Check out the work of some of Brooklyn's most inspiring poets . . .

Alanna Blau - (Student Poet Winner for February 2003)
"Hidden Reality"

Alan Braverman
"Prospect Park"
Ken Siegelman-Our Poet Laureate of Brooklyn
A Return from Iraq
Am I shocked?
The Bailout

Alneta Knowles
TO THOSE WHO MOURN - (February Poem of the Month)

Alston Drew Devero-Belfon - (Student Poet Winner for April 2003)
THE SIT - IN

Alyssa M. DiMari - (Student winner for October, 2004 – Bay Academy)
I WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
The Death of a Legend
Silent Tears

Amanda Magistro - (Student Poet Winner for October)
"FROM MANY HEARTS"

Andrew Greissman - (The student winner for September)
HIGH DIVE

Anthony Vigorito
"Hey Mister, Can you spare a Dime?" - (February Poem of the Month)
Preservation
Ann's Lament
Cobalt
Empty Chair

Arsenion Stembridge - (Winner of the City College Poetry Festival, 2006)
The Key

Avron Soyer - (Featured poet for June)
VISITATION

Barbara Newsome - (Featured poet for April)
FEAR
THERE IS MORE
The Coffee Room
LIGHTING THE WAY
MAKE A PAN OF BISCUITS

Bernadette Salem - (Student poet winner for September)
HOLDING WORDS

Bob Drojarski
Brooklyn

Brooke Serebryansky
BROOKLYN

Cal Begun - The Bensonhurst Poet
WHY I LOVE BROOKLYN

Christopher Blaise Spinelli -
WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN BROOKLYN
What Is White?

Clarence C. Bess
“Breathe Me Black”

Coral Foxworth - (January Poem of the Month)
SOJOURNER SPEAKS

Daniela Gioseffi
THE BROOKLYN BUS DRIVER
Lover of All Things Brooklyn

Danielle Boykin - (Edward Murrow Highschool )
Family History

Danny Chow - (Student Poet Winner for November)
An Act More Than 1,000 Words

David M. Logan
Blockage

Desean Freeman 4-405 P.S. 5
LIFE

Dezhanae Gillett - (P.S. 5 Class 4-307)
LOVE IS IN THE AIR - (Student Poet Winner for June 2005)

Edward Kurre - (January, 2006's Featured Reader)
Forever Sunset

Erik Whitaker
ALL THAT JAZZ

Evie Ivy
LOOKING AT THE MOON IN 4 CINQUAINS
CRUMPLED SONNET
ANYWHERE

Francine Skye Morales Lentini
The Anniversary 9/11/02 - (Featured poet for October)
Poet Laureate

Frank Polizzi
Brooklyn and America in The Same Breath

Gwen Malone - (October's Featured Reader)
Waiting For The Rain

Irene Brodsky
A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT- ELECT BARACK OBAMA

James E. Duncan
BROOKLYN'S GOT!

Jane Moon
BROOKLYN IN THE SPRING - (Student Poet Winner for June 2003)

Jennifer Lee
Mark Twain - (Student Poet Winner for May 2003)

Jewel Allison
Let's Talk About Racism - (Featured Poet for April 2009)

Joe Allen
SHYSTER - (Featured poet for February, 2006)

Joseph Fox
Kindness
Help the World

Joseph P Martino
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Larry Garland
BROOKLYN UNBOUND

Mai Nguyen
YOUR CERULEAN EYES

Marion Palm
AT FULTON LANDING
LILY POND CARP, SPARROWS - (December Poem of the Month)

Milton Puryear
NAMELESS
Reflection in a House for Sale

Najaya Royal
Brooklyn

Raymond Ng (Brooklyn Technical High School)
JEAN - (Student Poet Winner for May 2005)

Rob Bless
A Place for Dreams

Susan DeSocio
Brooklyn Rant #1

Theo Donnelly
Visions of Alzheimer's - (January's Featured Poet)

Toni Bruno
"IF YOU EVER WONDER" - (Student Poet Winner for March 2003)

Veronica Lawrence-Willis
Happy Birthday To a Dear Daughter