Nexus Poets held a monthly poetry open mic from 2014 through 2023. As of fall 2023, Nexus Poets gratefully and confidently folded its operations and activities into the North Carolina Poetry Society (NCPS). To learn more about this succession and to get more information on the dynamic programming and opportunities NCPS offers, visit their website here.

Nexus Poets began each First Tuesday at 7 p.m. with a reading from a Featured Poet, followed by a very popular open mic. All were welcome: young and old, experienced writers and novices, practitioners of both traditional and experimental craft. Our audience featured poets and non-poets alike.

We sincerely appreciate all who attended via Zoom when that became necessary—new friends as well as our regulars, both nearby and around the world. Thanks to poetry lovers in eastern North Carolina and well beyond, Nexus Poets was able to navigate a confusing time without missing a single First Tuesday Open Mic!

Click here to read our annual Robert Golden Poetry Contest winning poems from 2019 through 2022.

Click here to see the archive of our most recent Featured Monthly Poets.

Click here to read about the history of Nexus Poets.

Vive la poetry!

All site photos by Jeanne Julian, Sam Love, Alan Welch, and various Nexus Poets members.

New Bern skyline photo by Sue Williams: neuseriverphotography@mail.com.