The Bash is part of the Fourth People's Poetry Gathering, sponsored by the Graduate Center, City Lore and the Bowery Poetry Club.

Next month poets from around the world will visit these historic neighborhoods for the first People's Poetry Gathering.

The Filipino poetry debate was one event at the People's Poetry Gathering, co-sponsored by City Lore and Poets House in collaboration with 41 other partners.

Like the director of any nonprofit, I was dismayed to find no mention in the article of the People's Poetry Gathering or the organizations that sponsored it.

Founded by City Lore and Poets House in 1999, The People's Poetry Gathering was created to present the diverse oral poetry traditions of New York City.

Then there is the People's Poetry Gathering, from May 3 through May 7, sponsored by City Lore and the Bowery Poetry Club.

Among those invited to the Poetry Gathering is Mr. Kamara, of Sierra Leone.

Another endangered language being highlighted in both the Poetry Gathering and the PEN festival is Euskera, or Basque.

The People's Poetry Gathering offers a variety of events at Cooper Union and other Manhattan locations.

WHAT YOU SEE - Click on Poetry Gathering to learn about the second annual People's Poetry Gathering, to be held in Lower Manhattan from March 30 to April 1.