Our mission is to support lifelong literacy and cultural diversity through the writing, reading, performing, and teaching of poetry in Northwest Washington schools and communities.


Thank YOU for helping US continue to bloom!

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POETRY FESTIVAL

Since 1998, the Skagit River Poetry Foundation facilitates teacher/poet collaborations to help build literacy skills in our classrooms. Students find their voice through poetry.

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Inspire with the Skagit River Poetry Foundation Festival 2016!

POETS IN SCHOOLS

Poets Change Kid’s Lives

“It [poetry] opens my mind and lets me express myself wholly.” – student quote

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Transform with the Skagit River Poetry Foundation Festival 2016!

POETS’ CORNER

A Pulitzer Prize winning poet reads a student’s poem and then exclaims to the audience: “I wish I had written that!” Magic happens.

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The Skagit River Poetry Foundation acknowledges that we host poets and hold activities on the ancestral lands of Upper and Lower Skagit, Swinomish, and Samish Nations. We honor and join them in their continued stewardship so this Place and People continue to flourish.