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SUMMARY:Author Voices: A Speaker Series featuring Laura DiCaronimo
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/author-voices-a-speaker-series-featuring-laura-dicaronimo/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Maura MacNeil
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, August 26th\, 2025 Maura MacNeil will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaura MacNeil is the author of the poetry collections A History of Water\, Lost Houses and This Last Place. Her poetry\, prose\, and critical writing has been published and anthologized in numerous publications over the past four decades including Poet Showcase: An Anthology of New Hampshire Poets; Voices from the Frost Place Volume II; and Shadow and Light: An Anthology of Memory. She currently serves as a board member with the Monadnock Writers’ Group and is a professor of creative writing at New England College in Henniker.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/11783/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poems in Parks
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading devoted to Worcester’s parks\, public green spaces\, and other natural settings\, with poems celebrating Blithewood Park\, Boynton Park\, Crompton Park\, Dodge Park\, East Park\, Elm Park\, Green Hill Park\, Hadwen Park\, the Lake Avenue Playground\, and North Park — as well as the Blackstone Canal\, Hope Cemetery\, Coes Pond\, Rural Cemetery\, Lake Quinsigamond\, and more!  \n\n\n\nBesides featuring a bevy of local poets and emcee Robert Eugene Perry\, we’ll host an open mic at the end of the event\, so bring your own outdoorsy Worcester poem to share (or write one there — see below.) \n\n\n\nThe iron bridge at Elm Park in Worcester\, courtesy Wikipedia Commons\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWe’ll hear poems about specific places by Cheryl Breslin\, Katie Crommett\, Glenn D’Alessio\, Karen Durlach\, Tom Ewart\, Judith Ferrara\, Tony Fulginiti\, Joe Fusco Jr.\, John Gaumond\, Pamela Gemme\, Gertrude Halstead\, Carolyn Howe\, Judith O’Connell Hoyer\, Joanne Johnson\, Colleen Kane-Dacri\, Ariel Lim\, Robert Eugene Perry\, Evan Plante\, Vidya Prabhu\, Eve Rifkah\, Paul Szlosek\, Susan Elizabeth Sweeney\, Cathy Weaver Taylor\, Michael D. True\, Karen Turner\, David Williams\, and D Zeutas-Broer. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is part of The Poem Next Door\, an exhibit at the Museum of Worcester in partnership with Mapping Worcester in Poetry — but naturally it will take place outside\, at Elm Park! Free parking is available on Russell Street (on the east side of the park) and at a nearby shopping plaza. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTo find us\, please go to the middle of the park near the crosswalk at William and Russell Streets and look for the MWiP “feather” above. We encourage you to bring a lawn chair or picnic blanket to sit on. Feel free to drop by and stay as long as you can as part of your Saturday afternoon. \n\n\n\nWould you like to write a poem about one of Worcester’s parks? The reading will end with an open mic (sign up at the event)\, and the Museum of Worcester’s traveling typewriter will be on hand\, so you can compose it\, type it up\, and then read it aloud to an audience\, all under the shade of a leafy tree!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poems-in-parks/
LOCATION:Elm Park\, 138 Russell Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T183000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza with Karla Okala
DESCRIPTION:We’re back on August 20th at The Mill in West Boylston! \n\n\n\nThe Mill is right off Rt 190\, has a spacious parking lot\, serves delectable apps\, entrees\, and desserts with a full bar. We have a seperate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission is still free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the Feature. \n\n\n\nThe Poetry Extravaganza (PE) is the 3rd Wednesday of the month\, except for July \,from 6:30-8;30 pm. Sign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com. Five minute maximum\, Please! There are no language restrictions. We are not kid-friendly! \n\n\n\nOur featured poet on August 20th will be Karla Okala from the Worcester Writer’s Collective.Lewandowski Painters sponsors our event. That’s how we pay the poets!Join the Fun on August 20th! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThough originally from South Carolina\, Karla arrived in Worcester 11 years ago\, and this city quickly became home. She fell in love with language with the rhymes of Dr. Seuss and has been writing poetry since she was six years old. However\, she only started sharing her poetry with others after she joined the Worcester Writers’ Collective in the summer of 2024. Currently\, she is working on a series of poems about her Southern upbringing
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-with-karla-okala/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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SUMMARY:Booklovers' Gourmet Open Mic 8/16
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic PoetryAugust 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nJoin us for a monthly round robin style\, open poetry reading hosted by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 14 participants and usually fills up quickly. \n\n\n\nSign up to reserve your spot by calling 508-949-6232 or emailing deb@bookloversgourmet.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-8-16/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250814T193000
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SUMMARY:Follow the Ruckus!
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show\, which hosts a legendary open mic every Monday night at Ralph’s Rock Diner\, is bringing its live poetry shenanigans to the Museum of Worcester. Join us to cheer on local poets as they participate in Prompt ‘n’ Circumstance\, an Iron Poet competition\, and other poetry games. \n\n\n\n“Follow the Ruckus!” accompanies Museum of Worcester’s new exhibit The Poem Next Door\, curated by Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, which will be open for viewing at 5:30 pm before the program. This event is FREE as part of Museum of Worcester’s 150th anniversary. \n\n\n\nRegistration is strongly encouraged. Please register here. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nA typical Monday night at Ralph’s (image courtesy of Dirty Gerund)
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/follow-the-ruckus/
LOCATION:Museum of Worcester\, 30 Elm Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-Beat Poets
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Tom Skarzynski & Laura DiCaronimo \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHERE: Steve Veilleux’s house 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale\, CT \n\n\n\nWHEN: Sunday August 10 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales\, snacks\, and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin\, one poem at a time until 4 PM. \n\n\n\nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \n\n\n\nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 POETS. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-11/
LOCATION:Steve Veilleux’s Home\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road\, Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Richard Fox Poetry Series: Joanne Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Now\, the 1st Tuesday of every month\, The Richard Fox Poetry Series is an open- mic with a featured reader. It honors the memory of the iconic Worcester poet and human-being extraordinaire Richard Fox.Our next Featured Poet will be the very talented Joanne Johnson on August 5th. Free admission. On-the-street parking. Root and Press Books and Cafe has an awesome array of food and beverages and an expanded book selection at their new location. Sign up for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Limited spots available. Sponsored by the ‘Fox Fund’ (Worcester County Poetry Association). \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoanne Johnson is a lifelong writer\, educator\, and community advocate based in Worcester\, Massachusetts. A graduate of Fairport High School and Bridgewater State College\, Joanne brings compassion\, insight\, and creativity to everything she does. Her work spans decades of poetry\, storytelling\, and active involvement in local initiatives. \n\n\n\nJoanne is the author of *An Imperfect Journey*\, a collection of poems that explores love\, family\, resilience\, and the beauty of everyday life. Much of her poetry is shaped by the life of her son Joey\, who was deaf-blind and lived with multiple disabilities. His journey profoundly influenced Joanne’s voice\, infusing her writing with empathy\, strength\, and an unshakable sense of purpose. Through her work\, she honors Joey’s memory and continues to advocate for inclusion\, accessibility\, and the dignity of every individual. \n\n\n\nShe has shared her poetry at community events including the Worcester County Poetry Association’s ‘Poetry in the Garden’ series\, Open Mic at The Mill and Root and Press. Her work has also been featured in *Worcester Magazine* several times reflecting her deep connection to the city and its people.Joanne lives in Worcester with her husband\, Joseph Johnson\, where they continue to support community causes and share in creative expression. \n\n\n\nJoanne has two children\, Joey and Matthew. Joey died on December 15\, 2021 from complications of Leukodystrophy. Matthew is 35 and lives in North Attleboro\, Ma.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-richard-fox-poetry-series-joanne-johnson/
LOCATION:Root and Press\, 156 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T183000
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SUMMARY:Kunitz Medal Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nJoin us at the Museum of Worcester as the Stanley Kunitz Medal is presented to this year’s winner\, Victor D. Infante. The museum’s new Poem Next Door exhibit — which features “My Mother’s Pears\,” Kunitz’s poem about his boyhood home at 4 Woodford Street — will be open for viewing at 6 pm before the program begins. \n\n\n\nThis award is presented annually to honor a poet with a strong Worcester County (Mass.) connection who best exemplifies Stanley Kunitz’s life-long commitment to poetry and poets. The award recognizes the total commitment to poetry as Kunitz lived it: teaching poetry\, mentoring poets\, speaking poetry\, publishing poetry\, and supporting organizations that nurture poetry. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nVictor D. Infante is a poet\, fiction writer and journalist living in Worcester\, Massachusetts. He is the author of the recent poetic novella\, Suffer For This\, from Moon Tide Press and the full-length poetry collection\, City of Insomnia\, from Write Bloody Publishing. His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies\, including The Chiron Review\, The Collagist\, Barrelhouse\, Pearl\, Spillway and The Banyan Review. He is currently the features editor of the Telegram & Gazette and the editor of Worcester Magazine. He’s an Aquarius\, with all that entails. \n\n\n\n.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/kunitz-medal-award-ceremony/
LOCATION:Museum of Worcester\, 30 Elm Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective Showcase
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Writers’ Collective is thrilled to present our second public showcase. The event features a powerful collection of poetry\, playwriting\, and prose created by our members. Come and experience a whirlwind of stories across all ranges of emotions\, mediums\, and backgrounds\, written and performed by lifelong Worcester creatives. The performance is supported by imagery\, sounds\, and scenescapes that transport audiences and serve as a true celebration of our city’s tenacity for moving storytelling. \n\n\n\nThe event will take place at the Boroughs Theatre at the Prior Performing Arts Center\, College of the Holy Cross. Free parking is available directly in front of the theater.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-showcase/
LOCATION:Prior Performance Arts Center\, 1 College Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01610\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Paul Szlosek
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, July 29th\, 2025 Paul Szlosek will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Szlosek is a poet\, photographer\, blogger\, magician\, and “cranial fermenter” (a term he has personally coined) born in Southbridge\, Massachusetts\, but currently residing in the nearby metropolis of Worcester. A recipient of the 2001 Jacob Knight Award for Poetry\, the 2023 Stanley Kunitz Medal\, and the 2024 Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize\, he has served as co-founder and co-host of both the Poet’s Parlor and Poetorium at Starlite open mic & reading series. His poetry have appeared in numerous local & national print & online publications including The Worcester Review\, Worcester Magazine\, Radius\, Sahara\, Concrete Wolf\, Soul-Lit\, Diner\, Poetry as Promised\, & Silkworm. Paul is probably best known in the Central Massachusetts poetry community for his fanatical obsession with obscure poetry forms\, and has invented his own including the ziggurat\, the streetbeatina\, the hodgenelle\, the lux\, and the singsangsong which he often shares with readers on his poetry blog Paul’s Poetry Playground. He has also gained a legendary reputation\, for some inexplicable reason\, as a poet whom no one wants to follow in an open reading. Paul’s first collection of poetry tentatively titled Pretense\, Portents\, & the Farmer’s Son will be published by Metaphysical Fox Press in the hopefully not-too-distant future.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-paul-szlosek/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T180000
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: \n\n\n\n6-7 Free Writing Time \n\n\n\n7-9 Reading and Workshop \n\n\n\nBuilding a small community of local writers of all genres is our priority and we are so thrilled to invite anyone interested to drop in and participate. \n\n\n\nIt’s FREE and open to all. 🙂
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-5/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T160000
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-Beat Poets with Michael McAfee & Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT \n\n\n\nWHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: MICHAEL Michael McAfee & KAREN ELIZABETH Karen Elizabeth Sharpe \n\n\n\nWHERE: (Donna Lange’s house 59 Chase Road Thompson\, CT (exit 50 off RTE 395) \n\n\n\nRAIN LOCATION: Steve Veilleux’s house 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale\, CT \n\n\n\nWHEN: Sunday July 27\, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales\, snacks\, and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin\, one poem at a time until 4 PM. \n\n\n\nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \n\n\n\nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 POETS. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMichael McAfee is a software quality assurance engineer living in Millis\, MA.  Though he’s been writing poetry since childhood\, he only started going to open mics about ten years ago while working on his collection\, “Tarot Poems.”  His use of random card drawings to determine what to read at shows has since become a hit with audiences. Along with poetry\, he is active in the Boston-area audio theater community\, having most recently written and directed “Townies and Dragons: A Barrel Full of Peril” for the Post Meridian Radio Players’ spring show of 2025. He is constantly working on project ideas\, and being an extrovert\, will gladly talk about them with anyone who’ll listen\, and will in turn gladly listen to others talk about theirs. \n\n\n\nKaren Elizabeth Sharpe is from Rutland\, Massachusetts\, where she lives with her partner and two pandemic rescue dogs. Karen is a poetry editor at The Worcester Review and author of Prayer Can Be Anything\, (Finishing Line Press) and This Late Afternoon (Dunn & Co.). Her poems have or will soon appear in Whale Road Review\, On the Seawall\, The MacGuffin\, SWWIM Fourth River\, Split Rock Review\, Mom Egg Review\, and Halfway Down the Stairs\, among others. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-with-michael-mcafee-karen-elizabeth-sharpe/
LOCATION:Steve Veilleux’s Home\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road\, Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T193000
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SUMMARY:Inside the Kunitz Family
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a probing discussion of how life relates to art and the challenges of writing a biography. We’ll focus on one of Worcester’s best-known poets\, Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006)\, who summed up the family dynamic that shaped his identity in the opening lines of “The Portrait”: “My mother never forgave my father/ for killing himself\,/ especially at such an awkward time.” Kunitz’s mother\, who was then pregnant with him\, suppressed all traces of his father’s existence — leading to his lifelong yearning for his other parent and his estrangement from Worcester itself\, until a friendship late in life helped him to heal. \n\n\n\nJames Dempsey\, a journalist\, novelist\, poet\, and author of The Tortured Life of Schofield Thayer\, will share his findings from his research on a biography of Kunitz. Judith Ferrara\, a painter\, poet\, and scholar\, recently published A Feast of Losses: Yetta Dine and Her Son\, the Poet Stanley Kunitz. \n\n\n\nKunitz’s entry in the 1922 Classical High School Argus\, courtesy Museum of Worcester\n\n\n\nThis event\, organized by Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, is part of the new Poem Next Door exhibit at the Museum of Worcester — which features Kunitz — as well as a celebration of the poet’s birthday that culminates in awarding the annual Stanley Kunitz Medal on July 31. The exhibit will be open for viewing at 5:30 pm before the program.  \n\n\n\nThis event is FREE as part of Museum of Worcester’s 150th anniversary. To attend\, please register here.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/inside-the-kunitz-family/
LOCATION:Museum of Worcester\, 30 Elm Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T213000
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Writers' Group Presents Tom Laughlin
DESCRIPTION:The New Dawn Writers’ Group is excited to have Tom Laughlin as our July visiting author. He will be reading Tuesday\, July 22 starting at 7:00 p.m.. And the open mic starts at 8:00 p.m. We’d love to see you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Tom Laughlin is a Professor of English and Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts where he coordinates the MCC Visiting Writers Series; open readings for students; and the publication of the online literary magazine Dead River Review.  He was a volunteer staff reader for many years for Ploughshares and has taught literature classes in two Massachusetts prisons. His poetry has appeared in Green Mountains Review\, Ibbetson Street\, DrunkMonkeys\, Sand Hills\, Blue Mountain Review\, Pensive\, The Main Street Rag\, Superpresent Magazine\, The Lowell Review\, Molecule\, and elsewhere.  His poetry chapbook\, The Rest of the Way\, was released by Finishing Line Press in 2022.  His website.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-writers-group-presents-tom-laughlin/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T200000
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Rodger Martin
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, July 22nd\, 2025 Rodger Martin will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year\, Nature/Culture Books brought out Rodger Martin’s fifth book\, The Sleeping Dogs of Lubec along with a new & revised edition of his first book\, The Nemo Poems. For All The Tea in Zhōngguó was released in 2019. It follows The Battlefield Guide\, and the selection of The Blue Moon Series\, (all by Hobblebush Books) by Small Press Review as one of its bi-monthly picks of the year. Most recently he has been a major contributor for NatureCulure’s “Writing The Land” anthologies. \n\n\n\nHe is a touring artist for the New England States Touring Foundation administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts. He received the 2024 Stanley Kunitz Medal for his lifelong commitment to poetry. He’s also received an Appalachia award for poetry\, a New Hampshire State Council on the Arts award for fiction\, fellowships from The National Endowment for the Humanities to study T.S. Eliot and Thomas Hardy at Oxford University\, and John Milton at Duquesne University. Meg Kearney chose one of his poems for permanent trail mounting at Cathedral of The Pines. \n\n\n\nHis work has been published in literary journals and anthologies throughout the United States and China where he also wrote a series of essays on American poetry for The Yangtze River Journal. He and six colleagues\, as part of The Monadnock Pastoral Poets \, have been featured in a book On the Monadnock: New Pastoral Poetry released in China \n\n\n\nIn 2007. In 2012\, he represented the United States as one of twelve international poets participating in the City of Hangzhou’s literary festival on West Lake\, China. In 2015 he was a visiting poet at Nanjing University and Shanghai University of International Business and Economics\, where in 2017 his poem “The Anchor” has been mounted at the reflecting pool where it was inspired. He returned to Yancheng with six other American poets as part of the Poetry Bridging Continents III Conference. In addition to his writing\, he teaches journalism and creative writing at Keene State College\, plus co-advises The Equinox\, the college’s national award-winning student news organization. \n\n\n\nHe was managing editor of The Worcester Review for almost three decades. He helped found and direct New Hampshire’s Poetry Out Loud Project. 2013 marked the completion of a decade long project with Dr. B. Eugene McCarthy to adapt all twelve books of the epic poem Paradise Lost for dramatic reading. His critical work “The Colonization of Paradise: Milton’s Pandemonium and Montezuma’s Tenochtitlan” [TAY-nosh-TIT-lan] published in Comparative Literature Studies broke new ground in Milton studies. \n\n\n\nHe was born in the amish country of Pennsylvania\, lived in England as a child\, and served as a combat engineer in Vietnam. You can find him in the woods of New Hampshire.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-rodger-martin/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tales from Poetry Town (and Poetry Bazaar!)
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about the founding\, and flourishing\, of legendary organizations\, venues\, and open mics during the last five decades of poetry in Worcester. With Bob Gill as emcee\, Jonathan Blake\, Stephen Campiglio\, Lea Deschenes\, Rush Frazier\, John Hodgen\, Cowboy Matt Hopewell\, Bill MacMillan\, Dave Macpherson\, Rodger Martin\, and Eve Rifkah will swap stories about Noh Place\, Poets’ Asylum\, Dirty Gerund\, the Little “a\,” the Hangover Hour\, Poetry Oasis\, and more. Bring your own memories to share with us! \n\n\n\nThere will be a reception and a chance to browse our Poetry Bazaar\, where you’ll discover the newest additions to the local poetry scene\, including Booklovers’ Gourmet\, Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, National Baseball Poetry Festival\, Openest Mic\, Poetry Extravaganza!\, Poetorium\, Rain Poets\, Slightly Off-beat Poets\, Thirsty Lab\, Three-Decker\, Worcester Writers Collaborative\, and more! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nListen! A Poetry Reading! at Nick’s in 2019; photo by Sam Fuller\n\n\n\nThis event\, organized by Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, accompanies Museum of Worcester’s new exhibit “The Poem Next Door\,” which will be open for viewing at 5:30 pm before the program. The event is FREE as part of Museum of Worcester’s 150th anniversary. To attend\, please register here.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/tales-from-poetry-town-and-poetry-bazaar/
LOCATION:Museum of Worcester\, 30 Elm Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T160000
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-Beat Poets
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: KAT PIHL & BARBARA THOMAS \n\n\n\nWHERE: Lil’s Barkyard Stage at Steve Veilleux’s house 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale\, CT              \n\n\n\nRAIN LOCATION:   Indoors \n\n\n\nWHEN: Sunday July 13\, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales\, snacks\, and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin\, one poem at a time until 4 PM. \n\n\n\nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \n\n\n\nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 POETS. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-10/
LOCATION:Steve Veilleux’s Home\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road\, Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T140000
DTSTAMP:20260611T143616
CREATED:20250628T014934Z
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SUMMARY:Poems on Parts of a Wondrous Whole
DESCRIPTION:Mapping Worcester in Poetry has teamed up with Cantor Art Gallery’s current exhibit\, Room of Wonders: A Worcester Wunderkammer\, to host a poetry reading that explores collective experiences of the city’s public spaces. All the poems were composed for MWiP’s 2023 “Poems in and out of Places” contest\, and like many works in the exhibit\, they explore how parts relate to a whole. Poets will include Joe Fusco Jr.\, Anna Gold\, Kate Gregoire\, Carla Morrissey\, Nancy Baillie Strong\, Paul Szlosek\, Cathy Taylor\, Jerry Waller\, Jill Watts\, Ashley Wonder\, and D Zeutas-Broer. \n\n\n\nAn open book\, or part of the Room of Wonders? Photo: Christina An
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poems-as-parts-of-a-wondrous-whole/
LOCATION:Cantor Art Gallery\, Prior Performing Arts Center\, College of the Holy Cross\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01610-2322
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T000000
DTSTAMP:20260611T143616
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SUMMARY:Green Monster Poetry Submissions Deadline!
DESCRIPTION:The Green Monster Poetry Challenge is accepting submissions of poems that can be read/recited out loud in no more than ONE MINUTE.  As a guideline\, if your poem exceeds 20-24 lines and has more than 8-10 beats per line\, it probably won’t cut the contest’s one-minute limitation.  Of course\, prior to submitting\, you should clock the piece (out loud) several times in order to make sure it complies. \n\n\n\nGuidelines: \n\n\n\n·         Must be written in tight meter and rhyme \n\n\n\n·         When read/recited out loud\, must not exceed one minute in length \n\n\n\n·         Must respond to the following prompt: Bring to life the spirit of the Green Monster at Fenway Park\, and communicate what it means to the team\, fans\, and Boston community \n\n\n\n·         Please make your submission by or before Wednesday\, July 2nd at noon ET\, and include your full name\, town/state\, email address\, and phone number \n\n\n\n·         Please submit only a single poem \n\n\n\n·         Please submit your poem in the body of an email\, and not in an attachment (poems submitted in attachments will be deleted) \n\n\n\n·         Please note: if you make a submission\, you agree that NESN TV maintains the right to utilize your poem (or any portion of it) in any way NESN chooses\, including (but not limited to) television\, radio\, print\, outdoor signage\, digital media\, premium items\, etc.; please note that you\, as the poem’s author\, will maintain ownership of the copyright) \n\n\n\nPlease submit your poem to the National Baseball Poetry Festival’s contest email: baseballpoetrycontest@gmail.com; and\, please note\, we are unable to respond to inquiries.  
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/green-monster-poetry-submissions-deadline/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T153000
DTSTAMP:20260611T143617
CREATED:20250526T035134Z
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SUMMARY:Karen Warinsky Book Launch
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/karen-warinsky-book-launch/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T143617
CREATED:20250604T173604Z
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SUMMARY:Poetorium Too at Tidepool Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Ron McGilvray & Linda Warren
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for another special Worcester Wednesday double feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium (formerly held at the Starlite in Southbridge) at TidePool Bookshop on June 25th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Ron Whittle and Paul Szlosek. It will be a full two hours of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our two featured poets Ron McGilvray (Author of Empty Chairs) and Linda Warren (Author of They Say) followed by poetry readings by our two features\, a 10-minute dead poet tribute\, a short intermission\, and then an open mic (with 5-minute slots for each reader).  Books by both featured poets will be available for purchase in the store that evening. For more information\, please get in touch with us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our website . \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRonald C. McGilvray\, is a Kathleen Downey Short Fiction First Place Award winner and has been writing poetry and short stories for much of his adult life. His poetry has appeared in online poetry collections and media publications including The Worcester Magazine. He has also self-published twelve volumes of poetry available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. McGilvray has assumed many roles and responsibilities in his life from withstanding the heat of a local foundry to eventually landing in the Editor’s chair at the Auburn News. He now fancies himself a poet. Born and raised in Boston\, Ron has traveled world-wide and lived all over New England and now resides in Spencer\, MA with his wife Sandra. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinda Warren‘s poems have appeared in such journals as Worcester Review\, Diner\, Whiskey Island Magazine\, Writing the Land\, and others.  She is a past winner of the Frank O’Hara Prize for Poetry\, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.   She has taught writing workshops for adults and young adults\, is a past editor of The Worcester Review\, and serves on the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association.  She has worked as a teacher\, Romance novelist\, and software analyst. Linda fishes the trout and salmon rivers of New England and New Brunswick as often as she can. Her collection of poetry They Say\, which has been described as “a dialogue with the world of untamed rivers\, their creatures\, and their power of redemption” was published by Finishing Line Press\, and just released at the end of March\, 2025.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-too-at-tidepool-poetry-reading-open-mic-featuring-ron-mcgilvray-linda-warren/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T200000
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Susan Roney O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, June 24th\, 2025 Susan Roney O’Brien will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Roney-O’Brien earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College. She’s published two chapbooks: Earth and Farmwife and three full-length poetry collections: Legacy of the Last World\, Bone Circle and Thira. Her poetry has been published widely\, translated into Braille and Mandarin and nominated for many Pushcart Prizes. She won the 2020 Stanley Kunitz Medal in Poetry. She works with the Worcester County Poetry Association\, runs a monthly on-line poetry reading series\, an annual women’s reading. and facilitates free poetry workshops through area libraries. She\, her husband Philip. and Oliver\, their Chocolate Lab\, live in central Massachusetts. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-susan-roney-obrien-4/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sara Letourneau reading and open mic at New Dawn
DESCRIPTION:The New Dawn Writers’ Group is proud to present Sara Letourneau in our Authors’ Voices speaker series this month. She will be reading and doing Q&A from 6:00 p.m. to 6:45. Afterward\, stay for our open mic at 7:00 p.m.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSara Letourneau is the author of Wild Gardens (Kelsay Books\, 2024); a book editor and writing coach at Heart of the Story Editorial & Coaching Services; the cofounder and cohost of the Pour Me a Poem open mic in Mansfield\, Massachusetts; and the co-editor of the Pour Me a Poem anthology. Her poetry has won the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry and the Blue Institute’s 2020 Words on Water contest. Her latest work can be found in The Arts Fuse\, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily\, Gyroscope Review\, Nixes Mate Review\, Silver Birch Press\, and Third Wednesday Magazine. Sara lives in Foxboro\, Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nLink for more information.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/sara-letourneau-reading-and-open-mic-at-new-dawn/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T143617
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet: Summer Solstice
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry \n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 21st\n\n\n\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm\n\n\n\nJoin us for our monthly round robin open poetry share\, moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share in a friendly\, supportive environment. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 14 participants and usually fills up quickly. \n\n\n\nSign up to reserve your spot by calling 508-949-6232 or emailing deb@bookloversgourmet.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-summer-solstice/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T203000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Extravaganza with NEPC!
DESCRIPTION:We’re back on June 18th at The Mill in West Boylston! \n\n\n\nThe Mill is right off Rt 190\, has a spacious parking lot\, serves delectable apps\, entrees\, and desserts with a full bar. We have a seperate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission is still free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the Feature. \n\n\n\nThe Poetry Extravaganza (PE) is the 3rd Wednesday of the month\, except for July \,from 6:30-8;30 pm. Sign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com. Five minute maximum\, Please! There are no language restrictions. We are not kid-friendly! \n\n\n\nOur featured writers on June 18th will be Pamela Gemme and David Miller from the New England Poetry Club. \n\n\n\nLewandowski Painters still sponsors our event. That’s how we pay the poets! \n\n\n\nJoin the Fun on June 18th! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPamela Gemme is an internationally published poet. She co-edited Essential Voices: A Covid-19 Anthology from WVU Press\, released in May 2023.Her publications include The American Journal of Poetry\, The Chicago Quarterly Review\, J Journal\, SoFloPoJo\, Ibbetson Street Magazine\, and many others. Pamela runs workshops locally and works privately with poets who are working to write trauma. Pamela is on the National Baseball Poetry Festival’s Executive Committee. \n\n\n\nDavid P. Miller’s collection\, Bend in the Stair\, was published by Lily Poetry Review Books in 2021. Sprawled Asleep was published by Nixes Mate Books in 2019. His poems have appeared in Meat for Tea\, Reed Magazine\, The Arts Fuse\, Solstice\, Salamander\, Tar River Poetry\, Second Coming\, Lily Poetry Review\, and Nixes Mate Review\, among other journals. His poems “Interview” and “And You” were included in an issue of Magma (UK) focused on teaching poetry to secondary school students. He is a member of Boston’s Jamaica Pond Poets\, and is on the New England Poetry Club Board of Directors.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-extravaganza-with-nepc/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T213000
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Writers’ Group’s Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Come out to the New Dawn Writers’ Group’s Poetry Workshop. Every third Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We will discuss poems and writing\, write to prompts\, give feedback\, encourage one another\, and discuss upcoming projects. It’s a friendly\, pressure-free atmosphere at the New Dawn Arts Center in Ashburnham. Many of our poets have had books come out in the past year. Join in the fun! The address is 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. The workshop is being led by Fred Gerhard. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFred Gerhard leads the Poetry Workshop\, and is one of the open mic hosts\, for the New Dawn Writers’ Group. His books include Drifting to “Hello” (Khotso Publishing\, 2023) and Lilacs Still Bloom in Ashburnham: Songs of Spring (Local Gems Poetry Press\, 2023). A 2023 winner of Poetry in the Pines\, and 2024 winner of Art on the Trails\, he is also an editor at Quabbin Quills and Smoky Quartz. \n\n\n\nTo learn more click here.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-writers-groups-poetry-workshop-2/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T203000
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SUMMARY:The Sleeping Dogs of Lubec
DESCRIPTION:Linda Warren & Rodger Martin’s Book Reading and Signing\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThey Say by Linda Warren \n\n\n\nIn They Say\, Linda Warren does not flatten the emotional barb\, but hooks the reader through her words. Her poetry is not only fly fishing for “the graceful shapes of silver trout”\, but lands the reader hard and fast. Her lines connect the natural world to past and present circumstances\, catch and release not only salmon and trout\, but also anger\, regret\, and joy. Warren’s language reveals a deep understanding of the arts of poetry\, fly fishing\, and living in this world. The book itself is\, like the first trout of April\, “…not a miracle / but oh\, sweet universe\, it’s close enough.” \n\n\n\n–Susan Roney O’Brien\, winner of the Kingsman Poetry Prize and author of Thira \n\n\n\nThere’s a voice here\, mercurial\, alive\, filled with a wisdom running steady and true. If you seek her in these poems\, you may find Thoreau’s “Gone Fishing” sign posted on her door\, but she’s fishing for something else\, some evanescent beauty and whatever’s left in this old world that still just might be true. She’s looking for that perfect place to stand with all this swirling\, mysterious\, elusive\, and yet ever-present life roaring by\, like some river\, as she says\, that “ravels” all around us. She wants to hold this hard-won place where she can see clearly\, and reel in the light. She is searching for you. \n\n\n\n–John Hodgen\, winner of the AWP Prize in Poetry \n\n\n\nLinda Warren knows how to cast a line. With the flick of a wrist\, she lays it out\, fresh and inviting\, upon the page.  While many of her poems are about fly fishing\, they only begin there. Like a true poet\, she sees-observes connections between casting for a trout and…\, well\, other matters in her life\, in lives. Her personal effort never bars us from observing too\, with a pleasurable invitation to see more\, for enrichment. Her mastery of craft is apparent in the variety of distinct poems she creates: a long-line meditation; curt\, anxious lines; prose-verse; lyrical evocations; ingenious rhymes; painful admissions.  Far from being left out\, we are encouraged to see more\, to be blessed by the ghosts out there\, by the light\, the grace of absorption in the natural which leads us to\, perhaps\, a miracle. \n\n\n\n–Eugene McCarthy\, professor Emeritus of Holy Cross College and author of Sound Ideas \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sleeping Dogs of Lubec \n\n\n\nThe Sleeping Dogs of Lubec is a collection of poetry and short prose pieces built around the sometimes subtle at other times quite public influence dogs generate as they integrate themselves into our culture. \n\n\n\n“Rodger’s sleeping dogs don’t lie. They know their canine ancestors\, their legends in ancient caves\, and we learn of ourselves in our relation to them. Rodger deftly moves across history\, at each stop showing where we fit\, an existence we neglect at peril.  This volume\, a kind of “collected” through his career\,  engages at every turn\, with sensuous\, heartfelt lines\, perfectly executed (some prose\, a few cats\, and several silly pups!). Open wherever you wish and be rewarded.”— B. Eugene McCarthy \n\n\n\nPraise for The Sleeping Dogs of Lubec \n\n\n\nRodger Martin’s poems romp\, roll\, and\, sometimes\, howl. They are heart-aching\, heart-breaking\, and—at heart—joyous. Seals glide in from the sea at night. Kin to the sleeping dogs of Lubec\, they whisper in the ears of dreamers. The myths and bloody history of many cultures intertwine with bone-deep concern for our precious Earth. I will share these poems and (needs be) return to them again and again.—Rebecca Rule\, author of Live Free and Eat Pie!: A Storyteller’s Guide to New Hampshire \n\n\n\nMartin is building a mountain here\, each poem a solid rock\, each a world captured with amazing clarity\, vision and artistry.  —John Hodgen\, winner of the 2005 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) 2005 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry \n\n\n\nHere are animals of many kinds\, roaming now as in their ancient past. Here too are ourselves\, our capacity for respect and care\, but also for disregard and conflict\, wars over the centuries. All these Rodger draws for us\, for we are mutual voyagers with these canine and fellow creatures (a few cats…and some mutts). Read\, listen\, and see anew. —B. Eugene McCarthy is the author of Thomas Gray: The Progress of a Poet\, co-author of Sound Ideas and co-editor of From Bondage to Belonging. He taught at Holy Cross for thirty-five years.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-sleeping-dogs-of-lubec/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Rodger Martin":MAILTO:rmartin1@keene.edu
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SUMMARY:"Poems in and out of Places" Winners' Reading!
DESCRIPTION:In 2023\, nearly 100 Worcester County residents created poems about the city’s public spaces for a one-time contest sponsored by Mapping Worcester in Poetry and judged by poet laureate Oliver de la Paz. Join MWiP and WCPA at the Museum of Worcester to hear some of the winning poems and meet the poets behind them. You can find a list of winners and honorable mentions here.  \n\n\n\nThe new exhibit “The Poem Next Door” will also be open for viewing at 5:30 pm before the program begins at 6 pm. This event is FREE as part of the Museum of Worcester’s 150th anniversary celebration. To attend\, please register here. \n\n\n\nPerseus with Hermes Winged Sandals by PichiAvo\,1 Sever Street\, photo courtesy Halopigg
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/winners-reading/
LOCATION:Museum of Worcester\, 30 Elm Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Elizabeth Sweeney":MAILTO:ssweeney@holycross.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T143617
CREATED:20250518T024650Z
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SUMMARY:Bloomsday 2025!
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Bloomsday in Worcester Massachusetts\, Monday June 16th 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe book Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus as they wander through Dublin on June 16\, 1904\, the date James Joyce had his first encounter with his wife to-be Nora Barnacle. You can join us to listen or read a part of his story. \n\n\n\nSiteTimeChapterBancroft Tower Farnum St.8-9:30Telemachus: STATELY\, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN ….Rural Cemetery 180 Grove St. Hapgood gravesite10-11:30Hades: MARTIN CUNNINGHAM\, FIRST\, POKED HIS SILKHATTED HEAD INTO….Lunch break11:30-12:30Coney Island (?)Union Music 142 Southbridge St.12:30- 2 pmLystregonians – PINEAPPLE ROCK\, LEMON PLAT\, BUTTER SCOTCH. A SUGARSTICKYLibrary 3 Salem Street2-4 PMScylla and Charybdis URBANE\, TO COMFORT THEM\, THE QUAKER LIBRARIAN PURRED:St. John – St. Francis Xavier Center 44 Temple St4-6 pmNausicaa THE SUMMER EVENING HAD BEGUN TO FOLD THE WORLD IN ITSOak Barrel Restaurant 229 Grove Street6-8 pmPenelope: YES BECAUSE HE NEVER DID A THING LIKE THAT BEFORE….\n\n\n\nGraphic courtesy of K-Fai Steele \n\n\n\nWCPA_Bloomsday_2025Download
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/save-the-date-bloomsday-2025/
LOCATION:Worcester County!\, main street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01610\, United States
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