Rockland Poets

Name: June Poetry Slam at Round Table in Garnerville NY
Start: 2025-06-07T22:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-06-08T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Round Table Brewery

Nyack, NY, US

49 members · Public group

Organized by Bryan and 3 others

What we’re about

Rockland Poets hosts poetry slams, workshops, open mics, and other poetry events in Rockland County NY, in New York's Lower Hudson Valley.

We are dedicated to providing an outlet for people to create, share, and listen to poetry. We currently have an in-person poetry slam on the first Saturday of each month in Nyack NY, and have been hosting online workshops on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, in addition to online Open Mics over Zoom.

What is a poetry slam? A poetry slam is a performance poetry competition judged by the audience. Where traditional poetry readings are about supporting the poet, poetry slams focus on the interaction between audience and poet. Strong writing and strong delivery are both important. Whether you want to come out and participate by performing or by spectating, you are welcome. We've been putting on events since March 2011.

Featured event

Sat, Jun 7, 2025, 6:30 PM EDTJune Poetry Slam at Round Table in Garnerville NY

Round Table Brewery, Garnerville, NY

We're currently holding a poetry slam the first Saturday of each month.

What's a poetry slam? It's a performance poetry competition judged by the audience. We use anonymous whole-room voting, so everybody in the audience gets to decide how the slam goes.

This will be a special partner slam, in which all poems in the slam will be co-written and co-performed by pairs of poets. All slam sign-ups were done ahead of time to give poets time to collaborate on pieces. There may be some limited open mic reading slots available.