Poetry Barn

06/01/2026

05/29/2026

EXCITING NEWS! Our beloved teaching artist Jo Pitkin's latest book "Village: Recession" will be published by Finishing Line Press in August 2026. Use the link below to preorder copies at a discounted price of $20.99:

Full-length, Paper Pre-order Price Guarantee until July 3, 2026 This title will be released on August 21, 2026 In Village: Recession, Jo Pitkin explores the Great Recession of the early 2000s from the intimate vantage point of an American village, documenting the effects of...

05/02/2026

There are poems that feel written. And there are poems that feel…received.

The Poetry Séance Lab is a space for the latter.✍️

We’ll listen differently.
Follow strange threads.🌙
Invite language to arrive from just beyond the edge of knowing.
Writing together. Sharing. Letting the unexpected take form.
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Begins May 6.
Online, small cohort.
Facilitated by beloved teaching artists Josh Davis & Maureen Alsop 🍃

If you’ve been feeling the pull toward something deeper, stranger, more alive—this might be for you: "Moving the Pointer: A Poetry Seance:"

Teaching artists Maureen Alsop and Joshua Davis reunite for this four-week, co-taught, generative workshop in which we will celebrate poems we adore by indispensable poets and offer prompts intended to conjure the chutzpah, the moxie, and the unadulterated courage we need to face the times in which....

04/30/2026

Opportunity awaits.

Time is ticking to submit to The Adrienne Rich Award 2026!

Submissions close TOMORROW at midnight Eastern Time! Send along your beauties! 💛💛💛

https://www.bpj.org/submit/rich-award-guidelines

04/29/2026

We've been growing a secret garden here and it is ready to be seen. 🌱

What many of you have known for years as Poetry Barn is now growing within a wider home: Academy of Intentional Magic: https://www.academyofintentionalmagic.com/

This simply means bringing our offerings, gatherings, and community under one roof — with more room to grow, and a name that better reflects the larger vision that has been unfolding.

Poetry Barn remains what it has always been becoming: a Catskills gathering place, a pollinator habitat for creative practice, and home to a live-n-kickin' poetry library.📔📓

Thank you for being part of this evolving story. More soon. 💛

04/26/2026

We're opening for the season Sunday, April 26, 12-5 pm for the kickoff! Stop by and say hi ! Borrow a book or three! 💓 Browse our vintage treasures! Thank you to the book trail team for putting us on their stinkin' cute map! 😻

04/09/2026

🌱 Looking forward to the greening! (NB: Poetry Barn now hosts its online offerings at The Academy of Intentional Magic, while remaining a pollinator habitat for poetry & its sister arts in the beautiful Catskills!)

What is seeding and sprouting, and how are we connected to the world of grass? Histories—personal and universal—are rooted in the soil. By examining what is growing there, we can write more truly about our ecologies, internal and external. Each participant will leave with a fresh draft of a poem...

03/03/2026

💥Get ready for a game-changer! We're thrilled to give you an exclusive sneak peek into our latest venture, The Academy of Intentional Magic. 💫 Dive into the transformative power of vowels and unlock their impact on your body with our inaugural workshop:

In this workshop, we will explore how different vowels can shape the tones of our writing and incite corresponding responses in readers. Vowels resonate at different levels in the body; they relate to the chakras as well as to anatomical resonators and can tap all layers of our physical and spiritua...