This annual poetry festival brings together poets from the local area, regionally, state wide, and beyond. The 2023 People's Poetry Fest will be held in person with some events available for viewing online.

Schedule of Events

February 23, 2023

All Saints Episcopal Church, 3026 S Staples Street

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Poet Laureate Ceremony
Join us as 2021-2022 Corpus Christi Poet Laureate Tom Murphy passes the baton to the 2023-2024 Corpus Christi Poet Laureate Robin Carstensen

7:00 PM-8:00 PM: Rising Poets Panel
Chair: Dylan Lopez
Daunte Gaiter
Matthew Murray
Raven Reese
Dustin Hackfeld

8:00 PM-9:00 PM: Robb Jackson Awards & Reading
Host: Malia Perez
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Learn more about Robb Jackson here.

February 24, 2023

Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Bayview Room

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Veterans Panel
Host: Juan Manuel Pérez
Joe Santos Medina
Juan Manuel Pérez
Pete Lutz
Steve Sanders

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Poetry in Translation Panel
Host: Rossy Lima de Padilla
Carlos Aquasaco
Jennifer Rathbun

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Reception

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: UnCensored
Hosted by: Tom Murphy
Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson
Edward Vidaurre
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
Nathan Brown

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: OPEN MIC at Lazy Beach Brewing, 7522 Bichon #100, Corpus Christi

February 25, 2023

Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Bayview Room

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Visual Poetry Panel
Host: Zoe Ramos
Corey Johnson
Jacob Benavides
Xanthe Lee Vinson
Ricardo Ruiz

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Spanish Poetry Panel
Host: Javier Villarreal
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
Javier Villarreal
Juan Antonio González
Norma Elia Cantú

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: In a Flash - Short Prose Forms Panel
Host: Sarah K. Lenz
Roy Gomez
Forrest Hope
Stefan Sencerz
Sarah Webb

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Reception

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Lone Star Poetry Anthology Reading (Benefiting Feeding Texas) at Zoom Panel
Host: Lawrence Musgrove
Robin Carstensen
Sister Lou Ella
Alan Berecka
Roberta Dohse
Sarah Webb

Date: February 23-25, 2023

Locations:
All Saints Episcopal Church, 3026 S Staples St, Corpus Christi, TX 78404
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Lazy Beach Brewing, 7522 Bichon Dr #100, Corpus Christi, TX 78414

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