Poets At Large: May

Poets at Large will welcome poet Margaret (Meg) Smith to The Vanilla Bean Café, 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT on May 31 as part of its 2025 season. Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. She currently serves as content editor of Worcester Magazine, and her journalism has been honored with several awards, including first place, from the New England Newspaper and Press Association.

Smith’s poetry and fiction have appeared in The Horror Zine, Raven Cage, Strange Horizons, Silver Blade, The Cafe Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Sirens Call, Dark Dossier, Dark Moon Digest, and many more.  She is the creator of Poe in Lowell, a festival honoring Edgar Allan Poe’s three visits to Lowell, and is a member of the board of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! among her many volunteer activities in Lowell. Smith is author of six poetry books and a short fiction collection, The Plague Confessor. Find out more at megsmithwriter.com. 

Poets at Large, presents spoken word readings of regional poets, and is now in its sixth year. PAL and is a part of Windham Arts. All events are ADA compliant. Admission to all Vanilla Bean events is $15.00 which includes a raffle. All Poets at Large events are sponsored in part by Linemaster Switch, BankHometown, WHZ Financial Advisors, the Putnam Area Foundation and Charter Oak FCU. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic. 5-minute max as time allows.