Friends of Roethke

10/02/2026

The Oct/POEM/ber 2026 poem writing challenge has started! Consider joining Donny Winter, Writer & Friends of Roethke in writing one poem a day throughout October. There's two tracks you can choose from our bounce between - a prompt driven track and an independent track. View all the information on it and a potential opportunity to submit a poem for publication via the link in the comments!

09/13/2026

The open mic is happening at 4:30 today (Sunday), rain or shine! We're all set up inside the Roethke House and ready to hear your work. If you don't want to read, just come and support our local writers 💛

09/12/2026

Join Friends of Roethke for our 6th annual open house tomorrow, 3:00 - 6:00 PM! For more info on programming, visit our website! Link in bio and story!

08/05/2026

Roethke board member and poet Donny Winter, Writer will be reading at Bookmarks in Midland tonight (Aug 5). We'd love to see you there!

Join us August 5th as we kick off our August Poetry Series with Midland poet, Donny Winter!

To learn more visit our events page at www.bookmarksllc.com and go to Events & Book Clubs.

05/08/2026

What a great day for a picnic. The 2026 Poetry Retreat kicks off today, and we can't wait to welcome our 25 poets from around the state (+ Ohio!).

05/02/2026

Congrats to Sher Ratnabalasuriar, Saginaw spoken word poet and the newest Friends of Roethke board member, on receiving the Annual State Poetry Award at today's Poetry Society of Michigan spring meeting.

05/02/2026

The Roethke House will be open today (5/2) immediately following the Poetry Society of Michigan's spring conference. If you're in town, please feel free to swing by after the business meeting concludes! We're five miles from the Castle Museum. Park on the east side of the Stone House (roughly the red dot in the photo) or on side streets Sandra Court or Larch.

04/17/2026

First Spoken Word workshop of 2026 is in full swing!