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 7 PM EDT - May Issue POETRY Launch Zoom Reading -
Sunday, May 15th at 3 PM EDT - Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading & Open Mic [email protected]
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 7 PM EDT - May Issue FLASH Launch Zoom Reading -
Sunday, May 15th at 3 PM EDT - Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Reading & Open Mic [email protected]
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 7 PM EDT - May Issue FLASH Launch Zoom Reading -
Apr 2022
- Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 7 PM EDT Poets for Peace in Ukraine
Mar 2022
- Tuesday March 1, 2022 at 07:00 PM Eastern Time SoFloPoJo FLASH Celebration.
- Tuesday March 15, 2022 at 7 PM Eastern, Anthology Reading from Stronger than Fear: Poems of Empowerment, Compassion, and Social Justice
Feb 2022
- Tues Feb 8th 7:00 PM SoFloPoJo February Issue Poetry Launch Zoom Reading
Jan 2022
- Sunday Jan 9, 2022 1 PM Eastern - Reading Queer presents Caridad Moro-Gronlier with open mic
- Sunday Jan 9, 2022 3 PM Eastern - Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Susannah Simpson & Judy Ireland with open mic
- Tuesday Jan 18, 2022 7 PM Anthology Reading from The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry. Eds. Len Lawson & Gary Jackson
- Thursday Jan 27, 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Reading Queer presents An Evening of Poetry with Neil de la Flor and Dustin Brookshire
Dec 2021
- Sunday Dec 12, 2021 3:00 PM Eastern Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Michael Hettich & Kristine Thurston
Nov 2021
- Wednesday Nov 10, 2021 7:00 PM SoFloPoJo November Issue Launch Reading
- Sunday Nov 14, 2021 3:00 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Denise Duhamel & Dustin Brookshire
- Tuesday Nov 16, 2021 7:00 PM SoFloPoJo Reading featuring Kristin Bock, M.J. Fievre, & Michael Rothenberg
Oct 2021
- Sunday Oct 17, 2021 3:00 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches featuring Nicole Tallman & Michael Mackin O'Mara
- Tuesday Oct 26, 2021 7:00 PM SoFloPoJo Reading featuring Ben Kline & Landon Godfrey
Sep 2021
- Tuesday Sep 21, 2021 7:00 PM SoFloPoJo Reading featuring Denise Duhamel, Maureen Seaton, George Wallace
Aug 2021
- Tuesday Aug 24, 2021 7:00 PM SoFloPoJo Reading featuring Linda Nemec Foster & Sandra Yanonne
Jul 2021
- Saturday, July 17, 7:30 PM SoFloPoJo Editors' Meeting (Freesia & MikeO)
- Friday, July 23, 7:00 PM SoFloPoJo Open Mic Reading
Jun 2021
- Sunday, June 13, 3 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches featuring Catherine Esposito Prescot & Stacie M. Kiner
- Friday, June 18th, 7:00 PM Grabbed Anthology Reading
- Saturday, June 19, 7:30 PM SoFloPoJo Editors' Meeting (Patricia & Nicole)
May 2021
- Saturday, May 8 7:30 PM SoFloPoJo Editors' Meeting (Sally & Don)
- Tuesday May 18, 2021 7:30 PM - Marissa Glover & Paul Nemser Zoom Reading
- Sunday May 23, 2021 3:00 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches - J.C. Todd & Ken Holland
Apr 2021
- Saturday Apr 10, 2021 7 PM Sally Naylor reading
- Tuesday Apr 13, 2021 7:30 PM Denise Duhamel & Julie Marie Wade Zoom Reading
- Sunday, April 18, 2021 3:00 PM Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches Favorite Poems Project
- Monday, April 19, 2021 7:00 PM The Betsy & SoFloPoJo present Caridad Moro-Gronlier in a book launch Zoom reading