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SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop Series: Art & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this wonderful series. Registration Link.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-workshop-series-art-poetry/
LOCATION:Shrewsbury Public Library\, 609 Main Street\, Shrewsbury\, Massachusetts\, 01545\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T140000
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, April 19th2:00 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-9/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T210000
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SUMMARY:The Openest Mic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-openest-mic-2/
LOCATION:Smokestack Roasters\, 39 Massachussetts Avenue\, Lunenburg\, MA\, 01462\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T180000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Martín Espada
DESCRIPTION:FREE and Open to the public. \n\n\n\nSponsored by: The Worcester County Poetry Association\, WPI and The Clemente Course in the Humanities\, Worcester 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/an-evening-with-martin-espada/
LOCATION:Higgins House\, 100 Institute Road\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T183000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza Featuring Cheryl Bonin
DESCRIPTION:e’re back on April 16th at our awesome new location! \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’ll have a separate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission will still be free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the Feature. \n\n\n\nThe Poetry Extravaganza (PE) will now be the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8;30 pm. Sign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com\, Five minute maximum\,There are no language restrictions. We are not kid-friendly \n\n\n\nOur featured writer on April 16th will be the inimitable Cheryl Bonin.Lewandowski Painters will still sponsor our event. That’s how we pay the poets! \n\n\n\nJoin the Fun on April 16th! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCheryl L. Bonin is a bourbon sipping\, baseball watching\, \, pirate loving\, Neil Diamond singing\, cancerous wench of the breast variety who writes snark filled stories and poetry because it’s cheaper than therapy. Her rantings have been encouraged\, tolerated\, published and/or acknowledged by: her Good Sport Hubby\, random unsuspecting open mic attendees\, The Worcester Review\, Worcester Magazine\, The National Baseball Poetry
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-featuring-cheryl-bonin-4/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T180000
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective Meeting
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-meeting-2/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T210000
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CREATED:20250325T163912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T163916Z
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SUMMARY:Openest Mic: Appleseed Poetry Slam
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/openest-mic-appleseed-poetry-slam/
LOCATION:Main Street Studios\, 569 Main St.\, Fitchburg\, Massachusetts\, 01420\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T193000
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet
DESCRIPTION:A poetry and music series at the Merriam-Gilbert Public Library \n\n\n\nFree and open to all! \n\n\n\nPlease stop by or call the Library at 508-867-1410 to reserve your seat. \n\n\n\nEach evening will feature poetry readings from the shelves of the library book-ended by a musical duet. This program is made possible by the West Brookfield Cultural Council as supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, In celebration of National Poetry Month \n\n\n\nJoin us the following Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAPRIL 15th : Solo bass: Jerry Wilfong / Jonathan Blake reads from “Black Nature”’ and a jazz poetry performance with Wilfong and Blake \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIt is difficultTo get the news from poems\,Yet men die miserably every day \n\n\n\nFor the lackOf what is found there \n\n\n\n~William Carlos Williams~
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet-5/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-beat Poets Rebecca Hart Olander & Mark Walsh
DESCRIPTION:MPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT (Indoors if weather is unpleasant) \n\n\n\nWHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Rebecca Hart Olander & Mark Walsh \n\n\n\nWHERE: 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale\, CT \n\n\n\nWHEN: Sunday April 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 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Hart Olander’s poetry and collaborative visual and written work has appeared in print\, online\, and in multiple anthologies. A winner of the Women’s National Book Association Poetry Award\, her books include Dressing the Wounds (dancing girl press\, 2019) and Uncertain Acrobats (CavanKerry Press\, 2021)\, an Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist and a Massachusetts Center for the Book “Must-Read” selection. Her second full-length collection\, Singing from the Deep End\, is forthcoming for CavanKerry Press in 2026. Rebecca has taught writing at Amherst and Smith colleges\, Westfield State University\, and through Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop\, and she works with poets in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She is the editor/director of Perugia Press. \n\n\n\nMark Walsh is an English professor at Massasoit Community College in Brockton\, MA\, where he teaches literature and philosophy. Recently\, he was the head judge of the selection committee for the City of Brockton’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate. He is an associate editor for The Lily Poetry Review\, and his journalism has appeared in The South Shore News & The Marshfield Mariner. His Chapbook\, In The Garden of Fortune\, was published by Lily Poetry Review Books in May of 2024.  Recent poetry publications include Abandoned Mine\, Rituals\, Choeofpleirn Press and Nixes Mate. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-rebecca-hart-olander-mark-walsh/
LOCATION:Steve Veilleux’s Home\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road\, Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T163000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
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SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop Series: Confessional Poetry & Lyrics
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this wonderful series. Registration Link.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-workshop-series-confessional-poetry-lyrics/
LOCATION:Shrewsbury Public Library\, 609 Main Street\, Shrewsbury\, Massachusetts\, 01545\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
CREATED:20250310T202446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T202450Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Board Meeting: April Edition
DESCRIPTION:April Board Meeting \n\n\n\nJoin us for our monthly discussion and planning. Come see what what we have been up to and will be up to. 😉
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/monthly-board-meeting-april-edition/
LOCATION:Preservation Worcester Board Room\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
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SUMMARY:April Member Mingle
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/april-member-mingle/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet
DESCRIPTION:A poetry and music series at the Merriam-Gilbert Public Library \n\n\n\nFree and open to all! \n\n\n\nPlease stop by or call the Library at 508-867-1410 to reserve your seat. \n\n\n\nEach evening will feature poetry readings from the shelves of the library book-ended by a musical duet. This program is made possible by the West Brookfield Cultural Council as supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, In celebration of National Poetry Month \n\n\n\nJoin us the following Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nApril 8th : bassist Jerry Wilfong\, guitarist Rich Falco / Jonathan Blake reads Gilbert and Gregg \n\n\n\nIt is difficultTo get the news from poems\,Yet men die miserably every day \n\n\n\nFor the lackOf what is found there \n\n\n\n~William Carlos Williams~
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
CREATED:20250306T185726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T185730Z
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SUMMARY:Moth-like "Tell Me a Story" event in Northborough
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/moth-like-tell-me-a-story-event-in-northborough/
LOCATION:Meetinghouse Arts Center\, 40 Church Street\, Northborough\, Massachusetts\, 01532\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T163000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
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SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop Series: Form Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this wonderful series. Registration Link
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-workshop-series-form-poetry/
LOCATION:Shrewsbury Public Library\, 609 Main Street\, Shrewsbury\, Massachusetts\, 01545\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T153000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
CREATED:20250314T203858Z
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet Hosts Robert Eugene Perry's Book Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster\, MA is hosting a book release party with Poet Robert Eugene Perry\, who will read and sign copies of I Dreamt I Was Water\, on Saturday\, April 5th at 1 p.m. The event will start with an Open Mic which will be round robin style. Robert Eugene Perry will read from 3-3:30 pm with a book signing immediately following. Cost is Free. Signed copies will be available for purchase. To reserve a spot to participate in the Open Mic\, please email deb@bookloversgourmet.com. Space is limited to 14 readers. Booklovers’ Gourmet is located at 72 East Main Street\, Webster\, MA. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReview of I Dreamt I Was Water: \n\n\n\n“One is struck immediately and consistently by the rhythm of these lines. It’s as if the Heart of the Natural World dreamt it was a poem and spoke in this poet’s tongue. \n\n\n\nIf Gary Snyder\, Mary Oliver\, and Wendell Berry had a band\, Bob Perry would be its drummer.” \n\n\n\nWayne-Daniel Berard\, author\, poet\, co-host of Pour Me a Poem\, Mansfield\, MA. \n\n\n\nRobert Eugene Perry is a native of Massachusetts and the author of six books. His most recent collection of poetry Earthsongs\, was published by Human Error Publishing in 2022. A combined re-release of his earlier chapbooks was released as Sacred Mystic Dance on his own imprint Metaphysical Fox Press in 2024. \n\n\n\nHis poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies & publications\, he was a finalist in the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry and his poem Heard Steet/ Hadwen Park in Winter was a winner in WCPA’s 2024 Poems in and out of Places. Perry has emceed the monthly Open Mic at Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster\, MA (USA) since May 2017. \n\n\n\nFor more information\,
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-hosts-robert-eugene-perrys-book-launch/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading: Eve Rifkah
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Reading: Eve Rifkah \n\n\n\nBoylston Public Library \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us at the Boylston Library to kick off our three-month series of poetry readings by local poets. We are happy to have Eve Rifkah at the Library to start this series with readings from her book\, Outcasts the Penikese Island Leper Hospital 1905-1921. The book is a documentary of sorts with personal poems in the voices of the actual patients. The book was made into a play which was performed at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse to rave reviews.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEve Rifkah is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz award and has been instrumental in poetry organizations such as the co-founder of Poetry Oasis\, Inc. She has run an ongoing writing workshop for 15 years and teaches workshops and classes at WISE (Worcester Institute for Senior Education). She lives in Worcester\, MA with her husband\, musician\, artist\, and writer Michael Milligan\, and their cat. Join us for this relaxing evening of poetry reading and leave inspired to hear more these next few months.  \n\n\n\nRegistration Required for Zoom Link.This program is supported in part by a grant from the Boylston Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, a state agency.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-reading-eve-rifkah/
LOCATION:Boylston Public Library\, 695 Main Street\, Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01505\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
CREATED:20250316T163715Z
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SUMMARY:Richard Fox Poetry Series: John Hodgen
DESCRIPTION:The Richard Fox Poetry Series is a monthly poetry open- mic with a featured reader. It honors the memory of the iconic Worcester poet and human-being extraordinaire Richard Fox. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis month’s Feature poet will be JOHN HODGEN. Hodgen is Writer-in-Residence at Assumption University in Worcester\, MA\, and Advisory Editor at New Letters at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He is author of six poetry collections: In My Father’s House\, winner of the Bluestem Award; Bread Without Sorrow\, Winner of the Balcones Poetry Prize; Bread Without Sorrow\, winner of the Balcones Prize\, Grace\, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry; Heaven & Earth Holding Company\, winner of the Massachusetts Book Award\, The Lord of Everywhere and his latest book\, What We May Be\, from Lynx House Press/Washington State University. Hodgen is also recipient of numerous other honors and awards\, including the Grolier Prize\, the Foley Poetry Prize\, the Ruth Stone Poetry Prize\, an Arvon Foundation Award\, the Chad Walsh Prize\, the Collins Prize\, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Award in Poetry\, and inclusion in the 2017 Scribner’s Best American Poetry. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFree 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. \n\n\n\nSignup for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Limited spots available. \n\n\n\nSponsored by the ‘Fox Fund’ (Worcester County Poetry Association) \n\n\n\n                                                                    
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/richard-fox-poetry-series-john-hodgen/
LOCATION:Root and Press\, 156 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
CREATED:20250307T011229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T011233Z
UID:10943-1743530400-1743537600@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:The Richard Fox Poetry Series: John Hodgen
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 iconic John Hodgen on April 1st. That’s no joke! 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\nJohn Hodgen is Writer-in-Residence at Assumption University in Worcester\, MA\, and Advisory Editor at New Letters at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He is author of six poetry collections: In My Father’s House\, winner of the Bluestem Award; Bread Without Sorrow\, Winner of the Balcones Poetry Prize; Grace\, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry; Heaven and Earth Holding Company\, winner of the Massachusetts Book Award\, The Lord of Everywhere and his latest book\, What We May Be\, from Lynx House Press/Washington State University. Hodgen is also recipient of numerous other honors and awards\, including the Grolier Prize\, the Foley Poetry Prize\, the Ruth Stone Poetry Prize\, an Arvon Foundation Award\, the Chad Walsh Prize\, the Collins Prize\, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Award in Poetry\, and inclusion in the 2017 Scribner’s Best American Poetry.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-richard-fox-poetry-series-john-hodgen-2/
LOCATION:Root and Press\, 156 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250329T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250329T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
CREATED:20250304T013343Z
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SUMMARY:Poets at Large: March Edition
DESCRIPTION:POET LAUREATE OF PLYMOUTH\, MA TO READ AT THE VANILLA BEAN CAFE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoets at Large begins year six with a spoken word reading at The Vanilla Bean Café\, 450 Deerfield Road in Pomfret on March 29 th from 7-9 p.m. There will be a mix of events at The Vanilla Bean and Roseland Park this year. \n\n\n\nGetting the series underway will be the voices of two Massachusetts poets\, Carol Hobbs and Miriam O’Neal. Hobbs is an educator whose work has appeared in journals and anthologies throughout the United States and Canada. Her recent book New-found-land\, available through Main Street Rag in North Carolina\, received honorable mention for the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize with the NEPC\, and a New England PEN Discovery Prize. \n\n\n\nMiriam O’Neal is the current Poet Laureate of Plymouth\, MA. Her work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly and The Galway Review among many other magazines. Her poetry collections include We Start With What We’re Given (Kelsay Books\, 2018)\, The Body Dialogues (Lily Poetry Review Books\, 2020)\, and The Half-Said Things (Nixes Mate Books\, 2022) and she hosts Poetry the Art of Words\, the longest continuously running poetry reading series in Massachusetts south of Boston. \n\n\n\nAll Poets at Large events are ADA compliant. Admission is $15.00 which includes a raffle. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic. 5-minute max as time allows. Poets at Large is a project of Windham Arts and this year PAL is sponsored in part by Linemaster Switch\, Charter Oak FCU and WHZ Financial Advisors.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large-march-edition-2/
LOCATION:Vanilla Bean Cafe\, 450 Deerfield Road\, Pomfret\, CT\, 06259\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Curt Curtin Memorial
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/curt-curtin-memorial-2/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church (90 Main St. Worcester\, MA)\, 90 Main St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T080000
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SUMMARY:Baseball Poetry Contest for Adult-Deadline Today
DESCRIPTION:ALL ADULT POETS EVERYWHERE \n\n\n\nCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS \n\n\n\nThe National Baseball Poetry Festival invites submissions of poems that deal with any aspect of the gamesmanship\, nature\, and atmosphere of Baseball and/or Softball\, for example: opening day\, ballpark food\, childhood memories\, first pitch\, athletic heroes\, uniforms\, ball parks\, Little League\, dugout chatter\, the season of the game\, etc. \n\n\n\nNo restriction on form. Poets may submit one (1) poem for consideration. Each poem should fit on a single page. Previously published work is acceptable. The thematic views of baseball/softball and the game will be given wide interpretation by the judge(s). \n\n\n\nCategories \n\n\n\nAdults 18+ \n\n\n\nPublication \n\n\n\nUp to 20 winners will be published on BaseballBard \n\n\n\nPrizes \n\n\n\nIn addition to publication on BaseballBard\, winners will receive a Certificate and National Baseball Poetry Festival t-shirt! \n\n\n\nGuidelines for Submission \n\n\n\nDeadline: Noon\, Wednesday\, March 28\, 2025 (ET). \n\n\n\nSubmit: one (1) poem in Word format to baseballpoetrycontest@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nMust Include: poet’s name\, address\, phone number\, and email address. \n\n\n\nWinners Notification: Friday\, April 11\, 2025 by email. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFor more information\, visit their website.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/baseball-poetry-contest-for-adult-deadline-today/
LOCATION:Worcester County
ORGANIZER;CN="Nancy Sackheim":MAILTO:nancysackheim@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T193000
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SUMMARY:Latino Poetry presentation and discussion with Magdalena Gomez
DESCRIPTION:Jacob Edwards Library \n\n\n\nThursday\, Mar. 27\, 6:00-7:30 pm \n\n\n\nThe Jacob Edwards Library is pleased to present the second part of the Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home. This program is presented as part of a major public humanities initiative taking place across the nation in 2024 and 2025\, directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective. This evening’s event will be led by Magdalena Gómez who will read some of her poetry and with musical interludes provided by Gian Carlo Buscaglia. The audience is invited to participate in the program and read their poetry at the event\, as well. \n\n\n\nPlease note the earlier start time of 6 pm. The event will close at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMagdalena Gómez\, Poet Laureate of Springfield\, MA (2019-2022) and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow (2021-2022) has been a cultural worker since 1976. Her memoir noir\, Mi’ja\, received the 2024 International Latino Book Award\, in the autobiography category. In 2019 she received the Latinas 50 Plus Literature Award at Fordham University and the Latinx Excellence on the Hill Award from the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus of MA at the State House. Her solo play on iconoclastic Puerto Rican labor leader\, activist\, feminist and journalist Luisa Capetillo\, (October 28\, 1879 – April 10\, 1922) is included in The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance (2024). Ms. Gómez has been a volunteer writer for An African American Point of View for over fourteen years. She was the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Springfield’s first intergenerational Latinx theater\, Teatro V!da and the youth open mic series\, Ign!te the M!c – from 2006 – 2020. She also initiated and helped launch the first public LGBTQIA2S+ open mic series in Western Massachusetts at the Bing Arts Center. She is currently working on the sequel to her memoir\, a new collection of poetry\, and a new multi-media solo show based on her memoir. Ms. Gómez is currently a Commissioner with the Massachusetts Commission in the Status of Women for Hampden County and a Trustee with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. Visit Mija Memoir or Latina Poet to learn more.  \n\n\n\nThis is a participatory event and there will be an opportunity for poets in the audience to share their work too! Please feel invited to bring your poetry to read at the event. \n\n\n\nMusic by Gian Carlo Buscaglia on guitar. A recognized troubadour who travels in the New England states\, as well as having established residencies in Boston and Providence. \n\n\n\nFor nearly five centuries\, the rich tapestry of Latino poetry has been woven from a wealth of languages and cultures. With distinctive rhythms\, lyricism\, and candor\, and nuanced understandings of place\, history\, and origin\, Latino poets have brought dazzling insight to what it means to make a home in America. \n\n\n\nRecognition of the beauty and power of this tradition has grown in recent years\, with Latino poets receiving two national and twelve state Poet Laureateships\, two Pulitzer Prizes\, and three National Book Awards. At the same time\, the perennial questions confronted by Latino poets—of exile and belonging\, language and identity\, struggle and solidarity\, and labor and landscape—have become ever more urgent. \n\n\n\nWhat does Latino poetry reveal about America? How might it help us imagine a more just\, joyful\, and capacious future? Places We Call Home seeks to foster nationwide conversation on this vital literature through a groundbreaking new anthology edited by Rigoberto González\, events around the country\, an online media archive\, and a wealth of library resources meant to spur in-depth reflection and discussion on key figures and themes. \n\n\n\nFunded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective\, Places We Call Home is directed by Library of America and presented in partnership with the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures; the Academy of American Poets; Cave Canem; Poetry Society of America; and the National Book Foundation\, among others. \n\n\n\nLibrary of America is a nonprofit organization that champions our nation’s cultural heritage by publishing America’s greatest writing in authoritative new editions and providing resources for readers to explore this rich\, living legacy. \n\n\n\nLatino Poetry: Places We Call Home (Lugares que llamamos hogar) es una gran iniciativa pública en el campo de las humanidades\, que se proyecta para el 2024 – 2025. Es dirigida por Library of América con el generoso apoyo del Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades y Emerson Collective.Desde hace cinco siglos\, una gran variedad de lenguas y culturas se vienen entretejiendo para formar ese colorido tapiz que es la poesía latina en Estados Unidos. Los poetas latinos nos han permitido ver a Estados Unidos como un hogar a través de originales ritmos\, gran lirismo y candor; nos han brindado sugerentes visiones de lo que llamamos “lugar\,”  “historia” y “origen.” \n\n\n\nEn años recientes\, la poesía latina viene adquiriendo el reconocimiento que se merece por su belleza y su añeja tradición. Evidencia de ello es el hecho de que varios poetas latinos han sido merecedores de dos galardones a nivel nacional y doce a nivel estatal\, dos premios Pulitzer y tres Premios Nacionales del Libro. Asimismo\, las preguntas existenciales y los retos sociales que enfrentan estos poetas— el exilio y la pertenencia\, el lenguaje y la identidad\, la lucha y la solidaridad\, la labor y la tierra—se vuelven cada vez más urgentes. \n\n\n\n¿Qué nos revela la poesía latina sobre los Estados Unidos ? ¿De qué manera nos ayuda a imaginar un futuro más justo\, jubiloso\, y esperanzador ? Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home (Lugares que llamamos hogar) busca fomentar una conversación de impacto nacional sobre la poesía latina a través de una nueva antología sin precedentes\, eventos por todo el país\, un archivo multimedia\,  y una gran cantidad de recursos bibliotecarios destinados a inspirar discusiones e interpretaciones de fondo sobre figuras y temas imprescindibles. \n\n\n\nPlaces We Call Home es un proyecto financiado por el Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades y Emerson Collective\, dirigido por Library of America. Es presentado en colaboración con the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures; the Academy of American Poets; Cave Canem; Poetry Society of America; y the National Book Foundation entre otras organizacionesLibrary of America es una organización no lucrativa que se dedica a enaltecer el legado cultural norteamericano a través de la publicación de obras imprescindibles en ediciones autorizadas. También procura apoyo y recursos al público lector con el fin de mantener y enriquecer la vida de esta gran herencia.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/latino-poetry-presentation-and-discussion-with-magdalena-gomez/
LOCATION:Jacob Edwards Library\, 236 Main St.\, Southbridge\, MA\, 01550\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Glenn D'Alessio
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, March 25th\, 2025 Glenn D’Alessio will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGlenn D’Alessio plays flute in the Worcester State Jazz Band\, and in the Florence MA Community Band. He was a past college instructor about energy conservation\, and also green building\, who is still a carpenter and builder from West Brookfield\, MA. For several years he was a volunteer with the “Worcester Energy Barn Raisers” (WEBr) who weatherized numerous places — weatherization being like tightening a ship to keep water\, ants\, and rot out; and during the winter\, the heat in. His Finishing Line Press chapbooks are: In My Sea Cliff Years of Innocence; A Carpenter’s Building\, Homes for His Poems; and\, Some Tanka in Thanks to Elroy\, Not the Most Cantankerous Dog. Other poems of his have appeared ‘Here and There\,’ which hopefully sounds like quite a journal.A full length manuscript he has high hopes for is\, “Between Merwin and Greger\, Overtones of Poetry.” Poems there play off of quotes from both W.S. Merwin’s\, Migration\, and Debora Greger’s\, The 1002nd
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-glenn-dalessio-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T160000
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off Beat Poets: Paul Szlosek and Victor Infante
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the first SOP event of 2025! Starting off the season with a real BANG: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek!  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek 2/9/25 1-4 PM \n\n\n\nWHERE: Steve Veilleux’s Home 112 Fabyan Woodstock Rd\, N Grosvenordale\, CT \n\n\n\nWHEN: Sunday March 23\, 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 18 POETS. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com \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* \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 @ https://playground.poetry.blog/. 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/slightly-off-beat-poets-paul-szlosek-and-victor-infante/
LOCATION:Steve Veilleux’s Home\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road\, Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Return of the Extravaganza with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:We’re back on March 19th at an awesome new location! \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’ll have a separate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission will still be free. \n\n\n\nThe Poetry Extravaganza (PE) will now be the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8;30 pm. Sign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com\, Five minute maximum/There are no language restrictions. \n\n\n\nOur 1st feature to kick off the new venue will be Worcester County humorist/stand-up poet\, Joe Fusco Jr. \n\n\n\nLewandowski Painters will still sponsor our event and we’ll have some Free snacks to celebrate the return of PE. Join the Fun on March 19th! (St. Joseph’s Day) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned humorist/stand-up poet from Worcester\, Massachusetts. He is the author of five books of semi-amusing poems and essays: “Random Thoughts from a Curmudgeon “ (2023)\, “Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust years”(2021); “Hmm…That’s Different” (2020); “Three Score” (2014); and “The Lost and Found Essays” (2012)\, all available at local bookstores and Amazon.Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, Soul Lit\, and the naughty ezine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002. Joe is a Humor Columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores\, libraries\, clubs\, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of The Poetry Extravaganza at The Mill in West Boylston and The Richard Fox Poetry Series at Root and Press Café and Books in Worcester. Joe has taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury\, and for adults at the Senior Centers of Worcester\, Lancaster\, Millbury\, and Auburn\, as well as Eisenberg Assisted Living\, Notre Dame Assisted Living\, The Residence of Orchard Grove\, Overlook in Charlton\, Hillside Village in West Boylston\, and Christopher Heights Assisted Living. He taught ‘Humor 102’ for WISE at Assumption University in 2024. He is the Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association. Joe has lived in lovely Worcester with his better-hal
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-return-of-the-extravaganza-with-joe-fusco-jr/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Extravaganza
DESCRIPTION:We’re back on March 19th at an awesome new location! \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’ll have a separate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission will still be free. \n\n\n\nThe Poetry Extravaganza (PE) will now be the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8;30 pm. Sign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com\, Five minute maximum/There are no language restrictions. \n\n\n\nOur 1st feature to kick off the new venue will be Worcester County humorist/stand-up poet\, Joe Fusco Jr. \n\n\n\nLewandowski Painters will still sponsor our event and we’ll have some Free snacks to celebrate the return of PE. Join the Fun on March 19th! (St. Joseph’s Day) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned humorist/stand-up poet from Worcester\, Massachusetts. He is the author of five books of semi-amusing poems and essays: “Random Thoughts from a Curmudgeon “ (2023)\, “Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust years”(2021); “Hmm…That’s Different” (2020); “Three Score” (2014); and “The Lost and Found Essays” (2012)\, all available at local bookstores and Amazon.Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, Soul Lit\, and the naughty ezine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002. Joe is a Humor Columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores\, libraries\, clubs\, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of The Poetry Extravaganza at The Mill in West Boylston and The Richard Fox Poetry Series at Root and Press Café and Books in Worcester. Joe has taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury\, and for adults at the Senior Centers of Worcester\, Lancaster\, Millbury\, and Auburn\, as well as Eisenberg Assisted Living\, Notre Dame Assisted Living\, The Residence of Orchard Grove\, Overlook in Charlton\, Hillside Village in West Boylston\, and Christopher Heights Assisted Living. He taught ‘Humor 102’ for WISE at Assumption University in 2024. He is the Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association. Joe has lived in lovely Worcester with his better-half Cyndi and their large family for forty
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/10518/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250316T180000
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SUMMARY:The Poet's Cauldron Featuring YESSMAA
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poets-cauldron-featuring-yessmaa/
LOCATION:The White Room\, 134 Green St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bruja TheVillain":MAILTO:thepoetscauldron@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250315T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250315T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 16th \n\n\n\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nJoin us for the first monthly round robin open poetry share of the year\, hosted by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share in a friendly\, supportive environment. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\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-13/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163832
CREATED:20250313T160856Z
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SUMMARY:WOODSTOCK POET TO LEAD FREE POETRY WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free poetry workshop will be held on April 3\, 2025 in honor of National Poetry Month. The workshop will be led by award-winning poet and Woodstock resident Karen Warinsky\, and will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Gladys E. Kelly Public Library\, 2 Lake St. Webster\, MA \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop is appropriate for ages 14 and up and anyone in the area is welcome to attend. Warinsky is the coordinator of local performance group\, Poets at Large\, which has 600 online followers. She has published poetry since 2011\, is a former finalist of the Montreal International Poetry Contest and a Best of the Net nominee. She will read some of her own poetry\, and then lead the group into creating poems using different methods. Register by calling the library at (508) 949-3880.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/woodstock-poet-to-lead-free-poetry-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Gladys E. Kelly Public Library\, 2 Lake Street\, Webster\, Massachusetts\, 01570\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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