Award Winning Poet
Lorraine Walker Williams
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Lorraine with Toni Libro,
Summer Bards Program Director
Lorraine Walker Williams is available on Zoom for all workshops and presentations.
Lorraine Walker Williams is available for:
Poetry and Editing Workshops,
Journaling into the Finished Poem Workshop
The Power of Healing through Writing.
Lorraine is available to Book Groups to discuss Simply Sanibel Poems and do a selected reading tailored to your needs.
Lorraine's Presentation about the creative process:
"Shaking the Muse Loose!" may be arranged for your group.
She is also available to book groups to discuss her book, SPLIT, and do selected reading. Lorraine will tailor her talk to your group's needs.
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Recent Events
and Readings
National League of American Pen Women National Conference, April 2022, 3rd Place Award for Lorraine's Sonnet Diptych, The One with Violets in Her Lap/The One with Violence in Her Lap.
Lorraine’s poem, One Morning, published in Light on the Walls of Life, a tribute anthology to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jambu Press, San Francisco, CA, 2022
Lorraine read her poems The Diva of Disaster and Letter to Domestic Terrorists virtually at the 28th Dancing Poetry Festival, September 26, 2021
Lorraine read her poem, Hummingbird at the launch of the first New Jersey Beach Bards Anthology, “First Wave” online, August 2021.
NLAPW featured her poem, The Art We Have to Master online, April 2021.
Her poem, After the Election was published in the Winter issue of “The Pen Woman” magazine.
Lorraine read her First Place poem Virtual online on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at
The Dancing Poetry Festival.
ArtPoems Gallery Show,
Arts for Act, Fort Myers, FL, July 2020
ArtPoems Presentation:
February 26, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL.
Poetry Open Mic:
January 15, 2020, 7:30 p.m
Strauss Theater, BIG ARTS, Sanibel, FL
Guest Curator of Vicki Helmer's online Poetry Column
Denver, Colorado, Fall 2019
Lorraine Walker Williams had her framed poems featured as part of the Marin Center for the Arts NLAPW Exhibit
San Rafael, CA from August 2, 2019 to January 2, 2020.
NLAPW website: Poem of the Week: Plant
Summer Bards Program:
Featured Poet
June 17, 2019; 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Cape May Library System, Sea Isle Library,
4800 Central Avenue, Sea Isle, New Jersey
Writers Read
March 13, 2019; 7:30 p.m.
BIG ARTS, Sanibel, FL
ArtPoems Performance
FSW Rush Auditorium, Fort Myers
March 14, 2019 7:30-9:00 pm
Book Talk on Simply Sanibel Poems
March 12, 2019, 2 p.m.
Estero, FL
ArtPoems Performance
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
February 20, 2019 7:30-9:00 pm
ArtPoems Presentation and Reading:
February 11, 2019
Florida Southwest University, Fort Myers, Florida.
Poetry Open Mic
BIG ARTS, Sanibel
January 23, 2019 7:30 pm
Simply Sanibel Poems
Pen Women, Daas Gallery, Fort Myers
January 12, 2019, 6:00-9:00 pm
Gulf Coast Writers annual Poetry Contest
Judge 2011-2019
ArtPoems
President of the Board
Guest Curator
Loraine was the Guest Curator of Vicki Hellmer's Poetry Column, Denver, Colorado in September 2018.
Poetry Reading
September 15, 2018: Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, noon-2 pm.
Reading and choreographed dance performance of Poem, Two Braids.
Reading of ArtPoem, Barns
Poetry Open Mic:
January 25, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
ArtPoems Performance
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
March 7, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
ArtPoems Performance
BIG ARTS, Sanibel, FL
March 28, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Book Launch and Reading
Sanibel Library, Dunlop Road, Sanibel, FL
Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
Broadsides Reading
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
7:00 p.m. January 12, 2017
ArtPoems Performance
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 22, 2017
ArtPoems Performance
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
7:00 pm., Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Centennial Park, Fort Myers, FL
10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturdady, March 18, 2017
ArtPoems, Arts for Act
Artwalk, Fort Myers, FL
6-8:00 p.m., Friday, April 7, 2017ArtPoems
Simply Sanibel Poems
Book Signing:
BIG ARTS Writers Read
November 29, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Herb Strauss Theater, Sanibel, FL
Simply Sanibel Poems
Book Signing:
December 13, 2016, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
MacIntosh Books,
Palm Ridge Shopping Center,
Palm Ridge Road, Sanibel, FL
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Cape Coral Library
921 SW 39th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL
FLSouthwest Florida Reading Festival
March 19, 2016, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Harborside Event Center, Fort Myers, FL
Keiser University Literary Festival
Poetry Judge
March 19, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - Noon
9100 Forum Corporate Pkwy, Fort Myers, FL
ArtPoems
Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Alliance for the Arts
McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL
BIG ARTS Writers Read
Thursday, March 10, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Dunlop Road, Sanibel, FL
ArtPoems at BIG ARTS
February 27, 2016
Sanibel Library Poetry Fest:
April 1, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
ArtPoems
The Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
April 8, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Broadsides
The Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
April 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation of Poetry
March 10, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Sidney Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL