Poetry Night at MLK Library
Thu, Mar 19
|Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Join Alliance Française at the MLK Library for a night of French-language poetry!
Time & Location
Mar 19, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
About the event
This event is part of Alliance Française's Francophonie Series.
Celebrating poetry in the French language, this year's French Poetry Night will hold its 9th edition, held on Thursday, March 19, from 6:30 – 9:30pm at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. This annual event is part of the DC Francophonie Festival (francophonie-dc.org), running March 4 to March 31.
Did you know that many countries, which don't have French as their official language, are part of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, either as a member, an associated member or an observer? For example, countries such as Greece, Georgia, Serbia, Armenia, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, and Vietnam are all part of Francophonie!
Join us to hear select poems from around the Francophone world, recited in the poem's original language and/or its translation into French.