{"id":218623,"date":"2026-06-13T23:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218623\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:45:09","slug":"northwest-pennsylvania-poetry-group-hosts-poetry-in-the-park-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218623\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Pennsylvania Poetry Group Hosts \u201cPoetry in the Park\u201d | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"unnamed.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1179\" height=\"660\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>A poetry tradition rooted in Erie\u2019s east side brought neighbors together once again, celebrating the legacy of two beloved Benedictine sisters and the park they helped inspire.<\/p>\n<p>The outdoor space was created by the late poet and Benedictine Sister Mary Lou Kownacki, just steps from her childhood home.<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by Northwest Pennsylvania Poetry with Mary Allen Dahlkemper.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors say the park still reflects the spirit of Sister Mary Lou and Sister Mary Miller \u2014 two women long known for their work strengthening this block. Today, organizers continued that mission with \u201cPoetry in Poetry Park,\u201d featuring local poets and an open mic for anyone who wanted to share their voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, poetry is just a very rewarding and popular art form for a lot of people in the area. It\u2019s very well represented, and to have an outdoor venue to do that \u2014 it\u2019s important to use it,\u201d said Chuck Joy, a representative for NWPA Poetry.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say they hope to continue hosting more events in the park as revitalization efforts in the neighborhood move forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A poetry tradition rooted in Erie\u2019s east side brought neighbors together once again, celebrating the legacy of two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[54184,524,136,138,137,95401,7700,8938],"class_list":["post-218623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-benedictine-sisters","tag-community","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-mary-lou-kownacki","tag-park","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}