Poetry &
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Building on 35 years of poetry programs at Dia, Poetry & pairs a poet with an artist of another discipline to create a unique experience. Kamilah N. Foreman, Dia’s director of publications, curates a program series that manifests the vitality of one of the oldest art forms in full-fledged interactive, performative events in our museum spaces as well as out in the streets.
Featured poets and artists of the 2025–26 season
it’s an honor to be here, here I am an honor to be: a mad man with Funto Omojola
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 6:30 pm, Dia Chelsea
Firespitter, a Jayne Cortez Celebration
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 6:30 pm, Dia Chelsea
. . . Again with Mark Nowak
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 2 pm, Dia Chelsea
Past Events
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Firespitter, a Jayne Cortez Celebration
Co-presented with the Organization of Women Writers of Africa
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 6:30 pm, Dia Chelsea
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: it’s an honor to be here, here I am an honor to be: a mad man with Funto Omojola
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 6:30 pm, Dia Chelsea
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: In Search of Sugarcane / The Break-Up with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Gabri Christa
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 12–3 pm, Dia Chelsea
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Skip Tracer with Jive Poetic
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 2 pm, Dia Beacon
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Clear Air with Ben Estes and Ben Vida
Saturday, December 7, 2024, 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 pm, Dia Beacon
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Poetry &: Presence, Absence, and Hallucination with Brenda Iijima and Johann Diedrick
Friday, May 17, 2024, 6:30 pm, Dia Chelsea
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Poetry &: In Light of Water, Birds Take Flight with Jeffrey Yang and Susie Ibarra
A participatory orchestraSunday, March 31, 2024, 2 pm, Dia Beacon
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Poetry &: Music with Anne Carson, Robert Currie, and Arto Lindsay
Friday, February 2, 2024, 6:30 pm, Dia Chelsea
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Poetry &: We Can’t Sleep with Carmen Boullosa and Magali Lara
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 2 pm, Dia Chelsea
Poetry Reading
It Goes, It Goes: James Schuyler Centenary Celebration
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 5 pm, Dia Chelsea
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Worker Writers School
Monday, May 1, 2023, 8 pm, Offsite
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Art or Not with Anaïs Duplan and Noelle de la Paz
Saturday, January 28, 2023, 6 pm, Dia Chelsea
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Beginnings & Endings with Jon Sands and Riley Mulherkar
Saturday, October 29, 2022, 6 pm, Dia Chelsea
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Poetry &: 2022, #4 with Victoria Chang and Dianna Frid
June 9, 2022, 6 pm, Dia Chelsea
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Poetry &: Lineage and Remembrance with Elisabet Velasquez and Jive Poetic
May 12, 2022, 6–7 pm, Dia Chelsea
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Poetry &: Basic Needs with Vanessa Jimenez Gabb and Misha Tyutyunik
Saturday, April 30, 2022, 6 pm, Dia Chelsea
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Worker Writers School
Saturday, December 4, 4 pm, Offsite
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Worker Writers School
Saturday, November 20, 2021, 2 pm, Offsite
Poetry Reading
Poetry &: Worker Writers School
Saturday, November 13, 2021, 2 pm, Dia Beacon
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Poetry &: In Search of Sugarcane / The Break-Up with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Gabri Christa
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Poetry &: In Light of Water, Birds Take Flight with Jeffrey Yang and Susie Ibarra
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Poetry &: Art or Not with Anaïs Duplan and Noelle de la Paz
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Poetry &: Worker Writers School
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