Thank You for an Unforgettable Poetry Expo 2025

As the virtual curtains close on Poetry Expo 2025, we at Versopolis extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who made this year’s edition an extraordinary celebration of poetry, dialogue, and creative exchange. Building upon the success of our previous digital fairs, this year’s Expo has once again showcased the transformative power of poetry in addressing some of the most pressing global challenges of our time.

Under the unifying theme ‘Igniting Change, One Verse at a Time’, Poetry Expo 2025 explored six pivotal themes that highlight poetry’s unique ability to foster empathy, inspire action and create meaningful connections:

1) Re-imagining Identity through Poetry

2) The Ecology of Language – Poetry and Environmental Action

3) Technopoetics – AI, Digital Media, and the Future of Creativity

4) Healing Narratives – Poetry, Mental Health, and Collective Trauma

5) Cultural Resilience – Literature as a Force for Social Justice

6) Poetry and the Digital Commons – New Platforms, New Audiences

Through these lenses, we have witnessed how poetry transcends borders and disciplines, offering new perspectives and fresh approaches to understanding our world.

We are immensely grateful to the more than 190 organizations and individuals from across the globe who contributed their innovative projects, visionary insights and poetic voices to this collective endeavour:

Špela Setničar, Jonathan Chan, Collettivo Tre Poete, inzia Colazzo, Yael Merlini, Sarah Stefanutti, Anto Kerins, Vassilis N. Pis, Dwayne Jahn, Katia Sophia Ditzler, Poetas, Amalia Fernández, Aiblin Brito, Xenakis Choir, Alejandro Domínguez, Andrés Moral, Victoria Sánchez, Iris Jugo, Irene Galán, Vanessa Pérez, Emilio Rivas, Carlos Díez, Javier Sáez, Camila Oria, Yasmin Forastiero, Federico Teja, John Heat, Adriana Sáez-Bravo, Diego Rampellini, Nikolas Harnoncourt, Los Torreznos, Tarta Relena, Sara Fontán, Juan Manuel Artero, Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature (CfL), Julia Kulda Hroch, Laura-Levita Valyte, Liona Paulus, Rita Morrien, Konstanze Bustian, Sophia Rohde, Miroslava Kočvarová, Jasmin Al-Qaisi, Can Yiğit Tunçman, The Poetipost68 collective, Christian Sinicco, João Meirinhos, Marcela Cuevas Ríos, Ailouros Lied-Duo, Oleksandra Katsalap, Emre Varışlı, Alex Girshon, στίξη, Nikos Staikoulis, Ismini Katsavarou, Giorgos Simianakis, Eleni Georgiou, Poetski tren, Gordana Kovačić, Maria Pasalodos Alemany, Jaume Fluvià Alfonso, Lídia Aragüés Bravo, Vilamusic Suzuki and Arts, spiritus asper, Çağla Bölek, Denizalp Şimşek, George Zorbas, Nana Papadaki, Angeliki Dimouli, Bell Smetek, Anna Borkowska, Cezary Lewanowicz, Monika Bistuła, Agata Kordecka, Wikta Kłosińska, Paulina Janssen, The poetic collective “Wspólnota Snów Równoległych” (“Community of Parallel Dreams"), Çağla Meknuze, Mert Kamiller, Arda Gül, Milla van der Have, C.Moss Collective, Eileen Uméh, Ella Schetter, Kate MacAlister, Moritz V:3res, Celia Parra, Eszter Szegedi, Iryna Zahladko, Alta Ifland, Maks Lyzhov, Tania Rodionova, Pavlo Nechytailo, Burning Woman, Max Poberezhskyi, Maria Terebus, NGO TRANSLATORIUM, Antonella Cuppari, Piero Bellotto, Mirko Boncaldo, Anne Kollien, Raluca Tartareanu, Martina Benigni, Mattia Lucia de Nittis, Michael Maurissens, Katarina Gotic, Vincent Damiani, Asuka Watanabe, Thomas Shaddock, Elodie Glerum, Geneviève Eva Genicot, Nicole Goodwin aka GOODW.Y.N, Desislava Golicheva, Adela Buruzan, Tanja Leonhardt, Urszula Morga, The Poetry Society's Young Poets Network, Issy Craig-Wood, Gemma Rice, Caitlin Tina Jones, Sebastian Metcalfe, Zain Rishi, Madeleine Oliver, Emma Catherine Hoff, Jessica Shore, Simona Nastac, Suhan Lalettayin, Joanna Bogudał-Borkowska, Agustina Arrillaga Vodanovich, Aleksandar Mijalković, INVERSO — Giornale di poesia, Nicola Barbato, Francesco Ciuffoli, Giovanna Frene, Gabriele Galloni, Rebecca Garbin, Julia Gianferri, Ilaria Palomba, Lorenzo Pataro, Antonio Perozzi, Luigi Riccio, Gloria Riggio, Mattia Tarantino, Francesco Terracciano, Lillis Franklin – Goddard, Kaja Rakušček, Dr. Anastasios Pagiaslis, Grace Storm Barnes, Dušan Stojković, Bogdana Găgeanu, Aleksandra Lekić Vujisić, Tanja Ajtić, Lidia Chiarelli, Ana Stjelja, Igor Pop Trajkov, Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, Jasna Šamić, David Haotian Dai, Khalil Sheikh, Priyanka Neogi, Dorina Vojinović, Marina Žinić Ilić, Ana Atanasković, Taghrid BouMerhi, Cao Shui, Ivana Knežević, Ivan Dimoski, Simble Sebastian, Anđa Šušić, Dragoslav Babić, Raed Anis Al-Jishy, Deema Mahmood, Maxine A. Moncrieffes, Gordana Opalić, Association Alia Mundi for Promoting Cultural Diversity, lyrik_meme, Urša Majcen, Poetry Across the Oceans, Wu Yingli, Ha Mo, A Marjen, Ma Xuewu, Kulaxihan Muhamaitihan, Abiba Yiminjan, Yomqung Sangmo, Pema Yangchen, Danba Wangmo, Liu Wenqing, Gao Qiongxian, Lal Vet, Gebu, Tong Yu, Lan Yongxiao, Angelina Avramoglou, Seadeta Osmani, Synodinos-George Paraschis, Artan Sadiku, Stanimir Panayotov, Yeşim Ağaoğlu, Adrián Dozetas, Rowan Kilduff, Francis Edwards, Roy Ramnanan, Florian Poupelin, Apolline Fellay, Oscar Vaurs, Luc Grandemange, L’Épître, Zhao Si, Jelena Stojković Mirić, Noah Gower-Jones, Isabella Slattery-Shannon, Mary Anning, Jonah Corren, Matilda Fordham, Freya Beer, Edmund Jenorita, Maggie Wang, Anna Jones, Ilisha Thiru Purcell, Dwayne Jahn, Ivan Pozzoni, Elliotté P. Joel, Danielle Rain Palkovič, Nina Zborovančíková, Boško Mijušković, Vladan Rajović, Damjan Babić, Mila Manojlović, Jimena Yengle, Celia Parra, The (post)poetry collective "Red de Poesía", Jörn Gerstenberg AKA Joseph Braeus /N.N./ BERLIN SAMIZDAT, Lan Qyqalla, Ana Arzoumanian, TOXI Media, Beatriz Chivite, Maria Seisenbacher, Kate MacAlister, Eleanor Rees, Tetiana Oksenenko, Anda Marinela Tirnacop, Béla Mucs, Erkut Tokman, Angelica Stan, Alexia Kalogeropoulou, Sissy Mitsikosta, Inês Antunes, Jelena Stojković Mirić, Manuel de Sousa, Charlotte Van den Broeck, Poëziecentrum vzw, Ana Arzoumanian, Monika Rybińska, Eduardo d’Orey, Mars Koushi, Teodora Rotaru, Anaïssa Ali Mogné-Mali, Poesiens Hus, NAPP: Nordens Allerbedste Pensumløse Poesi, Dione Cavadias, Rui Cóias, Dmytro Lazutkin, Cinzia Colazzo, George Bakolas, Dionisio Cañas, Komal Gupta, Dionysia Zernou, IV79 / Iván Vergara, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Adelina Hedzenko, Maja A. Šeguljev, Angela Yausheva, Isabela Basombrío Hoban, Riccardo Frolloni, Darko Mitrović, Georgios Samoilis, Mo Maria Sarkis, Tatjana Živković, Adriana Bañares, Lind Duraku, Helena Barbagelata, Igor Trajkovski Foja, Cristina Ioana Boroi, Andraž Polič, Anett Gyenge-Rusz, Anna Monika Reichert, Days of Poetry and Wine, Jacek Dehnel, Noha Abdelrassoul, Gabriela Manolova, Tsveta Dimova, Teodor Dokov, Boris Kalaidjiev, Zlatina Teneva, Dora Gómez Paiva, Christina Giavasoglou, Ekaterina Derysheva, Mandy (Diamanto) Pistikou, Julio Puyo Méndez, Sandra, Fahredin Shehu, Iryna Ivanova, João Grosso, Francisco Leal, Margareta Peršić, Panselinos in Cyprus - Ideogramma, Ivan Pravdić, Elpida Tsavdari, Pavel Stefanov, Neelufer Suhrabi, Claus Ankersen, František Hruška, Milica Denković, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Marta Eloy Cichocka, Keith Payne, Dorota Suránová, Jessica Ursell, Halyna Maksymiv, Mihaela Čecháková, Tetiana Gerachenko, Matwaala South Asian Diaspora Poetry Collective, Usha Akella, Elena Truuts, Martin Kikas, Hatem Al Shehri, Su Garrido Pombo, Miglena Dikova-Milanova, Miguel Pascual, Lisbon Poetry Orchestra, Pedro Oom, João Alves, Ruca Bourbon, The Munster Literature Centre, Mikael Vogel, Nordic Multimedia Poetry Festival, Oslo International Poetry Festival, Freddy Fjellheim, Johan Sandberg McGuinne, Ida Helene Benonisen, Lina Ekdahl, and Morten Søndergaard, Angela Rawlings, Jessie Kleemann, Kim Simonsen, Unnveig Aas, Peter Clement Woetman, and Timimie Märak, Ege Dündar, Carlos Egaña … 

Your participation has enriched the global poetry community, sparked vital discussions, and strengthened the bonds between cultures and creative minds: The connections forged and conversations initiated throughout Poetry Expo 2025 reaffirm our shared belief in poetry as a force for social change, cultural exchange, and the flourishing of human creativity. The diversity of voices and perspectives represented at this year’s Expo is a testament to the enduring relevance of poetry in shaping our present and envisioning our future.

As we close this chapter, we invite you to continue this journey with us – to keep the flame of creativity burning, to champion innovation and dialogue and to celebrate the boundless potential of poetry.

See you next year at Poetry Expo 2026!