9th Annual Rockport International Poetry Festival
Date and Time
Friday Apr 17, 2026 Saturday Apr 18, 2026
Location
REGIE GIBSON POET LAUREATE OF MASSACHUSETTS READING & POETRY AWARD CEREMONY ROCKPORT COMMUNITY HOUSE 58 Broadway, Rockport, MA POETRY WORKSHOP Painting With Words Ekphrastic Poetry ROCKPORT ART ASSOCIATION & MUSEUM 12 Main Street, Rockport, MA 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM OTHER PATHS FOR SHARAZAD Jennifer Jean & Ghufran Al-saegh Both are members of Her Story Is (HSI), a collective led by independent women writers which promotes projects aimed at expanding linguistic, artistic, and cultural boundaries in response to global conflict and its aftermath, with a focus on centralizing the experience of women. An audience Q&A will follow the reading. This event will be from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. SHORT POETRY FILMS Pamela Bailey Powers / Rockport Fin Hall / Scotland REGIONAL POETS OPEN MIC Poets from Rockport, Cape Ann and the Northeast SUNDAY APRIL 19 9AM - NOON INTERNATIONAL POETRY READING ONLINE / Pre-register for Link & Live @ Gloucester Writers Center 126 E Main St, Gloucester, MA 1PM - 2:30 PM HAIKU GINKO / WALK A quiet contemplative workshop in a natural setting. Pre-register / group of 20 onlyFRIDAY APRIL 17
6PM
SATURDAY APRIL 18
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
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Description
April 16th-19th | Festival
Gloucester Writers Center Poet and Board Member Bob Whelan pulls off the impossible every year. Every year, Bob gathers poets from across the world and brings them to Cape Ann for the Rockport International Poetry Festival.
This year will feature readers from far flung destinations, the showing of poetry short films, and Massachusetts poet laureate Regie Gibson.
