About Taipei Poetry Collective

Established in 2017, Taipei Poetry Collective (TPC) supports poets based in Taipei and elsewhere looking to share, develop, and workshop writing. Our mission in our 10th year is the same as our founding mission: We believe in fostering a spirit of growth by working in community, facilitating workshops where critical and constructive feedback is provided to all poets sharing writing.

TPC offers in-person critique, generative, and/or developmental poetry workshops twice a month. We host live poetry readings and discussions. You might catch the occasional online session for poets who have moved away.

Every April we celebrate inter-national poetry month (interNAPOWRIMO) by writing, critiquing, and enjoying poetry together via online and live platforms. To join our interNAPOWRIMO ensemble each April, email taipeipoetrycollective@gmail.com with the subject line: ‘TPC interNAPOWRIMO sign up’

2026
Director:
Leora Joy Jones

Associate Director:
Jonathan Pyner

Programming coordinators:
Leora Joy Jones, Jonathan Pyner

Event management and outreach:
Lilith Acadia, Zoe Morana Liao, Yvon Pan, Amanda Peren, Celestine Shih

interNAPOWRIMO team:
Daphne Bai, Sophia Chen, Leora Joy Jones, Zoe Morana Liao, Amanda Peren, Celestine Shih

Workshop facilitators and educators:
Lilith Acadia, Jeremy Beacock, Alex Bleecker, Catherine Diamond, Leora Joy Jones, Zoe Morana Liao, Amanda Peren, Jonathan Pyner, Claudio Sansone

Workshops, events, and collaborations:
–Resolutions: Generative Workshop led by Lilith Acadia
–Horizons: Critique Workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
–Radical Index: Generative workshop led by Alex O. Bleecker
–Only One Favorite Poem: A discussion and workshop let by Catherine Diamond
–I never promised you a rose garden led by Leora Joy Jones
–Taiwanese Folklore: Incorporating Formosan Folktales into your Poetry led by Zoe Morana Liao
-It will end in tears led by Leora Joy Jones
–Rhymes with Resistance: Examining the role of poetry in international movements for human rights Workshop at NTU New Humanities Building
–13 Ways of looking at a poem: Revision as Ego Death led by Jonathan Pyner
–Summer Nights at the Magic Forest Poetry Reading at Odd Jobs ‘n Magic
–May is a possibility: Critique workshop led by Jeremy Beacock
–Submission Skill-share led by Lilith Acadia
–Better together led by Jonathan Pyner
–Play it by ear led by Jonathan Pyner
–Terrazzo or crowd? led by Jonathan Pyner
–Bring a poem, share a poem led by Leora Joy Jones
–Thirsty ghosts led by Leora Joy Jones
–Waxing poetic led by Zoe Morana Liao
–Spit-shine critique workshop led by Alex O. Bleecker
–Field notes: a walking poetry workshop led by Amanda Peren
–Poetry for Palestine: Resistance, Reading and Writing in collaboration with Amnesty Taiwan
–Poetry for Palestine: A Community Reading in collaboration with Amnesty Taiwan

2025
Director:
Leora Joy Jones

Associate Director:
Jonathan Pyner

Programming coordinators:
Leora Joy Jones, Jonathan Pyner

Workshop facilitators and educators:
L. Acadia, Jeremy Beacock, Alex Bleecker, Leora Joy Jones, Jonathan Pyner, k tiao, Kevin Wang

interNAPOWRIMO team:
Lilith Acadia, Leora Joy Jones

Workshops, events, and collaborations:
-tHERapy “A Poem for You” at Drunk Cafe
–The Story Changes in Your Hands: Reclaiming a Literary Villain led by Kevin Wang at the Muse Garden of the Taiwan Literature Base
–The Story Changes in Your Hands: Pitching Stories from Taiwan to the World led by Kevin Wang at the Muse Garden of the Taiwan Literature Base
–Departures Critique Workshop led by Claudio Sansone
-Synaesthetic poetry led by Alex O. Bleecker
-Poetry reading and discussion with Yilin Wang, translator of ‘The Lantern and the Night Moths‘ at NTU New Humanities Building
–Focused fragments led by Jonathan Pyner
-Capsule critique led by Claudio Sansone
-Unsentencing led by Claudio Sansone
-Thorny thickets critique led by Leora Joy Jones
-Dig it! Golden Shovel Poetry led by L. Acadia
-August heat led by Leora Joy Jones
–Wish you were here led by Leora Joy Jones
-‘Trouble’ with Tracy and Bess, open-mic reading at Kurage
-Ice caps & ice cream led by Leora Joy Jones
-Tending the Tomatoes led by Jonathan Pyner
–Beetling into June led by Jonathan Pyner
–Teaching Poetry to Young Learners led by Kevin Wang
–Repellent poems led by Leora Joy Jones
-The tanka led by Alex. O. Bleecker
-Crafting current events poetry workshop led by L. Acadia at Muse Garden of the Taiwan Literature Base
-Creative Writing Submission led by L. Acadia at the Muse Garden of the Taiwan Literature Base
-interNAPOWRIMO collective poetry writing month online community
-Sensory deprivation led by Jonathan Pyner
-Scrolling screaming led by Leora Joy Jones
–Poetry Reading hosted by the Community Centre
-Loyal to the practice led by Leora Joy Jones
-On zuihitsu: flow & form led by k tiao

2024
Director:
Leora Joy Jones

Associate Director:
Jonathan Pyner

Programming coordinators:
Leora Joy Jones, Jonathan Pyner

Workshop facilitators and educators:
L. Acadia, Jeremy Beacock, Alex Bleecker, Piera Chen, Leora Joy Jones, Jonathan Pyner, k tiao, Kevin Wang

interNAPOWRIMO team:
Piera Chen, Leora Joy Jones

Workshops, events, and collaborations:
–Yule love it: Midweek Critique workshop led by Jeremy Beacock
-1st of tha month Critique workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
–With a little help from my friends Critique workshop Led by Jeremy Beacock
-Again and again and again Critique workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
-Scansion and voltas: architecting the sonnet led by Jonathan Pyner
-‘Behind the eye a star’ Critique workshop Led by Piera Chen
-The art of poetic translation led by Kevin Wang
-Submission Critique Special led by Jonathan Pyner and Leora Joy Jones
–Dog days workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
-One drink minimum workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
-Variations on exquisite corpse led by k tiao
-Still, Life led by Leora Joy Jones
-Dawn of the Eve of the Rebirth of Summer led by Leora Joy Jones
-Feeling Wheel: Critique Workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
-Masochists Only: Literary Magazine Submissions for Poets Led by L. Acadia
-Earthquake Eclipse led by Leora Joy Jones
-interNAPOWRIMO collective poetry writing month online community
-Mood / Vibe led by Leora Joy Jones
-MARCH, in to the BEAT of a diff’rent DRUM led by Jeremy Beacock
-Not Your Rabbit Rodeo led by Joanthan Pyner
-Missiles and Satellites: Wednesday Night Critique led by Jonathan Pyner
-Notashow at Rabbit hole
-Dreams Elīna Eihmane Solo art exhibition and poetry reading
-Erasure Poetry led by Leora Joy Jones

2023
Director:
Leora Joy Jones

Associate Director:
Jonathan Pyner

Workshop facilitators and educators:
Piera Chen, C.K. Hugo Chung, Elīna Eihmane, Leora Joy Jones, Jonathan Pyner, Laura Wang

interNAPOWRIMO team:
Piera Chen, Leora Joy Jones

Workshops, events, and collaborations:
-First Workshop of 2023 led by Leora Joy Jones
-A Sunday In January Workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
-A Poetry Workshop About Love led by Leora Joy Jones
-A Sunday-in-March Workshop led by Leora Joy Jones
-A Play Reading: TPC x Taipei Shorts Crossover event and play reading
-Eatshop Drinkshop Talkshop: Post Workshop Social hosted by Jeremy Beacock
-Is April the Cruelest Month? led by Leora Joy Jones
–Wednesday Poetry Workshop: April Edition led by Leora Joy Jones
-May the Poem Be With You led by Laura Wang
-Magazine Submission Skillshare / Real Cool: A Sunday Workshop in June led by Laura Wang
-Midsummer Night’s Crabby Buck Moon led by Jonathan Pyner
-Summertime Sadness led by Leora Joy Jones
-‘Rea.ding a ‘po.em, ‘Wri.ting a ‘po.em. led by Jeremy Beacock
-You may not include URLs in the title and other trite led by Leora Joy Jones
-Reclaim Your Word(s) led by C.K. Hugo Chung
-Floods and Fires and other Frights led by Leora Joy Jones
-Drawing for Poets led by Elīna Eihmane
-A Libra-Scorpio Cusp Wednesday Night Workshop in October led by Jonathan Pyner
-Poem Starters led by Jonathan Pyner
-Shorter Days, Shadows and Dreams led by Jonathan Pyner
-Photographic Poem & Critique led by Piera Chen
–Winter Solstice Thursday Critique led by Leora Joy Jones