WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Sarah Ruth Penna & Susan R Scott WHERE: Steve Veilleux’s home 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale, CT WHEN: Sunday October 25th @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm WHAT HAPPENS: Sarah & Sue will each have 20-minute sets. Then we will take a quick break for snacks & fellowship before starting the […]
Welcome to the MAPO 2026 Finale & Award Ceremony! Come meet poets from all over MA, celebrate your work with a champagne toast, experience a red carpet entrance, watch/compete in the individual competition finals, receive your team awards, read at our open mic, and enjoy an after party featuring entertainment. Team awards will be presented […]
The first of a three-part series, the Shawna Foundation's Shivering Mouse Poetry Salon hosts a poetry reading, author Q & A, and Open Mic from 3:00pm at Gray Rock Pocket Forest. Joanne Johnson is this part's feature. Next installments expected April and August 2027. The spoken word events are hosted by Art DuBois, the Shawna Foundation's […]
The Openest Mic's full Mooniest Mic is held on the full moon each month from 6-9pm at Canvas by Coff33 Corp in Fitchburg. 5-7 minute slots in a not just poetry Open Mic. Contact openestmic@gmail.com This is the last Full Mooniest Open Mic of 2026: no features, no frills, just extended sharing!
The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph's Diner in Worcester: "Sign-up" is out at 8:00pm, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation. Feature Poet: Jinx Leonard (She/Her, They/Them) is a Black Trans Writer, Performer and Activist. Who moved to Northen Eastern PA from Virginia, skydived naked and spoke at her State Capital. Talk about […]
The Worcester Writer's Collective meets Tuesday nights from 6-9pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC) in Worcester. Writers of all genres are welcome to write and workshop in community. info@worcesterwriterscollective.org
Fred Gerhard, author of Drifting to “Hello” and Lilacs Still Bloom in Ashburnham, will be reading poems from his mother, Rena Gerhard’s posthumously published book, The Loving: Selected Poems. Following the reading at 8:00 p.m. we transition to our monthly fourth Tuesday Open Mic. At New Dawn Arts Center, 84 Main Street in Ashburnham, MA. […]
The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, MA, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday October 27th VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM with our featured reader, Steven Ratiner. STEVEN RATINER is the author of GRIEF'S APOSTROPHE, published by Beltway Editions in 2025.He's also published three poetry chapbooks, a collection of poetry interviews, and appeared inseveral anthologies. […]
Please join us for a special Wednesday triple feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series Poetorium Too at TidePool Bookshop (located at 372 Chandler Street in Worcester, MA) on October 28th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Paul Szlosek and (hopefully) Ron Whittle. It will be a full […]
Join us in the Boardroom of the Salisbury House Sunday, November 1st, from 3-5pm for a reading co-hosted by the New England Poetry Club and the Worcester County Poetry Association. Mandy Gutmann-González, K.T. Landon, and Janet MacFayden will read from their work. Mandy Gutmann-González is a Chilean poet and novelist working at the intersectionsof text, […]
