Poets of Babel

“Poets of Babel: If you are a poet, we speak the same language.”

Mission: “To love the spoken word, poetic & foreign”

Poets of Babel  ‎شعراء بابل משוררי בבל Poets of Babel Поэты Вавилона

Poets of Babel is a multilingual poetry club that has just celebrated its 12th anniversary! Our events range from salons to sukkahs, cafes to pubs, Jerusalem to Jaffa, and even reaching Cape Town. We’ve held events at iconic Jerusalem locations such as The Jerusalem Cinematheque, Hanale (cafe of the Han Theater), Besarabia, and The Little Prince, and have had the honor of hosting renowned spoken word poets Queen Sheba and Vanessa Hidary. See Poets of Babel’s Facebook & Instagram page for the latest event updates. Read here for the Poets of Babel origin story and more.

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Origins

 

Poets of Babel started in my living room with only two rules:

~You can read in ANY language. Bring a friend!
~Everyone participates. Poets: come share your poem with us. Poetry lovers: share a piece that touches you!

 

Now we have been hosting public events at various venues in Israel, primarily in Jerusalem for over 12 years. Here are “vintage” videos of poetry readings at Poets of Babel (more can be found on my YouTube channel) and the most recent videos are on the new Poets of Babel Instagram page.

Read more about the inception of Poets of Babel here.

Join The Poets of Babel Facebook Page for photos, videos and updates!

Feel free to contact Poets of Babel at poetsofbabel@gmail.com  to participate or join the mailing list.

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Articles about Poets of Babel:

• “The Babel in Us,” Shoshana Sarah, Space מרחב Magazine (print), September 10, 2021.
• “Merħba bikom, Poets of Babel,” Antoine Cassar, May 30, 2013
• “A Tower of Babel of Poetry,” Smuel Tok, Haaretz Newspaper, June 6, 2013 (In Hebrew: סמול טוק, “מגדל בבל של השירה“, 6.6.2013 עיתון הארץ)

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Selected Poets of Babel Events

Poets of Babel Celebrates its 1 Year Anniversary at the Jerusalem Cinematheque!

It’s a night with a poetic film (“Howl”), poetry readings in different languages (a trilingual poem [ Hebrew, Arabic & English], Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, English & German), and a spoken word open mic with live jazz music!

Here is the post with videos from the Poets of Babel Anniversary event.

Poets of Babel | June Event at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

Poetry reading in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, English & Dutch + screening of the film “Yes” (2004).

Here are the videos for the Poets of Babel June 2013 event.

Poet of Babel July 2013 at Avram Bar

Only poetry with live jazz in a cool scene, including two international guests

Poets of Babel August 2013

Poets of Babel is returning to its roots with an open poetry reading + writing activities, for the first time outside!