Every April, we celebrate National Poetry Month in the best possible way – through fun events at the O, Miami Poetry Festival. Their mission is deviously simple: make sure everyone in Miami-Dade encounters a poem during the month – and their methods are wildly inventive. You can see the whole schedule at omiami.org. We’ve highlighted some events with a food/drink, garden and cultural component, including one special event we’re collaborating on with Dade Heritage Trust’s Baking in Historic Places and the Coral Gables Woman’s Club.
Poetry-inspired Flavors at Sweet Melody Ice Cream
April
Sweet Melody Ice Cream, Kendall
Pick up special flavors inspired by poems written by Miami-Dade children like Julienne's Orange Creamsicle (Vanilla ice cream swirled with orange sherbet)
Summer
The hot orange sun
the summer breezes
the cold popsicle
by the cold pool
-Julienne, Morningside K-8, 2020
Food-kus
March-April
Exchange for Change students are writing hundreds of haikus about food – food-kus – and tucking them into napkins with salt and pepper for residents of Everglades Correctional Institution in the dining hall.
Poetry in Pajamas
April 2, 6-8:30pm • Free to the public
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Sam and Simon and co-host Aria are back in the garden with new poems and fun! Wear your pajamas and enjoy live performances by Afrobeta, an interactive art station, pizza for sale by Simply Good Pizza and more fun.
Language of Miami Wildflowers Workshop
April 9, 8:30-10am • $10-25 (pay what you can)
Morningside Park
Explore the language of flowers using wildflowers often cast off as weeds. Hosted by translator, editor and florist Liana Vasseur, and poet, essayist and editor Yaddyra Peralta.
Everyone’s an Island: Hidden History Tour of the Venetian Islands
April 9, 4-7pm • $5-25 (pay what you can)
Venetian Islands
Self-guided hidden history tour of the Venetian Islands culminating in a live poetry reading at Belle Isle Park presented in partnership with Islandia Journal.
Poetry Parking Tickets
April
Throughout Miami Dade
They look like an official Miami-Dade County citation but each ticket contains a poem. Tickets are distributed in various locations, but you can also pick up tickets at select O, Miami events to ticket a friend.
With But a Crumb: Baking and Emily Dickinson in the Garden
April 10, 11am
Coral Gables Woman’s Club
Poetry, food, horticulture and history converge in this program at the historic Coral Gables Woman’s Club. Guests hear about Emily Dickinson’s baking and the poems that became, quite literally, a part of her process. Lucia Meneses of Dade Heritage Trust’s Baking in Historic Place demonstrates how to make her Coconut Cake.
Sopa de Letras Workshop
April 16, 11am • $10-25
Aloha Redland
Participants create a collective poem while cooking a soup together, sharing recipes and learning more about a local farm in Homestead.
Japanese Stab Stitch Sketchbook Workshop
April 16, 2pm • $10-25 (pay what you can)
Finca Morada
Create a handmade Japanese stitch-bound book on handmade plantable paper using poems generated during the workshop. Led by Expressive Art Educator Nicole Combeau.
Lines for Wine
April 21, 7-9pm
Paradis Books & Bread, North Miami
Take your transformative experience with the flavors and tastes of wines and transfer them to the page. Featured wines include Menti Garganuda, Garganuda Pinot Nero, Veneto, Italy 2016; Podere Cellario, Il Barrusco Rosso Frizzante, Piemonte, Italy 2021; Domaine L’Ecu, Janus, Loire Valley, France, 2019; Weingut Schmitt, Rosé, Rheinhessen, Germany, 2020.
O, Rally
April 23, 4pm • Free
Miami Brewing Company, Homestead
Bring your own dog! Grab a bite and a brew and experience a poetic encounter.
In the mid-19th century in Amherst, Massachusetts, resident Emily Dickinson was a proud and accomplished baker. She won...
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