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October 2020
a virtual Thirsty Lab with Jamie Samdahl
The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th (and occasional 5th) Tuesday reading. Please join a virtual Thirsty Lab on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at 7:00 pm (Eastern). Jamie Samdahl will be the feature. Register for the reading, and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. Jamie Samdahl is a poet and naturalist from Princeton, Massachusetts. Her poems have appeared in Rattle, Washington Square Review, Mountain Record:…
Find out more »November 2020
November 2020 Board Meeting
Join the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association for our monthly board meeting. This will once again be a virtual meeting due to the continued need for social distancing. This is a working meeting, not a poetry reading. We welcome to the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This is a great opportunity to learn more…
Find out more »Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic – virtualized
Bedlam Book Cafe will host a virtual version of their monthly Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic. A group of wordsmiths, poetry aficionados, and lovers of semantic bedlam get together on the 1st Friday of every month to create a little bedlam in the virtual world. Register for the event and Zoom will email you all the details.
Find out more »Zoom into Poetry with Meg Kearney
Photo by Gabriel Parker Meg Kearney is the next reader in the WCPA's virtual poetry reading series, Zoom into Poetry. The next installment takes place on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at 3:00 pm. Registration is needed to join the event. Visit the Zoom registration link and fill in the form. A meeting link will be e-mailed to you. Meg Kearney is author of two full-length poetry collections, An Unkindness of Ravens and Home By Now, winner of the PEN New England L.L. Winship Award; a heroic…
Find out more »Veteran Poets speaking Veteran Poets
Poets Terry Farish, Rodger Martin, Jimmy Pappas, Karen Skolfield, and Kyle Potvin. The WCPA is pleased to co-sponsor a Veteran's Day event where Veteran Poets will read the work of Veteran Poets. This virtual event (via Zoom) will include the poetry of Walt Whitman, Civil War; Wilfred Owen & Siegfried Sassoon, WWI; Donald Baker & Randall Jarrell, WWII; Etheridge Knight, Korea; Bruce Weigl & Yusef Komunyakaa, Vietnam; Brian Turner & Khadijah Queen, Iraq/Afghanistan. Join the virtual reading…
Find out more »December 2020
Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic – virtualized
Bedlam Book Cafe will host a virtual version of their monthly Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic. A group of wordsmiths, poetry aficionados, and lovers of semantic bedlam get together on the 1st Friday of every month to create a little bedlam in the virtual world. Register for the event and Zoom will email you all the details.
Find out more »Zoom into Poetry with Julie Danho
The WCPA is excited to present a virtual poetry reading with Julie Danho on Sunday, December 13, 2020, at 3:00 pm. Registration is needed to join the event. Visit the Zoom registration link and fill in the form. A meeting link will be e-mailed to you. Julie Danho's first full-length poetry collection, "Those Who Keep Arriving," won the 2018 Gerald Cable Book Award from Silverfish Review Press. Her chapbook, Six Portraits, received the 2013 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Award. Her…
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