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Image featuring text and photographs against a pale blue and dark purple pattern background. VERVE Poetry Festival 2025. 13th - 16th February. In person & online. Below the text, a collage of participant photos, with some in colour and some black & white.
Image featuring text and photographs against a pale blue and dark purple pattern background. VERVE Poetry Festival 2025. 13th - 16th February. In person & online. Below the text, a collage of participant photos, with some in colour and some black & white.

Poetry of every kind Poetry of every kind

at an annual festival celebrating the power of words.

Image featuring text and photographs against a pale blue and dark purple pattern background. VERVE Poetry Festival 2025. 13th - 16th February. In person & online. Below the text, a collage of participant photos, with some in colour and some black & white.

VERVE Poetry Festival 2025

From Thu, Feb. 13 - Sun, Feb. 16, 2025: Verve Poetry Press presents VERVE Poetry Festival 2025, an annual, independent festival of poetry and spoken word. This year’s Festival includes 48 poets, 14 events and 16 workshops – featuring readings, workshops and lectures, plus a poetry competition and a free youth poets open mic event.