November Poetry Open Mic - Bards Against Hunger

Name: November Poetry Open Mic - Bards Against Hunger
Start: 2025-11-23T14:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-23T17:00:00-05:00
Location: St. Augustine Water Works

Schedule

Sun Nov 23 2025 at 02:30 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

St. Augustine Water Works | Saint Augustine, FL

Poets and poetry lovers are invited to celebrate gratitude, with the local poetry community.
The St. Johns Cultural Council and St. Augustine PoetFest present a monthly poetry open mic with Ancient City Poets.
THE NOVEMBER OPEN MIC WILL BE ONE WEEK EARLY – NOVEMBER 23RD
The last Sunday of November happens during Thanksgiving weekend this year, so they’ll hold reading at the Waterworks on November 23rd! The Waterworks is located at 184 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084.
They will be collecting canned food and other non-perishable items for a local food bank. Bards Against Hunger is a national project. In 2013 a poetry group on Long Island, NY decided to host a poetry reading to gather food for a local food bank. The poets who attended like the idea so much that they turned it into an annual event. Ancient City Poets have been invited to participate locally here in St. Johns County.
The sign-up sheet for the open mic will be available at 2:30 PM on the event day. At 3 PM, the facilitator will call to the podium the first 15 names on the sheet. Each presentation should be limited to five minutes maximum, to allow everyone time to share. The mic will be turned off a 4:30 PM to allow everyone time to network and socialize.
The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.
FLORIDA STATE POETS ASSSOCIATION (FSPA)
Ancient City Poets is the local chapter of the Florida State Poets Association (FSPA). These gatherings qualify as the monthly chapter meeting. The monthly readings are open to all. You do not have to be a member to share at the podium. Ancient City Poets is a community of poets and poetry lovers who have gathered in the Nation’s Oldest City, on the last Sunday of the month, since August 2009.
https://flpoets.org/
Let your poetic words flow through the Waterworks and through the streets of St. Augustine.
184 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084