• A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Meg Kearney

    Zoom Online Meeting , United States

    The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, MA, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday February 24th virtually on Zoom with none other than Meg Kearney, our featured reader! Meg Kearney […]

  • Author’s Voices: A Speaker Series Featuring Mark Walsh

    New Dawn Center 84 Main St., Ashburnham, MA, United States

    Mark Walsh will be the visiting author reading at New Dawn Tuesday, February 24th, at 7:00 p.m., followed by an open mic. at 8:00 p.m. at 84 Main Street, Ashburnham, […]

  • Peace in Worcester: Our History

    An evening of dialogue and a screening of the   award-winning documentary   Location: The Museum of Worcester, 30 Elm Street, Worcester, MA  6pm: Reception with light refreshments. 6:30pm: Screening of the 70-minute film: The Berrigans: […]

  • WCPA 2026 Annual Meeting

    Preservation Worcester Board Room 61 Harvard St., Worcester, MA, United States

    The annual meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association will be held in the ball room of The Salisbury House, followed by a reading by new Worcester Poet Laureate Nicole […]

  • Poetry Writing with Catherine Martin

    Hopkinton Arts Center 98 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

    Spend five weeks writing and reading in the dreamy, sharp, upside-down, carefully organized world of poetry! Whether you’re fine tuning your latest epic poem or wrestling with the blank page, […]

    $200
  • The Openest Mic Featuring Brian Mosher & Fred Gerhard

    Canvas by Coff33 Corp. 326 Main Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States

    The poet, Fred Gerhard, recently published his mother’s poetry and will be reading from her works as well as his own. In 2026, Fred Gerhard, author of Drifting to “Hello” (Khotso, 2023) […]

  • Elizabeth Bishop’s Motley Menagerie

    E.Bishop Grave at Hope Cemetary 119 Webster St., Worcester, MA, United States

    Due to February's extreme cold and snow, Mapping Worcester in Poetry had to put off the annual birthday celebration at Bishop's grave in Hope Cemetery for a few weeks. Now, […]

  • Poets @ Large: Women’s Day Spoken Word/Poetry Rading

    The Rose Room Cafe 4 East Main Street, Webster, MA, United States

    The public is invited to a spoken word/poetry reading to celebrate International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8 th organized by Poets at Large. The free event will be held […]

  • Poetry Writing with Catherine Martin

    Hopkinton Arts Center 98 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

    Spend five weeks writing and reading in the dreamy, sharp, upside-down, carefully organized world of poetry! Whether you’re fine tuning your latest epic poem or wrestling with the blank page, […]

    $200