Poetry Reading @ The Owl Shoppe

Monthly poetry reading at The Owl Shoppe on historic Main Street! NEW LOCATION STARTING OCT 2026! NOW AT THE OWL SHOPPE! OCT 15, 2026 - Third Thursday Poetry's new home becomes the Owl Shoppe, 6 East Main, in Shawnee--near the intersection of Broadway with Main. Ben lMyers, a former Oklahoma Poet Laureate, will be the featured reader. The Owl Shoppe will open at 6 pm for those who want to order a meal; Ben's presentation will begin at 7:00 pm, followed by open mike for those who want to share a favorite poem or read something they wrote. ***** The Third Thursday Poetry Reading begins at 7 p.m. at The Lunch Box, 217 E. Main Street. Presentation will be followed by open mic readings, at which time those attending are invited to read up to two poems of their own or from a favorite poet. SEPT 17, 2026 - Third Thursday Poetry and The Lunch Box welcome Sharon Edge Martin, a reading specialist and writer whose stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. A regular columnist for the Oklahoma Observer, her collection "Not A Prodigal" was a finalist for the Oklahoma Poetry Award. More recently she has published a children's book, "Froggy Bottom Blues." Her presentation at 7 pm.will be followed, as usual, by open mike. The Lunch Box will open at 6 pm for those who want to order a meal. Aug 20, 2026 - Third Thursday Poetry welcomes Alan Berecka at 7 pm in the Lunch Box. A reference librarian at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, his poetry has appeared in American Literary Review, Texas Review, Ardent, Windhover, Slow Trains, Christian Century, San Antonio Express and Red River Review. His chapbook, Each Man Has One Life, was published by Trilobite Press in 2004. His first full-length collection, The Comic Flaw, was published by neoNuma Arts in 2009. His second collection, Remembering the Body, was published in 2011 by Mongrel Empire Press. His collection With Our Baggage was published in July of 2013 by Lamar University Press. His latest book…