Our café meetings in 2026

We meet in person in Literair Café de Graanrepubliek (Gedempte Kattendiep 11, Groningen) every 2nd Thursday night of the month (7.30 – 10 pm). If it’s your first time, we appreciatie a short email beforehand: info@groningenpoetrystanza.nl. Thanks!

8th of January
12th of February
12th of March
9th of April
14th of May
11th of June
9th of July
13th of August
10th of September
8th of October
12th of November
10th of December

Poetry week 2026: Exhibition Groningen Poetry Stanza

Starting Thursday the 29th of January (until March or so) the walls of Literary Café De Graanrepubliek in Groningen will be filled with poetry by several poets of the Groningen Poetry Stanza.

Cool stuff we do (2025)

Poetry Stanza x Natte Neuzen at Proeflokaal Hooghoudt (19 Mar)
A super cool international edition of Natte Neuzen in collaboration with our stanza. Be ready for an amazing evening filled with English poetry to soothe your ears. No entry fee, just come over.

Exhibition in Literary Café De Graanrepubliek (12 Feb – 10 Apr)
Thursday the 12nd of February through Thursday the 10th of April 2025 the walls of Literary Café De Graanrepubliek in Groningen are filled with poetry by several poets of the Groningen Poetry Stanza.

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Who the * do we think we are?

We write poetry in English. During our meetings we share our work to get constructive feedback. Some call this ‘workshopping’ and they are probably right. Everybody is welcome during the open meetings/workshops of the Groningen Poetry Stanza, as long as you bring some English poetry you wrote and are willing (or rather, hoping) to receive feedback. We can guarantee you: your poetry will improve!

Other events are in the cards: open mic nights, exhibitions, the whole lot. View our calendar for any planned events.

Just because we can, we are an official Stanza registered with the Poetry Society. That makes the Groningen Poetry Stanza the only Poetry Society Stanza of the Netherlands. We are kinda proud of that.