The POETRY LOFT
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    • Photo Gallery
    • LOFT Anthology
    • Authors
    • Events
    • Contact Us
    • Workshops
    • Poems
    • Submit
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  • About Us
  • Photo Gallery
  • LOFT Anthology
  • Authors
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Workshops
  • Poems
  • Submit

mission

mission

mission

 The aim of The LOFT is to promote excellence in writing, to provide community outreach and continuing support for writers, and to help writers become published. We are dedicated to making a positive impact in the literary arts community of Rhode Island and beyond. Our creative writers, volunteers and guest authors provide the inspiration and momentum to learn our craft and share it with others.  

history

mission

mission

 One of the  oldest literary arts nonprofit in Rhode Island, The Poetry Loft was founded in 2008. The Loft has evolved since those early days, consistently growing and developing, all thanks to the dedicated writers of this amazing community! 

 Throughout the years, the LOFT has produced and collaborated on many wonderful literary projects and continues to bring the literary arts community together in inspiring ways. We especially want to give a warm nod to the Origami Poems Project that flowed out of a Poetry Loft workshop in 2009, created by poets Jan Keough and Lynnie Gobielle, and inspired by a writing prompt given by Poetry Loft instructor, 

Barbara Schweitzer. 

Some past LOFT projects include: "Authors on Art" at URI's Feinstein Gallery, Writing Across Rhode Island, The Loft Poetry Prize, The Loft Anthology, The Loft Chapbook Awards, New England Poetry and Art Gala, Manuscript Consultations, Poetry Loft Press publications, book launch and award readings for both adults and teens, among others. We have been honored to work with you! 


Staff/ associates

Staff/ associates

Staff/ associates

Beatrice Lazarus, Founder/ Director

On various projects, we have been honored to meet and work with so many LOFT friends, including the following esteemed associates and teachers, among others:


Fred Marchant

Cathleen Calbert

Tom Chandler

Jane Lunin Perel

Lisa Starr

Darcie Dennigan

Catherine Imbriglio

Richard Benjamin

Barbara Schweitzer

Noreen Inglesi /Notable Works











 The Poetry LOFT, PO Box 8235, Cranston, RI 02920 

info@thepoetryloft.org
 




Volunteers/donors

Staff/ associates

Staff/ associates

Special thanks to all the many appreciated Volunteers/Donors, including (partial list): 


James Cronin

Michael Crowley

Ira Schaeffer

Marilyn Murphy

Joan Fishbein

Diana Cole

Adele Bourne

Andrew Browder

Diane Dolphin

Nancy Brown 

Sandra Moran

Karen Haskell 


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