Programs

The Poetry Foundation’s programs seek to amplify poetry as an expansive art form, creating new audiences for poetry and fostering engagement with poetry lovers of all ages.

Featured Programs

  • Program

    The fall 2025 season “Facing Life“ invites us to gather through poetry to face ourselves more honestly, while also facing the world and refusing to look away.

    Crowd shot of a sea of faces in the audience at a Poetry Foundation reading.
  • Program

    National Arts Education Program and Poetry Recitation Competition for High School Students

    Teonna Randle, Isavel Mendoza, and Kaitlyn Lubega smiling with trophies on a stage.