1st Sundays of the Month 1 to 4pm
with an intermission
Poets, INC (Inland North County) &
THE ESCONDIDO ARTS PARTNERSHIP
host a Literary Series usually on
the first Sunday of every month.
OPEN MIC in the second hour –
your own work or that of your favorite author
Upcoming Poetry Events
Upcoming - 1pm, April 5, 2026
Coming to the Poets INC podium next First Sunday April 5.
Patricia Bailey (Laguna Woods) is first generation Calabrese-American raised blue collar, whose passion for poetry emerged in 2023;
she is a recent Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize winner, along with Annette Friend of Del Mar. They will each read their winning poems from the podium this afternoon!
Joshua Peralta (Oakland / Long Beach) is on instagram @joshuaperalta_author/
and is bringing keyboardist Jorge Valcárcel with him. Josh also has alot of his poetry, some filmed at the gallery by Encinitas videographer Clint Burkett, on Youtube at the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/@GrossAmericana/videos
An open reading for everyone on the sign-up board
(3-minutes each) follows in the second hour of the afternoon.
Summation 2025 - 2026 Call for Poetry
Writers are encouraged to submit poetry to the
18th annual Summation Art and Poetry Anthology, written to and inspired by artworks in the2025 Summation exhibition
showing December 13 through January 2, 2026
Send submissions
(up to 3 poems in the body of an email,
or Word doc if special formatting applies)
for consideration by the editors to
eapsummation@gmail.com
subject line: Summation 2025
submission deadline is May 31st, 2026
17th annual Summation Anthology of Art & Poetry
Books available for purchase now at the Escondido Arts Partnerhip
Our mission is to facilitate and promote
the writing, reading, performing and appreciation
of creating poetry.
Participants in Poets INC join with the EAP
to create an environment where the arts can prosper.
Encourage networking among poets.
Conduct small peer critique groups.
Provide a venue for poets to read thier work publicly.
Promote the collaboration of visual and literary arts.
see more poetry by Kathy Fallon here