Wild Indigo Poetry Series (Winter to Spring 2025)

Poetry blooms in all shades.

Wild Indigo Poetry Series celebrates the cultural riches of Philadelphia and our deep rooted commitment to social change and transformation. 3rd Sundays at 5pm we feature 2 poets, local and visiting, and host an open mic in partnership with Reclaim Philadelphia and based at Young American Cider and Tasting Room.

STARTING IN 2025

January 2025: Warren Longmire and more open mic slots!

Warren is a writer, technologist and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is the host of House Poet: A Spoken Word Dance Party and founder of _mixlit productions. Warren's work have been published in journals including Action, Spectacle, The Cleveland Review of Books, R&R and The American Poetry Review. He was featured in the Best American Poetry 2021, edited by Tracey K. Smith, and is featured in the anthology A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings About the City of Brotherly Love (PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS). His latest book, Bird/Diz [an erased history of bebop] (BUNNY Presse) was released in Nov. 2022. Warren is currently a student at the Iowa Writer's Workshop.

February 2025: Grisel Acosta and Vincent Toro

March 2025: Kathy Engel and Kai Davis

April 2025: Candice Iloh and Saida Agostini

May 2025: Kirwyn Sutherland and Yesenia Montilla

June 2025: Regie Cabico and Dilruba Ahmed

And July is our summer break

August 2025 will be micro-features focused on Philly-poets before we start the Fall season

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