Each year, we honor Columbus' reputation as a national leader for spoken word and poetry with our Poetry Corner stage. You won't want to miss the high impact, high energy performances from some of the city's best, including the participants in our annual Columbus Arts Festival Poetry Slam and the national Poetry Out Loud competition.
Located near the corner of Gay Street and Cleveland Avenue.
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| Day | Time | Name |
| Saturday, June 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Herschel Balkin |
| Saturday, June 7 | 1:20 p.m. | Betty Bleen |
| Saturday, June 7 | 1:40 p.m. | Jack Burgess |
| Saturday, June 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Carolyn Dandalides |
| Saturday, June 7 | 2:20 p.m. | Mark Hersman |
| Saturday, June 7 | 2:40 p.m. | D.M. Emigh |
| Saturday, June 7 | 3:00 p.m. | Elizabeth Goodwin |
| Saturday, June 7 | 3:20 p.m. | Douglas Gray |
| Saturday, June 7 | 3:40 p.m. | Mikelle Hickman-Romine |
| Saturday, June 7 | 4:00 p.m. | Susann Moeller |
| Saturday, June 7 | 4:20 p.m. | David Noble |
| Saturday, June 7 | 4:40 p.m. | Jennifer Schomburg Kanke |
| Saturday, June 7 | 5:30 p.m. | Joanna Schroeder |
| Saturday, June 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Jason Gray |
| Saturday, June 7 | 6:30 p.m. | Gina Blaurock |
| Saturday, June 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Brian Michael Murphy |
| Saturday, June 7 | 8:00-10:00 p.m. | Columbus Arts Festival Poetry Slam |
| Sunday, June 8 | 12:00 p.m. | David Francis Smith |
| Sunday, June 8 | 12:20 p.m. | Anna Soter |
| Sunday, June 8 | 12:40 p.m. | Sarah Stahl |
| Sunday, June 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Deborah Strozier |
| Sunday, June 8 | 1:20 p.m. | Dan Thress |
| Sunday, June 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Poetry Out Loud |
| Sunday, June 8 | 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Student Poets |