Show Me Poetry

06/12/2026

Who's ready for an extra Pride-filled June Poets' Corner Open Mic ? We know we are! We can't wait to see you there 🌈❤️

06/07/2026

Sign-ups are OPEN! Mother's is for poetry lovers tonight. 💘

06/07/2026

Join Us!

05/29/2026

You want a flyer? Let us know; we'll get you one!

05/14/2026

BIG NEWS! The Slam is moving!!! 📦🚚🍺

We are excited to announce that the Show-Me Poetry Slam is moving to a new date -- the FIRST Sunday of every month-- at a new venue -- the Barrelhouse at Mother's Brewing Company!

We can't wait to see you there! Our next slam will be held on June 7th. Doors & sign-ups at 6; we pull the list at 6:30, and the slam starts shortly thereafter!

05/06/2026

THIS FRIDAY! It's already May Poets' Corner Open Mic, can you believe it? With April showers come May flowers.. and hopefully lots of poetry, too! :0) Who's excited? We can't wait to see you there 🌈🐛❤️

05/03/2026

Check this out! You have about a week left for submissions

https://www.frontierpoetry.com/2026-debut-chapbook-prize/?nab=0&fbclid=IwdGRjcARkcvdleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqzUSKFUcXXNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHhwgdihXaNOhz2VAukRu4Ax59MaKTun5Tz71fb8mnXyF5OKLJnFKUF44Iezf_aem_6p7pojszhy35r7Iau_Z0sQ&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120248163619910029&utm_content=120248163619900029&utm_term=120248163619920029&utm_campaign=120248163619910029

2026 Debut Chapbook Prize March 9 to May 10, 2026 Add to Calendar “Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions…

04/24/2026

Important Location Update!!!

Due to circumstances beyond everyone's control, we have had to relocate the Slam this weekend. Fortunately, the wonderful Wanda at Nathan P. Murphy's helped us find a new venue-- right next door at VINE and VIBES , Springfield's first zero-proof cocktail lounge and event space! We're grateful that they could accommodate us on short notice, and excited to hear your poems in a new space!

Doors open at 6:00 p.m., sign-ups are pulled at 6:30, and the show kicks off shortly thereafter! Can't wait to see you Sunday at the April Show-Me Poetry Slam!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1988654565350268

12/15/2025

Thank you all for a beautiful (and festive!) night of original poetry and performance!
1st Place: Ethen with Love
2nd Place: Jess
3rd Place: Athena

Now we enter the long dark time: Six weeks until our next slam. Get your pencils out and start writing - we want to hear what you make at our next slam on January 25th!

11/16/2025

Fight Big Poetry: write poems about how dumb the moon is. Read them tonight at the Show-Me Poetry Poetry Slam and you could go home with $50, $20 or our undying love and respect! Sign-ups open at 5:30 and close at 6; the show starts shortly thereafter and it's INCREDIBLE, if we do say so ourselves.