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Poetry

10/25
Haiku Hike - Fall 2025
Clear your mind, take a short nature hike and live the haiku moment!
Writing Process

11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25
"Quarry" Before You Query: Using and Keeping Commonplace Books
Could you write forever in an empty room? Would you rather not?
Writing Process

11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26
Developing a Writing Habit - November 2025
Showing up to write isn’t half the battle – it is the battle. This class will help you develop writing habits that will boost your confidence.
Upcoming Events
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October 22, 2025
Sustaining Service: 2025 Veterans' Anthology Launch Party & Reading
6:30-8:00pm
Join us Wednesday, October 22 for the in-person launch of Sustaining Service: 2025 Veterans' Anthology!
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October 25, 2025
Breakthrough Residency Reading & Celebration 2025
6-9pm
Celebrate our third cohort of Breakthrough Writing Residents with a very special presentation of their work.

October 29, 2025
Plum City Reading - Oct 2025
Featuring Caren Beilin, Leila Chatti & Cleo Qian
Featured Announcements
Everything you need to know

Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison
Literary Cleveland and Ohio Humanities are planning a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison in Ohio. Learn more about this 2026-2027 project and how to get involved. Head to the website!

Essential Worker Anthology
Voices from the Edge
In 2021-2022, we collected the stories and poems of essential workers in Northeast Ohio into an anthology that details the lived experience of the pandemic from the point of view of those who sacrificed to keep others safe. Read these powerful and movies stories now.
Gordon Square Review
Literary Cleveland's biannual online literary journal
Learn more, get involved, and submit your writing
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