Brooklyn Poets

Celebrating and
cultivating the poets,
poetry and literary
heritage of Brooklyn,
the birthplace of
American poetry.

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The Bridge

Are you looking for a mentor to critique your poems, but without the time or money to invest in a workshop or writing program?

Are you a mentor poet looking for work?

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Workshops

Brooklyn Poets offers small, intensive poetry workshops taught by award-winning poets in their own homes to foster closer mentoring, peer feedback and attention to craft than traditional graduate workshops offer—at a fraction of the price.
Poet Of The Week
Events

Join us for our inaugural Hudson Valley Retreat the weekend of Dec 6–8 at the Garrison Institute in the Hudson Valley.

Our final Yawp of the year, featuring our Poem of the Year Smackdown, comes your way on Mon, December 9, at 61 Local! Marwa Helal leads the workshop.
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Celebrate the bicentennial of Whitman's birth with our best-selling Whitman tee!
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Anthology

The Brooklyn Poets Anthology is here! Get the book directly from us—orders ship Priority next day.

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