We’re very excited to be collaborating with the Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) and MTSU Write to host PST’s 68th annual poetry festival on the MTSU campus on Saturday, April 26. The headliner for the festival is Christian Collier, a Chattanooga poet who some of you will remember as a Poetry in the Boro feature…
Celebrate volume 7 of SHIFT, MTSU Write’s literary magazine—or share some writing of your own with Poetry in the Boro at the Dapper Owl on Sunday evening, March 23, 2025. Doors open at 5:30 PM. We’ll hear SHIFT contributors read their work beginning at 6:00–we’ll share their names soon. Open mic will follow. Drip coffee and…
After its successful February debut, our community Writers Mingle will be back on Sunday, 3/9, from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Dapper Owl coffee pub. Connect with other writers in a relaxed setting—and even sit down and write for a bit, if you’re so inspired. Come and go anytime. Help us plan by RSVPing…
On the heels of our reading and open mic featuring Gen-Z poets, Poetry in the Boro is glad to be partnering with the Blackman High poetry club, SOUP (Society of Undiscovered Poets), for their fundraiser to benefit the Murfreesboro Rescue Mission. The event will be held on Friday evening, March 7, at 6:30 PM at…
Bloom Stage proudly announces the first show in its 2025 series, “Still.” Themed around water, movement, and wintering, this edition of the quarterly storytelling-based series will draw inspiration from the frozen hush of winter, the comfort of a crackling fireside, and the refreshment of a forest stream. This event invites you to explore the interplay…
Join us to listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro at Dapper Owl on Sunday evening, February 23, 2025. Our features will be two poets who have grown up with us, Bliss Button-Hale and Jai Wilson. Bliss and Jai started coming to our events more than seven years…
A first-ever mingle for creative writers will be held Sunday, 2/9, from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Dapper Owl coffee pub. Connect with other writers in a relaxed setting—and even sit down and write for a bit, if you’re so inspired. Come and go anytime. Help us plan by RSVPing on this Google form….
Join us to listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro at Dapper Owl on Sunday evening, January 26, 2025. Our feature will be one of our regulars at the open mic, Charles Thomas, reading from his new book Love Too Much. Read more about Charles below. The features…
Brighten the (almost) longest night of the year by listening to some poetry—or sharing some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro at Dapper Owl on Sunday evening, December 22. Our feature will be poet Jacquelyn Swift. Read more about Jacqui below. The features will be at 6:00, with open mic to follow. Drip…
Embracing all that winter represents, this edition of the Bloom Stage rounds out the series’ season by inviting you to contemplate awe and wonder—and the subtleties between these related emotions—through storytelling, poetry, live music, and art. From a field of frost flowers to a fireside toast, from a cozy kitchen to a bone-chilling bluff, from…