Creating community connection through poetry

Vision

The Camden Festival of Poetry brings distinguished voices in poetry to Camden for an annual Festival, celebrates Maine poets and singer-songwriters, and encourages young voices in poetry throughout the year. Listening to and talking about poetry, we find connections discovering the “inseparability of our own lives and the lives of others.” {quote from Jane Hirshfield}

Values

By welcoming diverse voices, styles, and subjects in poetry help us to see the world with compassion.

All photos by Chris Battaglia for the 2024 Camden Festival of Poetry