Category Archives: Readings

Yellow Chair Poetry returns to our living room on Saturday, January 24, featuring our third BYFP (Bring Your Favorite Poem) night. Bring a poem (or two) with you to read aloud to the group. We encourage you to bring a poem that sustains you through tough times, whether it expresses joy, solidarity, anger, rage, humor,Continue reading “January 24, 2025: BYFP Poetry Reading!”

In March of 2020, we had an exciting reading scheduled with two Michigan writers. Then COVID hit. Now, more than 5 years later, we are excited to finally announce that we’ve rescheduled the visit of Holland poet and essayist Susanna Childress and New Buffalo poet Marci Rae Johnson to our living room. At last! We’reContinue reading “September 12, 2025, Reading: Susanna Childress and Marci Rae Johnson”

Yellow Chair Poetry returns to our living room on Friday, March 7, featuring our second BYFP (Bring Your Favorite Poem) night. Bring a poem (or two) with you to read aloud to the group. We encourage you to bring a poem that sustains you through tough times, whether it expresses joy, solidarity, anger, rage, humor,Continue reading “March 7, 2025: BYFP Poetry Reading!”

After a three-year hiatus (yes, really. Three years!) Yellow Chair Poetry returns to our living room on Friday, March 10. We are extremely excited to have people and live poetry in our house again. To celebrate, we will be hosting a BYFP (Bring Your Favorite Poem) night. Bring a poem with you to read aloudContinue reading “March 10, 2023: BYFP Poetry Reading!”

Postponed until it’s prudent to gather again. For one virtual source of poetry, we recommend the Poetry Unbound podcast—brief, beautiful poems read and unpacked by the Irish poet and peace-organizer Pádraig Ó Tuama. We’re pleased to welcome two Michigan writers to our living room for the March edition of our poetry series. Join us onContinue reading “(Postponed) March 27, 2020, reading: Susanna Childress and Marci Rae Johnson”