Celebrate National Poetry Month with Cherrie Woods aka Cherrie Amour. Cherrie Woods (aka Cherrie Amour) is a Baltimore-based award-winning poet whose candid, narrative style of poetic verse is shared in her book, Free to Be Me: Poems on Love, Life, and Relationships. A native of the Caribbean, Cherrie has been featured in The Baltimore Beacon, Fox45-TV, and Baltimore City Paper. Her poems have been published in the Paterson Literary Review, Understorey Magazine, Poet's Ink, The Fire Inside: Collected Poems and Stories from Zora’s Den, and Maryland in Poetry. She is working on her second book of poetry called Sit Comfortably Elsewhere. Connect with her on FB, IG, and at cherrieamour.com

Participants are also encouraged to share their Caribbean-influenced poetry or their favorite Caribbean poet.

Words , Wine & Wings is back on June 27th with its 10th Milestone Show (online/Zoom) featuring poets Brenda Bunting and Buddah Desmond from the inaugural show back in 2017, special guest Taalam Acey and more! You bring the wine and wings, we bring the words. Tix are $10

Poe House Presents Author Series has moved online! Join us every second Sunday of the month as we present Maryland authors for live readings of selected excerpts from Poe's short stories or poems, presentations of the author's own written works, followed by author-led Q&A discussion.

Cherrie Amour will read Poe's poem, "The Lake," then read from her poetry memoir, Free to Be Me, Poems on Love, Life and Relationships and her second yet-to-be-published poetry manuscript, In My Skin (working title.) All sessions are led online by a live author and museum docent via the Zoom conferencing platform. This series is offered on a Pay-What-You-Can basis. All proceeds benefit the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, to help keep Poe's chamber door open to visitors.