Poetorium Too with Kate & Rebecca

Please join us for the very first double feature edition of 2026 of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium Too at TidePool Bookshop at 372 Chandler Street in Worcester on January 28th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Paul Szlosek & (hopefully) Ron Whittle. It will be a full two hours of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our two featured poets Kate Gregoire (organizer of the Worcester Rain Poetry Project ) and Rebecca Cross (winner of the 2023 Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize) followed by poetry readings by our two features, a short intermission, and then an open mic (with 5-minute slots for each reader if time permits). For more information, please get in touch with us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our website.

Kate Gregoire lives and writes in Grafton, Massachusetts. Her poetry covers themes of motherhood, ecospirituality, and incantation. She serves on the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association and organized the Rain Poetry project. She is an editor of Worcester County’s literary journal, The Three Decker. You can find her work on Instagram @katherinegregoirepoet and at local open mics.

Rebecca Cross is a disabled writer and actress who lives in Vermont and worked for four years in Worcester. She has an MA in creative and critical writing from the University of Sussex. Her work has appeared in Poetry Daily, The Southern Review, Southern Humanities Review, Hotel Amerika, Quarterly West, Poet Lore, Beloit Poetry Journal, and Image, among other journals, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets. She was the 2023 recipient of the Frank O’Hara Prize.