Red Dirt Poetry

Red Dirt Poetry Red Dirt Home for Wayward Poets Open Mic every Wednesday at Literati Press in the Paseo! Sign up at 6:30pm, show starts at 7pm.

Red Dirt's mission is to empower local artists to share their truth and experiences in a safe, edifying environment that will enable and inspire them to grow in their art and make a positive and meaningful impact in the surrounding community. https://www.youtube.com/user/RedDirtPoetryOKC

Are you ready to edit? Bring 6 copies of a poem you'd like feedback on and M. Kat will help guide us through the peer re...
01/27/2025

Are you ready to edit? Bring 6 copies of a poem you'd like feedback on and M. Kat will help guide us through the peer review/revision process. We'll see you at , February 1st at 1 pm! If you don't have access to a printer, DM us; we've got you covered!

This month’s Red Dirt Writes is tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press Comics & Novels in the Pa...
01/20/2025

This month’s Red Dirt Writes is tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press Comics & Novels in the Paseo. As always, our events are free! Novelist and screenwriter Faith Phillips will lead the workshop “Transformative Powers of Personal Narrative.” Bring your notebook and favorite writing utensil!

At 1pm next Saturday, January 25th, Red Dirt Reads will discuss Above Ground by Clint Smith! We'll be at The Floating Bo...
01/19/2025

At 1pm next Saturday, January 25th, Red Dirt Reads will discuss Above Ground by Clint Smith! We'll be at The Floating Bookshop in their NEW LOCATION at 3 NW 9th St. in OKC! We can't wait to hear your thoughts on this beautiful collection!

This month’s Red Dirt Writes takes place on Tuesday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Faith Phil...
01/14/2025

This month’s Red Dirt Writes takes place on Tuesday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Faith Phillips will lead the workshop on the power of personal narrative. Bring your notebook and favorite writing utensil. 📝

Workshop: Transformative Powers of Personal Narrative 📓

Regardless of genre, literary masterpieces often draw from the well-spring of real-life experience. Every life is worthy of a book, but the writer’s ultimate vision may take the form of poetry, a horror novel, a screenplay, journals, or a song. In this Red Dirt Writes session, Faith Phillips shares how personal narratives can transform your best (and worst) days into diverse works of literary art. 📕

Faith Phillips is a novelist, screenwriter, and television producer living in the Cherokee foothills. She created the sub-genre known as Okie Noir. After penning four books, Oxygen Network featured Faith and her Oklahoma best-selling true crime novel, Now I Lay Me Down in a national TV series. That experience unlocked the world of writing for film and television. Phillips then created and produced the national docu-series The Girl Scout Murders. Her latest projects include award-winning feature screenplays, scripted television, and a book on eight unsolved missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP) cases aimed at bringing resources and justice to victims, their families, and tribal nations.

Are you ready to edit? Bring 6 copies of a poem you'd like feedback on and and will help guide us through the peer rev...
12/29/2024

Are you ready to edit? Bring 6 copies of a poem you'd like feedback on and and will help guide us through the peer review/revision process. We'll see you at , January 4th at 1 pm! If you don't have access to a printer, DM us; we've got you covered.

This Saturday, the 28th, join Red Dirt Reads at 1pm at The Floating Bookshop for our discussion of American Primitive b...
12/23/2024

This Saturday, the 28th, join Red Dirt Reads at 1pm at The Floating Bookshop for our discussion of American Primitive by Mary Oliver!

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, December 18th for our final mic of the year! We'll be winter holiday partying and poem exch...
12/17/2024

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, December 18th for our final mic of the year! We'll be winter holiday partying and poem exchanging and generally making as merry as poets can make! Many of you already know that at the end of this year will be stepping down from Red Dirt Poetry Leadership, this will be her last night hosting for the foreseeable future! There will also be an appearance from Havoc the dog! Come party and poetry with us tomorrow night!

Red Dirt Writes is Tuesday, December 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Kat Wooldridge will lead the works...
12/17/2024

Red Dirt Writes is Tuesday, December 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Kat Wooldridge will lead the workshop on how to let your feelings flow through movement. Bring your notebook and favorite writing utensil! 📝

Wednesdays mean Open Mic. Come on down to Literati Press Comics & Novels this evening. Show begins about 7:00pm—arrive a...
12/11/2024

Wednesdays mean Open Mic. Come on down to Literati Press Comics & Novels this evening. Show begins about 7:00pm—arrive a lil early to put your name on the list. We can’t wait to hear your gorgeous words. 🫡

This month’s Red Dirt Writes takes place on Tuesday, December 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Kat Woold...
12/09/2024

This month’s Red Dirt Writes takes place on Tuesday, December 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Kat Wooldridge will lead the workshop on how to let your feelings flow through movement. Bring your notebook and favorite writing utensil. 📝

Workshop Deets: Explore poetry through movement to get your realest feelings out of your head and on paper. We will explore the use of environment, movement, and other stimulus to let the creativity flow! Wear comfy clothes, and bring some water. *Note for accessibility: Movement will NOT be required for this workshop. There will be times that attendees are encouraged to get up and move, but everything can be modified to your comfort level.* 🚶🏽

Kat is a poet, teacher, and activist born and raised in Oklahoma. They began writing poetry at age 13 as a way to cope with the challenges of growing up. Now they write to share their experiences and spread awareness about issues that matter to them. Their work encompasses topics like mental health, queerness, domestic violence, and disability justice. They hope others can find solace in their work, like they find in other’s work everyday. 👩🏻‍🏫

Are you ready to edit? Bring 6 copies of a poem you'd like feedback on and will help guide us through the peer review/r...
11/30/2024

Are you ready to edit? Bring 6 copies of a poem you'd like feedback on and will help guide us through the peer review/revision process. We'll see you at , December 7th at 1 pm! If you don't have access to a printer, DM us; we've got you covered.

Just a quick note that we will NOT be having Open Mic this evening at Literati Press Comics & Novels but will be back ne...
11/27/2024

Just a quick note that we will NOT be having Open Mic this evening at Literati Press Comics & Novels but will be back next Wednesday! Picture of picture of Macho Man Randy Savage for social tax!

Join us tomorrow at The Floating Bookshop to discuss Layli Long Soldier's collection, Whereas! Meet up with Red Dirt Rea...
11/22/2024

Join us tomorrow at The Floating Bookshop to discuss Layli Long Soldier's collection, Whereas! Meet up with Red Dirt Reads at 1pm and let us know what you thought of this amazing collection of poems!

Open Mic Night: Friendsgiving Edition. Come one, come all to every Wednesday. Tomorrow, the 20th, we will gather a litt...
11/19/2024

Open Mic Night: Friendsgiving Edition.
Come one, come all to every Wednesday. Tomorrow, the 20th, we will gather a little before 6:30pm this time with your favorite Side or Pie and we will feast before starting our open mic. Planning for a bit more relaxed of a show for more mingling. Gratitude poems highly encouraged. We hope to see you there!

Red Dirt Writes is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Lauren Brazzle Zuniga wi...
11/18/2024

Red Dirt Writes is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Literati Press in the Paseo. Lauren Brazzle Zuniga will debut her workshop “Write Fire, Speak Water.” 🔥💧 We’ll use the House of Iteration to generate a poem and then explore how to bring it to life through spoken word. 🏠 Bring your notebook and favorite writing utensil. 📝

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We will be at Literati Press Comics & Novels this evening if you need a loving and accepting place to be. We are toying...
11/06/2024

We will be at Literati Press Comics & Novels this evening if you need a loving and accepting place to be. We are toying around with the idea that everyone gets 6 minutes to scream on the mic tonight. We might just all circle up in one giant hug/crying heap. We are more aware than ever of the magic of our inclusive community full of dreamers and lovers and poets and artists and big feelers. We hold our community close and nothing is gonna stop that. Come in tonight to share or to hang or to get some hugs. 7:00pm showtime—come a lil early if you wanna be on the list.
Things are heavy! And! We still have each other!

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