HAPPY BIRTHDAY PLANET EARTH POETRY!
In September 2025, we turn 30!
Planet Earth Poetry is an 30-year-old weekly reading series celebrating poets and poetry. Our season runs from September—June (with a break in December) featuring local poets and poets from across Canada.
OPEN MIC
We host the LONGEST RUNNING all-poetry open mic in Victoria—since 1995! Please learn more about our sign-up procedure and open mic rules HERE
WEEKLY EVENTS
OUR WEEKLY in-person events take place at Russell Books: 747 Fort Street in downtown Victoria
Doors at 7:00pm, event at 7:30pm, sign up for the open mic in person between 7:00–7:20
WEEKLY LIVESTREAM
Unless otherwise noted, in person events will be livestreamed HERE (Meeting ID: 494 660 4447 /Passcode: 2129)
**livestream begins at approx. 8:00–8:15pm with featured readings**
MONTHLY AFTERNOON READINGS
Our monthly in-person readings take place at New Horizons Center: 234 Menzies St, Victoria, BC V8V 2G7
Doors at 1:30pm, event at 2:00pm, sign up for the open mic in person between 1:30–1:50pm
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (After: Poems in Dialogue, to be published by Caitlin Press)
We’re presently calling for poems written in response to the featured readers of Season 29 (YouTube performances HERE)
LEARN MORE about the anthology HERE
MONTHLY COMMUNITY MINI-WORKSHOPS (online!)
Each month a guest poet offers an hour-long prompt-based generative writing session.
Join the Mini-Workshop HERE (Meeting ID: 494 660 4447 /Passcode: 2129)
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter or follow us on social media—this is where we’ll post our upcoming Mini-Workshops.
MASTERCLASSES
We traditionally offer two Masterclasses with exceptional poets each season.
Each Masterclass offers two Indigenous bursaries and four sliding-scale seats, as well as full-priced seats.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter or follow us on social media—this is where we’ll post our upcoming Masterclasses.
YOUTUBE ARCHIVE
All of our past events are available to watch on YouTube HERE
Poets include: George Elliot Clarke, Lorna Crozier, Conor Kerr, Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Phil Hall, Cecily Nicholson, Tolu Oloruntoba, Eve Joseph, Tim Lilburn, Arleen Paré, Bren Simmers, Kayla Czaga, Shane Book, and many, many more…
SUPPORT POETRY!
If you enjoy what we offer, or if you simply enjoy supporting poetry, please consider a monthly or one-time donation. We are a charitable society and all donations contribute to paying our Featured Poets, and to our operating costs. Please make your tax deductible donations HERE
POET’S CARAVAN
Poets Caravan is a professionally filmed poetry project by Planet Earth Poetry highlighting the rich cultural landscape of Southern Vancouver Island. Each poet is represented by a pin on Google Earth–somewhere they like to write or a place they find particularly inspiring.
Visit the Poet’s Caravan Page HERE
or
GO TO GOOGLE EARTH & WATCH OUR POETS
SEASON 30: Sept 2025 - June 2026… COMING SOON!
Stay tuned for more information about our 30th Birthday Season!
Expect celebration, expect parties, expect poetry!
Planet Earth Poetry acknowledges with respect and gratitude that we read and write uninvited on the homelands of the lək̓ʷəŋən. The lək̓ʷəŋən are also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and they speak the language lek̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ. Planet Earth Poetry is committed to making space for the voices of Indigenous poets to be heard on this land.