Poets Terry Farish, Rodger Martin, Jimmy Pappas, Karen Skolfield, and Kyle Potvin. The WCPA is pleased to co-sponsor a Veteran's Day event where Veteran Poets will read the work of Veteran Poets. This virtual event (via Zoom) will include the poetry of Walt Whitman, Civil War; Wilfred Owen & Siegfried Sassoon, WWI; […]
Join the collective known as Poets who are artists, Artists who are poets for a virtual reading featuring Michel Duncan Merle. The theme of this meeting is Creative Freedom. This event will take via Zoom - click this link to register for the event on November 20, 2020. Zoom will send you an e-mail with […]
Free People's Workshop Open workshop for Poets, Artists, and Musicians Hosted by Sid Solomon This event will take via Zoom - click this link to register for the event on November 30, 2020. Zoom will send you an e-mail with the details on how to connect.
The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th (and occasional 5th) Tuesday reading. The next reading will be on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, when David Surette will be the feature. Register for the reading, and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. […]
Join the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association for our monthly board meeting. This will once again be a virtual meeting due to the continued need for social distancing. This is a working meeting, not a poetry reading. We welcome the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. Please register in advance for […]
Bedlam Book Cafe will host a virtual version of their monthly Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic. A group of wordsmiths, poetry aficionados, and lovers of semantic bedlam get together on the 1st Friday of every month to create a little bedlam in the virtual world. Register for the event and Zoom will email you all […]
The Worcester Public Library is sponsoring a new poetry writing workshop with WCPA board member Susan Roney-O'Brien. The virtual workshop will take place on Saturday, December 5 between 11 am and noon. Here's the workshop description: Metaphors Be with You - And they are. You say, S/he’s a bear in the morning, not a literal […]
The WCPA is excited to present a virtual poetry reading with Julie Danho on Sunday, December 13, 2020, at 3:00 pm. Registration is needed to join the event. Visit the Zoom registration link and fill in the form. A meeting link will be e-mailed to you. Julie Danho's first full-length poetry collection, "Those Who Keep […]
Join us for the third Sunset, Sunrise Poetry Reading event of the Chinese-American Bridging Continent Series, on Saturday evening, December 19, 8:00 pm (US Eastern Time). A number of poets from China -- including calligrapher Zi Chuan, Yue Qi, and Chen Yihai -- will join US poets, such as Susan Roney-O'Brien, Rodger Martin, and Kyle […]
Rush Frazier, a past president of the WCPA and all-around poetry tour de force, has organized a virtual reunion for the long-departed Poets' Asylum for Sunday, December 20, 2020. For more than 20 years, it was the local poetry hangout for performance poets and drew in features from Patricia Smith to Mighty Mike McGee to […]
