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SUMMARY:Curtin Youth Poetry- #3
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/curtin-youth-poetry-3/
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet
DESCRIPTION:A poetry and music series at the Merriam-Gilbert Public LibraryFree and open to all! \n\n\n\nPlease stop by or call the Library at508-867-1410 to reserve your seat. \n\n\n\nEach evening will feature poetry readings that will book-end a set of chamber jazz music. This program is made possible by the West Brookfield Cultural Council as supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, In celebration of National Poetry and National Jazz Month. \n\n\n\nIt is difficultTo get the news from poems\,Yet men die miserably every day \n\n\n\nFor the lack \n\n\n\nOf what is found there  \n\n\n\n~William Carlos Williams~ \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM April 14th… \n\n\n\nbassist: Jerry Wilfong guitar: Mitch Seidman  harmonica: Chet WillamsonRead: Clair Degutis and Jim Beschta  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJerry Wilfong is an active freelance bassist in the Boston area. He has performed with suchdistinguished jazz artists as Leni Stern\, John Stowell\, and Richie Cole\, appears on severalrecordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “TheConversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at jazzfong.com. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMitch Seidman was initially inspired by a Kenny Burrell record to pursue jazz guitar\, and then by the late Attila Zoller through study and a close friendship that began in 1974. A professional musician and music educator for well over forty years\, he has performed at festivals\, nightclubs\, adjudicated\, and presented clinics throughout the U.S.\, as well in France\, Germany\, and Costa Rica. He has earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition degree from Berklee College of Music\, and a Master of Music in Music Education degree from Boston University.  More can be learned about Mitch @ mitchseidman.com \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nChet Williamson’s 40-plus-year career as a harmonica player has taken him from the streets of the Great Brook Valley Housing Projects of Worcester\, MA to memorable performances around the world. Reflecting his ability to play a wide variety of musical styles\, Williamson has shared stages with many of the world’s most popular and finest musicians\, including Sleepy LaBeef\, Joan Osborne and Duke Levine. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClair Degutis of Princeton writes poems drawn on her close observations\, experiences\, and relationships to the natural world. She is an avid hiker and woods-walker along New England’s forested paths. As a Field Teacher Princeton’s Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary\, she introduces both the young and young-at-heart to the wonders of our local natural environment. Her poems are published in “Echo & Spark: Work from the 4×4 Poet and Artist Collaborative”.  \n\n\n\nJim Beschta: Wisconsin bred\, born and raised\, Beschta moved to Massachusetts in 1970 to earn a Master’s degree in English from Assumption College after graduate study in several University of Wisconsin branch institutions. A long-time board member of the Worcester County Poetry Association\, his published books include Cutting the Cemetery Lawn (Haley’s\, 2002)\, North From Yaoundé (Adastra Press\, 2010) and Bone Cages (Haley’s\, 1996)\, a collaboration of five New England poets. He currently teaches writing and poetry at the Worcester Art Museum and lives in Barre\, Ma.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet-8/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T183000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza with Sandy Edwards
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Mill in West Boylston on April 15th. \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 separate 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;45 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 Feature Poet on April 15th is the multi-talented Sandy Edwards Mark Lewandowski of Lewandowski Painters sponsors our event. That’s how we pay the poets! Join the Fun on April 15th. The Poetry Extravaganza is never taxing! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSandy Edwards is an active member of the Worcester Writers Collective and the Worcester County Poetry Association. Her personal art includes writing\, drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, photography\, film\, and performance art. Sandy has publicly shared her work at the WWC’s annual Summer Showcases\, as well as at other area venues like the John Henry Hammer coffeehouse\, the Poet’s Cauldron\, and the Poetry Extravaganza. Her paintings and sculptures have been shown at local galleries. With a background in education\, Sandy also facilitates creativity workshops\, such as “ZINEMAKING: the history of ZINES and how to make them.” Sandy uses ART as activism and is especially passionate about teaching personal empowerment through creative exploration. As an experienced crisis counselor\, she teaches how to connect creativity to personal growth and healing. Sandy believes that art can be an antidote to angst and anger\, and if everyone understood how to channel intense emotions into artistic expression\, we could cure many social ills and all enjoy more life fulfillment. When she’s not creating or sharing her artistry\, Sandy serves as the owner and managing broker of Edwards Real Estate Investments\, which she founded in 2000.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-with-sandy-edwards/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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SUMMARY:Parent-Writer Social Hour
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/parent-writer-social-hour-3/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Only
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SUMMARY:Love and Spirituality
DESCRIPTION:The evening features world-class reciters sharing centuries-old Arabic and Urdu poetry on love and spirituality\, accompanied by traditional percussion and live English translation. The performance opens with a brief talk on Western and Islamic spirituality\, setting the stage for the 45-minute journey that follows. \n\n\n\nThe poetry progresses through four carefully curated sets exploring secular\, theistic\, and religious themes of love and spirituality – each delving deeper into the dimensions of the human heart and spiritual journey. After each set\, renowned reciter and scholar Shaykh Idris Nawaz will provide context and explain the themes\, metaphors\, and historical significance of the verses. \n\n\n\nIn keeping with classical tradition\, tea will be served during the performance\, creating the atmosphere of the centuries-old gatherings this event honors.  \n\n\n\nThe evening concludes with dinner and dessert – a space to continue conversations and connect. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking:Street parking around WPI is free to all. Registration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirections to the Venue: \n\n\n\nOnce you have parked\, input Rubin Campus Center (Worcester\, Massachusetts) on Google Maps and you will be directed towards the building. Once inside\, walk up one flight of stairs and the venue (Odeum) will be on your left.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/love-and-spirituality/
LOCATION:Rubin Campus Center\, 100 Institute Road\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly round robin open mic poetry share\, moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share in a friendly\, supportive environment. \n\n\n\nIn addition to our regular open mic (1.5 hours)\, this month Brian Mosher will be the featured reader (20 minutes) to celebrate his two new poetry books: Relic & Double Vision. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 14 open mic participants and usually fills up quickly.  \n\n\n\nPlease email deb@bookloversgourmet.com or call 508-949-6232 to sign up. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn celebration of National Poetry Month\, Booklovers’ Gourmet\, located at 72 East Main Street in Webster\, MA is hosting an Open Mic Poetry Event with Featured Poet Brian Mosher\, on Saturday\, April 18th from 2-4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. There is space for up to 14 readers for the open mic. To sign up to read\, please call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrian Mosher resides in Mansfield\, MA. His work has appeared in Blood and Bourbon\, Lily Poetry Review\, Literary Underground\, Nixes Mate\, Anomaly Poetry\, eMerge\, Esoterica\, and others. He received Honorable Mention in the Joe Gouviea Outermost Poetry Contest\, and his short story “Fragments” was a winner of the Nikki Hanna Literary Challenge. His most recent books are the collection\, “A Muster of Melodious Musings” (2025 Metaphysical Fox Press); Double Vision\, a collaboration with artist Becky Haletky (2026); and the chapbook “Relict” (2026 Finishing Line Press). \n\n\n\nHis website is Phlubbermatic: (www.phlubbermatic.blogspot.com). \n\n\n\nRelict is the result of the author’s struggle to figure out what the death of his father meant to him. Does a person become something different on the day they no longer have any living parents? A child becomes an adolescent\, becomes an adult. A single person becomes part of a couple\, becomes a parent\, becomes again single either as a widow or through divorce. But we have no word for the stage of life that begins once both a person’s parents have died. This book is an attempt to document the feelings of grief\, and to reconnect to a lost past through stories about ancestors\, all without losing sight of a hopeful future. \n\n\n\nArtist Becky Haletky and poet Brian Mosher present their collaborative project\, Double Vision. Becky has created gorgeous and colorful collages of diners\, historic locations and other attractions (both real and imagined)\, and Brian has written poems to accompany each one.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-16/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T210000
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SUMMARY:Poets at Large
DESCRIPTION:Poets at Large Presents Stewart & Anderson April 18th \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPoets at Large will once again present well-known poets Joshua M. Stewart and Doug Anderson on Saturday night\, April 18th at 7 p.m. at The Vanilla Bean Café\, 450 Deerfield Road\, in Pomfret\, CT. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoshua Michael Stewart is currently the Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate (2025-27) and he has published poems in the Massachusetts Review\, Louisville Review\, Rattle\, Night Train\, Evansville Review\, Cold Mountain Review\, and many others. His first full-length collection of poems\, Break Every String\, was published by Hedgerow Books in April 2016. Stewart received his BA from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\, and lives in Ware\, MA. He’s employed as a teacher/counselor\, working with individuals with special needs. \n\n\n\nDoug Anderson’s most recent book Undress\, She Said\, was published by Four Way Books. He has received awards from the NEA\, the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, Poets & Writers\, the Massachusetts Artists Foundation\, the Virginia Quarterly Review\, and others. His first book\, The Moon Reflected Fire\, won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and his second\, Blues for Unemployed Secret Police\, a grant from the Eric Matthew King fund of the Academy of American Poets. His third book\, Horse Medicine\, was published by Barrow Street Press in 2015 and his memoir\, Keep Your Head Down was published by W.W. Norton in 2009. Anderson taught in the Pacific University of Oregon and Bennington College MFA programs\, and at Smith and Emerson Colleges. He lives in Ashfield\, Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nPoets at Large has brought over 120 published and awarded poets to the area since 2020 and dozens of people have participated in the open mic portions during that time. Poets at Large is a project of Windham Arts. All events are ADA compliant and are recommended for ages 16 and up. Readings for the rest of the season are sponsored in part by donations from bankHometown\, Charter Oak FCU\, WHZ Financial and The Putnam Area Foundation. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic; 5-minute max as time allows.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large/
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:The Openest Legs
DESCRIPTION:For when your poetry gets drunk and goes home with someone…
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-openest-legs/
LOCATION:Conquest Smokeshop\, 227 Lunenburg Street\, Fitchburg\, Massachusetts\, 01420\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T190000
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Appleseed Poetry Slam
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/2nd-annual-appleseed-poetry-slam/
LOCATION:Canvas by Coff33 Corp.\, 326 Main Street\, Fitchburg\, Massachusetts\, 01420\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T183000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza with Kyle Hargrove
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Mill in West Boylston on May 20th. \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 separate 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;45 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!Our Feature Poet on May 20th is the multi-talented Kyle HargroveMark Lewandowski of Lewandowski Painters sponsors our event. That’s how we pay the poets!Brett Iarrobino and Emma Couillard will be guest-hosting as I will be at Universal Studios trying to avoid thrill rides. Join the Fun on May 20th! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKyle Hargrove started writing at the age of 17 in an attempt to be one of the cool kids. While coolness never came\, it awakened a love of poetry and writing that’s continued ever since. A human Swiss army knife of hobbies and talents\, he draws from his experiences with writing\, acting\, comedy\, gaming\, fiber arts\, and life to provide inspiration for his work. He’s been a champion of improv comedy writing with The Federation of Belligerent Writers\, a actor and student of Work @ Play through The Hanover Theater and Conservatory\, and a member of the Worcester Writer’s Collective
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-with-kyle-hargrove/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T200000
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet
DESCRIPTION:A poetry and music series at the Merriam-Gilbert Public LibraryFree and open to all! \n\n\n\nPlease stop by or call the Library at508-867-1410 to reserve your seat. \n\n\n\nEach evening will feature poetry readings that will book-end a set of chamber jazz music. This program is made possible by the West Brookfield Cultural Council as supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, In celebration of National Poetry and National Jazz Month \n\n\n\nIt is difficultTo get the news from poems\,Yet men die miserably every day \n\n\n\nFor the lack \n\n\n\nOf what is found there  \n\n\n\n~William Carlos Williams~ \n\n\n\nAPRil 21nd: bassist Jerry Wilfong\, Rich Falco\, guitar\, Rich Ardizzone\, tromboneJudith Ferrarra and Jonathan Blake reads \n\n\n\nPhoto by Jeff Davis\n\n\n\nJudith Ferrara’s poems\, essays and artwork have appeared in three collections\, Gestures of Trees\, A Brush with Words\, and the little O\, the earth: Travel Journals\, Art and Poems\, and in journals. She received the 2018 Stanley Kunitz Medal from the Worcester County Poetry Association and is the author of a biography/memoir\, A Feast of Losses: Yetta Dine and Her Son\, the Poet Stanley Kunitz. Website: www.paletteandpen.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Blake has been following the gospel of his heart for as long as he can remember. Writer\, educator\, arts activist/organizer\, he makes his home in central Massachusetts. His book of poems In The Kingdom can be found at Lost Valley Press.com and online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGuitarist Rich Falco is professor emeritus and former director of jazz studies at WPI. Professor Falco remains a popular festival adjudicator\, clinician and music lecturer. He has presented at the annual MMEA (Massachusetts Music Educators Association) All State Conference on jazz guitar\, big band directing techniques and jazz improvisation. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRich Ardizzone: While attending BU and Tufts\, Rich worked nights and weekends in Boston\, playing with a variety of jazz\, Salsa and Latin bands\, including the Paul Fontaine/Jimmy Mosher Big Band and the Brass Menagerie. He was also a member of Conjunto Azul\, a Latin Jazz group that played as the house band at the legendary Paul’s Mall.  After moving to Worcester\, he became a member of the Rich Falco Quartet and the Sonic Explorers.  Rich became Associate Director of the Joy of Music Program in Worcester in 1994\, where he was already volunteering and teaching trombone. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJerry Wilfong is an active freelance bassist in the Boston area. He has performed with such distinguished jazz artists as Leni Stern\, John Stowell\, and Richie Cole\, appears on several recordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “The Conversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at jazzfong.com.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet-9/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260401T210354Z
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SUMMARY:WPL & WCPA ThreeDecker Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry and community event on April 21st at the Worcester Public Library downtown. All local poets welcome to come make your voices heard!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wpl-wcpa-threedecker-reading/
LOCATION:Saxe Room Worcester Public Library\, 3 Salem St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T110000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260407T171746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T171750Z
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SUMMARY:Children's Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Children’s Poetry In-Person \n\n\n\nFor National Poetry Month\, let’s write together!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoet Katherine Gregoire\, the Worcester County Poetry Association\, and the Grafton Public Library invite you to this children’s poetry workshop to engage your senses and play with words. No prior experience necessary\, just your curiosity and sense of adventure! Especially for ages 6-10.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration is required. \n\n\n\nLocation: Community Room A&B \n\n\n\nAudience:  School Aged (Grades K-5)  
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/childrens-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Grafton Public Library\, 35 Grafton Common\, Grafton\, Massachusetts\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260303T023409Z
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SUMMARY:New England Poetry Club & WCPA joint Poetry Month Reading
DESCRIPTION:Renee Slovick writes poems and short stories and drinks too much Diet Coke. She was born and raised in NYC but you can only hear the accent when she gets mad. She’s not a Yankees fan\, which became really important when she moved to Worcester in 2002. She married a guy who took her to an arcade on their first date and has one human son and one cat son. These days she likes to hyper focus on horror movies and serial killers\, and fall asleep to true crime documentaries. Her favorite tarot card is The Hanged Man. \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\nGloria Monaghan is a Professor at Wentworth University. She has published seven collections of poetry: Diary of Saint Marion\, Lily Poetry Review\, (2025)\, Cormorant on the Strand\, Lily Poetry Review (2023)\, Hydrangea\, Kelsay Press\,(2020)\, Torero\, Nixes Mate\, (2020) False Spring\, Adelaide Books\, (2019)\, The Garden\, Flutter Press (2015)\, and Flawed\, Finishing Line Press (2011). Her poems have appeared in Mom Egg Review\, Quartet and River Heron among others. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize\, for the Griffin Prize\, and for the Shelia Margaret Motton Award. She wasa Semi-Finalist for the Tenth Gate Prize. She is also a film maker. \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\nBorn in Brooklyn\, Ivy Schweitzer lives in Norwich\, Vermont and has taught American Literature and Women’s Studies at Dartmouth College. She writes about cultural identity and social justice from a feminist and Jewish perspective. Her poems have appeared recently in Passager\, Ritualwell\, Tikkun\, New Croton Review\, Mississippi Review\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, The New England Poetry Club’s Prize Winners’ Anthology 2024 and The Mountain Troubadour. Finishing Line Press published her debut solo collection\, Dividing Rivers\, in 2025. Visit her author page.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-england-poetry-club-wcpa-joint-poetry-month-reading/
LOCATION:ParkView Room\, 255 Park Avenue #602\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T193000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260313T171807Z
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet
DESCRIPTION:A poetry and music series at the Merriam-Gilbert Public LibraryFree and open to all! \n\n\n\nPlease stop by or call the Library at508-867-1410 to reserve your seat. \n\n\n\nEach evening will feature poetry readings that will book-end a set of chamber jazz music. This program is made possible by the West Brookfield Cultural Council as supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, In celebration of National Poetry and National Jazz Month \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAPRIL 28th : solo bass recital: Jerry Wilfong Beth Sweeney and Stephen Campiglio read \n\n\n\nIt is difficultTo get the news from poems\,Yet men die miserably every day \n\n\n\nFor the lack \n\n\n\nOf what is found there  \n\n\n\n~William Carlos Williams~ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJerry Wilfong is an active freelance bassist in the Boston area. He has performed with such   jazz artists as Leni Stern\, John Stowell\, and Richie Cole\, appears on several recordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “The Conversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at jazzfong.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Elizabeth Sweeney is a Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities in the English Department\, at the College of the Holy Cross. Beth grew up in Baltimore\, graduated from Mount Holyoke College\, and earned an MFA in poetry and a PhD in American literature from Brown University. Beth’s poems and translations have appeared in The Worcester Review\, Friends Journal\, Diner\, Contour\, The Journal of Irish Literature\, and elsewhere. Recently she curated The Poem Next Door exhibit at the Museum of Worcester. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Campiglio works at CT State Community College (Manchester)\, wherehe also directed the Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series for 12 years.He recently won the inaugural Bill Tremblay Poetry Prize\, co-edited Noh PlacePoetry Anthology (Lost Valley Press)\, and had a poem selected for the collection\,Remembering Wallace Stevens (Moonstone Arts Center). His book-lengthtranslation\, with Elena Borelli\, of Giovanni Pascoli’s 1903 volume of poems\,Canti di Castelvecchio\, will be published in May 2026 by Italica Press\, and fromwhich he will be reading.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet-10/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Michael Milligan
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday April 28th virtually on Zoom with none other than Michael Milligan\, our featured reader! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Milligan has worked as a construction laborer\, migrant fruit and grape picker\, homestead farmer and graphic arts production manager. Also a musician/composer\, artist and writer. He took his MFA in Creative Writing at Bennington College (thereby joining the teeming mass of writers with degrees of dubious cachet)\, co-founded Poetry Oasis Worcester and was privileged to be an editor with Diner. His poetry book reviews\, fiction and poems have appeared in Agni\, Diner\, The New Orleans Review\, The Valparaiso Review\, Chaffin Journal\, Blue Earth Review\, Illuminations and others. He is the author of Unless I Came Back to Tell You\, Kelsay Books 2021. His second book\, Failure of Flight\, ICOE Press is due out in 2026.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-michael-milligan-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260411T231646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T231732Z
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SUMMARY:Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Sarah Penna & Aliveah McElroy (aka A.) Stoddard 
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for another Wednesday double 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 April 29th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Paul Szlosek and (hopefully) Ron Whittle. It will be a full two hours of poetry and spoken word featuring 20 minute readings each by poets Sarah Ruth Penna and Aliveah McElroy aka Aliveah Stoddard & Ali Mac (Author of Sound Resilience: The Collected Works of A. Stoddard) followed by a 10-minute dead poet tribute to the first Poet Laureate of Worcester\, Gertrude Halstead\, by Eve Rifkah\, a short intermission\, and then an open mic with 5-minute slots for each reader if time allows (in order to fit everything planned into our allotted time\, if the event runs too long\, readers may be restricted to one poem). \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Ruth Penna synergizes her love of Nature\, Art\, and Community in all corners of her life. She is a hobbyist poet\, photographer\, collage artist\, musician\, & outdoorswoman. Beginning her career as a music teacher\, she experienced a unique professional trajectory. After leaving school teaching in 2022\, Sarah worked as a park ranger for the Vermont State Parks and agricultural educator on syrup and produce farms. From there\, she moved back to her beloved Massachusetts to begin working for Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts and start her small business\, Hyacinth House. Throughout the journey\, writing has remained a grounding constant. Her poetry is deeply influenced by the New England Transcendentalists\, Mary Oliver\, levi the poet\, mythology\, nature\, chronic illness\, & her Italian-American heritage. She resides in Sturbridge\, MA and looks forward to releasing a collection in the near future. \n\n\n\nAliveah McElroy (aka Aliveah Stoddard & Ali Mac) is a self-published poet\, author\, promoter\, and small business consultant residing in central Massachusetts\, whose poetry is known for exploring themes of resilience\, emotional healing\, and personal growth. Her self-published poetry collections\, Sound Resilience: The Collected Works of A. Stoddard\, and Chasing Roses\, center on overcoming life’s struggles and finding one’s own voice. Aliveah also runs Ali Mac Marketing\, a Connecticut-based firm providing full-service marketing\, business restructuring\, and growth strategy for small businesses. She describes poetry as a form of therapy and encourages other young creators to believe in their work and continue writing.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-too-poetry-reading-open-mic-featuring-sarah-penna-aliveah-mcelroy-aka-a-stoddard/
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:20260505T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T193000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260409T132820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T132824Z
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SUMMARY:Richard Fox Poetry Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:With the WooSox games starting at 6:00 pm\, we’ve changed our starting time to 5pm so more metered parking is\, hopefully\, available.We’re back with at an exciting new location! It’s the Broadway Restaurant at 100 Water Street\, Worcester. \n\n\n\nOwners Tony and Nequel Germano have a plethora of delightful entrees\, apps\, desserts\, and their famous\, homemade ice cream.The Broadway also serves beer and wine and breakfast until closing (with mimosas!). We’ll have a separate room for our shenanigans. Parking is metered but Tony and Nequel will take one-hour ($2.00) off every food purchase. Admission is still free! \n\n\n\nOur feature is Judy Ferrara who will read her own works and the poems of her late husband John Gaumond.Sign up for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Five minute maximum and limited spots. \n\n\n\nThe Fox Poetry Series\, in honor of the iconic poet Richard Fox\, is sponsored by the Worcester County Poetry Association through a generous donation from the Fox family. \n\n\n\nI’m pleased as punch to continue this exciting open mic/feature every 1st Tuesday of the month at our new time of 5-730pm at our new and welcoming venue.Join us on May 5th! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Gaumond\, who passed away in 2024\, was a familiar face in Worcester’s poetry family. His poetry readings and photography exhibits were part of its arts landscape for three decades\, and in 2024\, his poetry book Finding the Words (Kelsay Books) was published. His wife\, writer\, poet and painter Judith Ferrara (https://PaletteAndPen.com)\, will be reading John’s poetry and her own for this Richard Fox Poetry Series. Her poems\, essays and artwork have appeared in three collections and in journals; her nonfiction books include the biography/memoir A Feast of Losses: Yetta Dine and Her Son\, the Poet Stanley Kunitz. She is the 2018 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Medal.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/richard-fox-poetry-reading-series/
LOCATION:The Broadway Diner\, 100 Water Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T235959
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260430T181321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T181346Z
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SUMMARY:4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7-10th 2026
DESCRIPTION:Baseball—the “National Pastime”—is the American sport most represented in the arts.  The National Baseball Poetry Festival unites Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both. Multiple days of poetry readings\, generative workshops\, panel discussions\, baseball games and more. Please refer to the full schedule for details here: https://baseballpoetryfest.org/schedule/
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/4th-annual-national-basebal-poetry-festival-may-7-10th-2026/
LOCATION:Worcester County
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T235959
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260430T181629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T181634Z
UID:13123-1778198400-1778284799@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7th-10th
DESCRIPTION:Baseball—the “National Pastime”—is the American sport most represented in the arts.  The National Baseball Poetry Festival unites Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both. Multiple days of poetry readings\, generative workshops\, panel discussions\, baseball games and more. Please refer to the full schedule for details here: https://baseballpoetryfest.org/schedule/
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/4th-annual-national-baseball-poetry-festival-may-7th-10th-2/
LOCATION:Worcester County
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T110000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260430T174912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T174915Z
UID:13105-1778232600-1778238000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:NBPF: Holy Relics of the Game—Artifact\, Myth and Legend
DESCRIPTION:National Baseball Poetry Festival Two Free Generative Workshops: Holy Relics of the Game—Artifact\, Myth and Legend Facilitated by Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate Tommy Twilite.Participants are invited to consider some baseball relics as inspiration to conjure up a poem. Twilite will bring some very interesting pieces\, and participants may bring something of their own: a special old glove or cap\, maybe a scorecard\, ticket stub\, etc. to use as inspiration for discussion and writing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Facilitator:Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate Tommy Twilite is the author of Kills No Bird and Fifty Words for Rain. He hosts the Twilite Poetry Pub on WXOJ Valley Free Radio out of Northampton\, MA\, is the former editor of Silkworm and a retired fire fighter.Sessions are limited to 15 participants each. Register for this workshop by emailing tommytwilite@gmail.com You may register for both workshops\, but please indicate your first and second choice. Deadline to sign up is May 3rd. We will try to accommodate all who are interested in attending.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/nbpf-holy-relics-of-the-game-artifact-myth-and-legend-2/
LOCATION:Jean McDonough Creative Arts Center\, 20 Franklin St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260430T135336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T135341Z
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SUMMARY:NBPF: The Assist- Tricks to Shake off Writer's Block
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by award-winning poet and Poets at Large Coordinator Karen Warinsky \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will do a table read of an article about American rock band The National’s frontman Matt Beringer\, his love of baseball\, and the event that led him to a very unusual method to solve writer’s block. Then attendees will try his method! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBest of the Net Nominee and Coordinator of Poets at Large\, Karen Warinsky lives in CT. She is the author of four collections including Dining with War and Beauty & Ashes and has published widely in anthologies and lit mags. A former finalist of The Montreal International Poetry Contest\, she is retired from careers in media and teaching. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSessions are limited to 15 participants each. Register for this workshop by emailing karen.warinsky@gmail.com. You may register for both workshops\, but please indicate your first and second choice. Deadline to sign up is May 3rd. We will try to accommodate all who are interested in attending.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/nbpf-the-assist-tricks-to-shake-off-writers-block/
LOCATION:Jean McDonough Creative Arts Center\, 20 Franklin St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T235959
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T181902Z
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SUMMARY:4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7th-10th
DESCRIPTION:Baseball—the “National Pastime”—is the American sport most represented in the arts.  The National Baseball Poetry Festival unites Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both. Multiple days of poetry readings\, generative workshops\, panel discussions\, baseball games and more. Please refer to the full schedule for details here: https://baseballpoetryfest.org/schedule/
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/4th-annual-national-baseball-poetry-festival-may-7th-10th-3/
LOCATION:Worcester County
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T110000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260430T180816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T180821Z
UID:13109-1778319000-1778324400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Writing the Game: Craft\, Culture\, and Publishing Baseball Poetry
DESCRIPTION:This 90-minute panel explores the intersection of baseball and literature\, focusing on craft\, publishing trends\, and contemporary narratives. Panelists will discuss how the game evolves beyond nostalgia\, share short readings\, and engage in an active audience Q&A to examine the future of the genre. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing:Steve Hickoff\, poet\, editorSteve Hickoff is a versatile author and poetry editor for Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine. A prolific writer\, his work spans both literary and sports genres. A student of Charles Simic\, his poetry appears in The Quarterly\, Country Journal\, Gray’s Sporting Journal\, The Penguin Review\, Pinchpenny\, Pinhole Poetry\, Pulsebeat\, and Turnstile. He co-wrote “Drivin’ on 9\,” recorded by The Breeders\, and resides in Maine. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTiffany Babb\, poet\, writer\, editorTiffany Babb writes and edits articles about comics\, Baseball\, and pop culture. She is the editor of the Comics Criticism journal The Comics Courier and baseball website The Fan Files\, and She has previously served as deputy editor at Popverse and as co-editor of the Eisner Award winning PanelxPanel Magazine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Poulin\, professor\, author\, editorEric Poulin is an Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at Simmons University\, and is the Director of their West Campus in Greenfield\, Massachusetts. His anthology “Here Comes The Pizzer”: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts” was the winner of the 2025 Twin Bill Book Award as the year’s Best Baseball Poetry Book. His upcoming book “Take Me Out to the Brawlgame: A History of Bench Clearing Brawls in Baseball History” will be released by McFarland and Company in \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobbie Gamble\, poet\, essayist\, editorRobbie Gamble received an MFA in Poetry from Lesley University. His poems and essays have appeared in Consequence\, The Under Review\, Red Wheelbarrow\, The Sun\, and The Worcester Review. His chapbook A Can of Pinto Beans\, published by Lily Poetry Review Press\, was a finalist for the 2022 Jean Pedrick Award. His essay “Exit Wound” was cited as a notable essay in Best American Essays 2020. Robbie worked for many years as a nurse practitioner caring for people caught in homelessness. Robbie is the poetry editor for Solstice Literary Magazine\, and he divides his time between Boston and an apple orchard in Vermont. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nVictor Infante\, poet\, journalist\, fiction writer\, editorVictor D. Infante is the features editor for The Worcester Telegram & Gazette and the editor for Worcester Magazine. He has appeared in dozens ofjournals\, including The Chiron Review\, The Collagist\, Barrelhouse\, Pearl\, Spillway and The Banyan Review\, as well as in anthologies such as “Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry\,” “Spoken Word Revolution Redux\,” “The Last American Valentine: Poems to Seduce and Destroy\,” “Aim For the Head: AnAnthology of Zombie Poetry\,” “The Incredible Sestina Anthology” and all three “Murder Ink: Tales of New England Newsroom Crime” anthologies. His first full length poetry collection\, “City of Insomnia\,” was published by Write Bloody Publishing. His most recent book is the poetic novella\, “Suffer for This: Love\, Sex\, Marriage & Rock ‘N’ Roll\,” from Moon Tide Press. He lives in Worcester with his wife and their army of ferrets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanel Moderator: Karen Elizabeth SharpeKaren Elizabeth Sharpe is a poet from Rutland\, Massachusetts\, where she lives with her partner and two pandemic rescue dogs. A multiple-time nominee for both thePushcart Prize and Best of the Net\, she is the author of Prayer Can Be Anything and This Late Afternoon. She serves as poetry editor of The Worcester Review and is a member of the National Baseball Poetry Festival executive committee. Her poems have appeared widely\, including in SWWIM\, Whale Road Review\, The MacGuffin\, The Comstock Review\, Split Rock Review\, and On the Seawall.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/writing-the-game-craft-culture-and-publishing-baseball-poetry/
LOCATION:Crompton Collective: The White Room\, 138 Green St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T150000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260505T233154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T235139Z
UID:13149-1778331600-1778338800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Ekphastic Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts on May 9 at 1 PM! Writers will tour the Arts in Bloom Exhibition and write pieces based on their reaction to the artwork. Led by me\, Catherine Martin. Spots still open! https://canvas.hopartscenter.org/classes/190
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/ekphastic-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Hopkinton Arts Center\, 98 Hayden Rowe St.\, Hopkinton\, Massachusetts\, 01748\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T235959
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260430T181515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T181519Z
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SUMMARY:4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7th-10th
DESCRIPTION:Baseball—the “National Pastime”—is the American sport most represented in the arts.  The National Baseball Poetry Festival unites Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both. Multiple days of poetry readings\, generative workshops\, panel discussions\, baseball games and more. Please refer to the full schedule for details here: https://baseballpoetryfest.org/schedule/
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/4th-annual-national-baseball-poetry-festival-may-7th-10th/
LOCATION:Worcester County
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T193000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260508T161418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260508T161422Z
UID:13156-1778608800-1778614200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Matthew Henry's Promises To Keep Reading and Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading\, discussion and book signing of poet Matthew Henry’s “Promises to Keep.” \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the collection:  \n\n\n\nIt’s an old story: a church-going family man receives a violent call to become a prophet. He’s read the source material\, knows how this has ended for others. But without a means of running away\, he reluctantly accepts a vocation he rightly fears will result in tragedy for his family. While receiving dreams and visions\, delivering sermons and prayers\, frequenting political protests and police stations\, being placed in handcuffs and straitjackets\, the prophet attempts to speak truth to power and make it home whole\, if there is a home left to return to. Promises to Keep explores the fear and trembling and doubt required to have faith in ourselves\, each other\, and whatever forces may be guiding our steps. It demands we consider what we devote our lives to\, what we say we love\, and whether the cost of such devotion is worth it. \n\n\n\nAbout the poet:  \n\n\n\nMatthew E. Henry (MEH) is an educator\, essayist\, occasional fiction writer\, and the author of seven poetry collections\, most recently Promises to Keep (Wayfarer Books\, 2026). He’s editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal and nonfiction editor at Porcupine Literary. MEH’s publications include Had\, Lily Poetry\, Massachusetts Review\, Mom Egg Review\, Pangyrus\, Ploughshares\, Stone Circle Review\, Terrain\, Whale Road Review\, and The Worcester Review. MEH earned an MFA yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. He writes about education\, race\, religion\, and burning oppressive systems to the ground at www.MEHPoeting.com.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/matthew-henrys-promises-to-keep-reading-and-book-signing/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T113000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260502T210448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T125146Z
UID:13136-1778839200-1778844600@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Parent-Writer Social Hour
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/parent-writer-social-hour-4/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260429T151833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T151838Z
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SUMMARY:Booklovers' Gourmet Open Mic 5/16
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly round robin style\, open poetry reading hosted by Robert Eugene Perry. Space for the open mic is limited to 14 and usually fills up quickly. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease call 508 949 6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com to register. \n\n\n\nAll are welcome to come listen!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-5-16/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T213000
DTSTAMP:20260610T110119
CREATED:20260426T192221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260426T192226Z
UID:13087-1778958000-1778967000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poets at Large Presents Finnegan & Kaci
DESCRIPTION:Poets at Large will bring some new voices and their work to the area on Saturday night\, May 16th \, at 7 p.m. at The Vanilla Bean Café\, 450 Deerfield Road\, in Pomfret\, CT. The featured readers that night will be West Hartford’s James Finnegan and Irena Kaci of Worcester\, MA. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free and donations are welcome. \n\n\n\nJames Finnegan has published poems in Ploughshares\, Poetry Northwest\, The Southern Review\, The Virginia Quarterly Review\, as well as in the anthologies: Good Poems: American Places edited by Garrison Keillor; Laureates of Connecticut; Shadows of Unfinished Things; Imagining Vesalius; Waking Up to the Earth; and Of Hartford in Many Lights. For a decade he served as president of the Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens (stevenspoetry.org). He posts aphoristic ars poetica on the blog ursprache https://ursprache.blogspot.com and maintains CT-lit\, a state-wide email list that connects Connecticut poets to each other with updates on their achievements and activities. \n\n\n\nIrena Kaçi is a poet and writer living in Worcester\, MA with her spouse and two children and is a graduate of Clark University. She writes for Pulse Magazine\, and is a Poetry Editor in Residence for the Worcester Writers’ Collective. She also serves as Executive Director for the Worcester County Poetry Association. Her work has appeared in the Worcester Review\, Atticus Review\, Blue Mountain Review and others. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPoets at Large has brought over 120 published and awarded poets to the area since 2020 and dozens of people have participated in the open mic portions during that time. Poets at Large is a project of Windham Arts. All events are ADA compliant and are recommended for ages 16 and up. Readings for the rest of the season are sponsored in part by donations from bankHometown\, Charter Oak FCU\, WHZ Financial and The Putnam Area Foundation. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic; 5-minute max as time allows.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large-presents-finnegan-kaci/
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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