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SUMMARY:WCPA College Poetry Contest Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the WCPA College Poetry Contest where we will award the Elizabeth Manuscript Prize and the Etheridge Knight Performance Prize.  In its thirteenth year\, area colleges send representatives to compete for bragging rights\, complimentary membership in the WCPA\, and the publication of a poem by the manuscript winner in The Worcester Review. \nThe following people are expected to compete: \nAnna Maria College: Christopher McClure\nAssumption College: Kat Gatto\nWorcester Polytechnic Institute: Marina Petrillo \nwith additional readings by this year’s judges and contest chair\nJudges: Susan Roney-O’Brien and Nicole DiCello\nContest Chair: Craig Blais \nRegistration 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. \nRegister \nAdditional details will be added as they become available.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-college-poetry-contest-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
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SUMMARY:Person\, Place\, and Thing
DESCRIPTION:From Worcester State University: \nPerson\, Place\, and Thing\nA Virtual Poetry Reading featuring\nPoets Judy Hoyer ’65 and Heather Treseler (Dept. of English)\nThursday\, April 8\, 2021 – 7 pm \n  \nPoets Judy Hoyer (’65) and Heather Treseler (Dept. of English)\, authors of Bits and Pieces Set Aside (Finishing Lines Press\, 2017) and Parturition (Southword Press\, 2020)\, will read from their published books and talk about their strategies for drawing on the familiar and “making it new\,” sharing approaches that apply to writing and other creative endeavors. \n  \nKindly register in advance to receive the Zoom link for this special virtual event by clicking here.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/person-place-and-thing/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210330T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210330T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210205T165728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T010948Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Francine Sterle
DESCRIPTION:The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th (and occasional 5th) Tuesday reading.  On Tuesday\, March 30\, 20201\, northern Minnesota native Francine Sterle will be the feature. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading\, and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. \nRegister \nA native of northern Minnesota\, Francine Sterle has an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College and has furthered her studies in a variety of settings\, including Oxford University\, Oxford\, England\, the Spoleto Writers’ Workshop in Spoleto\, Italy\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Squaw Valley Community of Writers\, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Her awards include multiple Pushcart Prize nominations\, a Loft-McKnight Foundation Award\, a Jerome Foundation Travel\, and Study Grant\, a Lake Superior Contemporary Writers Award\, residencies at the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies\, the Leighton Studios at the Banff Centre for the Arts\, the Blacklock Nature Sanctuary\, a Career Initiative Grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council as well as both a Fellowship Grant and a Career Opportunity Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. \nHer poems have been published widely in such literary journals as The North American Review\, Ploughshares\, Poetry International\, Nimrod and have been anthologized in To Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-territorial Days to the Present\, 33 Minnesota Poets\, The Cancer Poetry Project\, and Broad Wings\, Long Legs: A Rookery of Heron Poems\, forthcoming in 2022. Her poetry collections include The White Bridge (Poetry Harbor\, 1999)\, Every Bird is One Bird (Editor’s Prize\, Tupelo Press\, 2001)\, Nude in Winter (Tupelo Press\, 2006)\, and What Thread? (David Martinson-Meadowhawk Prize\, Red Dragonfly Press\, 2015).
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-march-2021-5th-tuesday/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T210000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
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SUMMARY:Princeton Women's Reading
DESCRIPTION:Each year Susan Roney-O’Brien organizes the Princeton Women’s Reading in March\,  with twenty women poets read together to celebrate joy\, creativity\, and poetry. \nRegistration 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. \nRegister \nThe following poets are scheduled to read – Pam Bernard\, Polly Brown\, Therese Carr\, Joan Erickson\, Devon Evans\, Kathleen Fagley\, Rushelle Frazier\, Jennifer Freed\, Joyce Heon\, Emily Judkins\, Maura MacNeil\, Cheryl Perreault\, Catherine Reed\, Eve Rifkah\, Susan Roney-O’Brien\, Nancy Strong\, Beth Sweeney\, Rhett Watts\, and Kate Zebrowski.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/princeton-womens-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210209T204339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T012913Z
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SUMMARY:a virtual Thirsty Lab with Curt Curtin
DESCRIPTION:The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th (and occasional 5th) Tuesday reading. On Tuesday\, March 23\, 20201\, Curt Curtin and his wife\, Dee O’Connor\, will be the features.  In this final book launch event\, Curt Curtin and his wife Dee O’Connor will read some of the lesser-known poems from Curt’s newest collection\, Kerry Dancers. Selected poems include “Across the Tracks\,” “Ma\,” “Eldest Sister\,” and “Paying Respects at Katie’s Wake” along with many popular favorites from his Irish-American heritage. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading\, and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. \nRegister
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-curt-curtin/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T210000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210319T230151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210319T230151Z
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SUMMARY:Free People's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Artists\, poets\, musicians and playwrights etc. meet\, share\, discuss their current work\, listen and offer helpful advice.  Please Join Zoom Meeting by using this link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/6953052444 \nMeeting ID: 695 305 2444
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-5/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210314T164413Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Into Poetry with Karen Friedland
DESCRIPTION:A nonprofit grant writer by day\, Karen’s poems have been published in the Lily Poetry Review Constellations\, Nixes Mate Review\, Vox Populi\, the Muddy River Poetry Review and others. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, received the 59th Moon Prize from Writing in a Women’s Voice\, and had a poem hanging on the walls of Boston’s City Hall. \nHer book of poems\, Places That Are Gone\, was published in 2019 by Nixes Mate Books\, and her chapbook Tales from the Teacup Palace in 2020 by Cervena Barva Press. \nShe lives in a neighborhood of Boston with her husband\, two small dogs and a cat. \n#poetryofworcestercounty
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/zoom-into-poetry-with-karen-friedland/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210220T163422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210220T163422Z
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SUMMARY:Artists who are poets; poets who are artists
DESCRIPTION:Solstice  Open Reading with Christopher Reilley as feature\n3-4 Poems or seven minutes\nContact Sam 508 753 4319 for questions
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210320T153000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210215T144427Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien: Syllabics from Basho to Yeats and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-o-brien-syllabics-from-basho-to-yeats-and-beyond/ \nDo you remember clapping out the syllables of your name in first grade? Pure syllabic poetry is common in languages like Japanese but rarer in English\, which counts both syllables and stresses. Starting with haikus\, we will try our hands at writing tankas\, nonets\, roundels\, cinquains\, and diamantes. And as we go along\, we’ll applaud each other’s syllabic creations and explore how poets like Yeats\, Thomas\, and Plath used the syllabic form.  \nSusan Roney-O’Brien earned her MFA at Warren Wilson College and is the author of five poetry collections. She hosts monthly poetry readings\, teaches workshops\, and coordinates the Stanley Kunitz summer writing series. \nThis event is organized by Worcester Public Library.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-obrien-syllabics-from-basho-to-yeats-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210305T174628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T174811Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading with Joy Priest (Working Writers Series at College of the Holy Cross)
DESCRIPTION:The Working Writers Series at College of the Holy Cross is presenting a virtual poetry reading by Joy Priest.  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. \nRegister \nJoy Priest is the author of Horsepower (Pitt Poetry Series\, 2020)\, which won the 2019 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry\, judged by Natasha Trethewey. Horsepower is designed as a radical Bildungsroman in poetic form\, tracing a young Black girl’s attempts to escape from the influences of both her white supremacist grandfather and the bitterly segregated urban South where she grew up. Priest has received many awards and fellowships\, most recently the 2020 Stanley Kunitz Prize. She has published poems in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day\, APR\, The Atlantic\, Blackbird\, Gulf Coast\, Poetry Northwest\, The Rumpus\, and other places. Her essays have appeared in The Bitter Southerner\, Poets & Writers\, ESPN\, and The Undefeated\, and her work has been anthologized in Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop; The Louisville Anthology; A Measure of Belonging: Writers of Color on the New American South; and Best New Poets 2014\, 2016\, and 2019. Priest has been a journalist\, theater attendant\, waitress\, and fast-food worker in Kentucky\, and has facilitated writing workshops and arbitration programs with adult and juvenile incarcerated women. She holds an MFA in poetry from the University of South Carolina and is now pursuing a PhD in literature and creative writing at the University of Houston\, with a background in postcolonial studies\, Black\, Latinx\, and Native poetics\, and feminist theory.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/virtual-poetry-reading-with-joy-priest-working-writers-series-at-college-of-the-holy-cross/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210205T164733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T175324Z
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SUMMARY:Sisters Outsider: Black Women Creating Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join Worcester Black History Project\, Worcester County Poetry Association\, and Worcester Historical Museum for an evening of Worcester Black Women creating poetry.  Download a PDF of the event flyer. \nRegistration 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. \nRegister \nFeatured poets\nReverend Dr. Catherine Reed\nZoe Vilicic\nXaulanda Thorpe\nRush Frazier\nAshley Wonder \nModerated by Lydia Fortune and Tina Gaffney \nInspired by Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lord
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/black-women-poetry-panel/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T190000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210209T204219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T213344Z
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SUMMARY:Chasing Dreams to American Shores
DESCRIPTION:Musicians from Worcester’s Pakachoag Music School provide fiddle music to accompany Curt Curtin’s reading of selected poems from Kerry Dancers. Though the collection focuses on Curt’s Irish-American heritage\, it is a more generic immigrant’s tale dedicated to “immigrants from around the world who chased their dreams to the American shores.” \nPre-recorded by Pakachoag Music School; available on YouTube \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/chasing-dreams-to-american-shores/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210318
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210209T204129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T213308Z
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SUMMARY:Kerry Dancers: A Family Portrait in Poetry
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Senior Center celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and the Worcester County Poetry Association’s 50th anniversary with a reading from Kerry Dancers\, Curt Curtin’s newest poetry collection. Curt\, his wife\, and fellow poets/friends will read selected poems. You’ll meet Da\, Ma\, Aunt Nora\, and the rest of the family\, dance a reel in Boston’s Hibernian Hall\, and “shake the hand of the man who shook the hand” of notorious Boston Mayor James Michael Curley. With lively fiddle music by members of the New England Enrichment Foundation\, you’ll be dancing in your seat. \nair time tbd; check local listings \nPre-recorded by Worcester Channel 192; \navailable later on YouTube (WSC Connect) and Facebook
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/kerry-dancers-a-family-portrait-in-poetry/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210209T204036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T213100Z
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SUMMARY:A Parade of Poets for St. Patrick’s Day
DESCRIPTION:Retired Professor Curt Curtin will be joined by three current students and three alumni from Westfield State University in a reading in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Students and alumni will read from their own work; Curt and his wife Dee O’Connor (also a WSU alum) will read selections from Kerry Dancers\, Curt’s latest collection. (Pre-registration information is not available at this time.)
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-parade-of-poets-for-st-patricks-day/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210314T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210314T160000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20201229T190500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T135942Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom into Poetry with Jeff Walt
DESCRIPTION:The WCPA is excited to present a virtual poetry reading with Jeff Walt on Sunday\, March 14\, 2021\, 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. \nRegister \nJeff Walt won the 2018 Frank O’Hara Prize in the WCPA’s Annual Poetry Contest.   He was born in rural Pennsylvania among a community of coal miners\, brick-layers\, and railroad workers. His chapbook\, Soot\, was awarded co-winner of the Keystone Chapbook Prize and published in 2010 by Seven Kitchens Press. He’s been awarded writing residencies from The MacDowell Colony\, The Djerassi Resident Artist Program\, The Vermont Studio Center\, Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts\, and Kalani Eco-village on the Big Island of Hawaii. Several poems from Soot were selected and scored by composer David Sisco and performed at Carnegie Hall on November 14\, 2014. His book\, Leave Smoke\, was published on Oct. 1\, 2019\, by Gival Press. Jeff is the Program Coordinator for the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize sponsored by the San Diego Poetry Annual. Visit www.jeffwalt.com for more on our March 2021 feature. \n \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/zoom-into-poetry-with-jeff-walt/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210313T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210313T120000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210209T203936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T212922Z
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SUMMARY:A Light Breeze from Kerry: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Curt Curtin
DESCRIPTION:As part of a virtual book tour\, the Worcester Public Library hosts a live reading with Curt Curtin and his wife Dee O’Connor. Curt is a first-generation Irish-American poet who lives in Worcester. Both his parents emigrated from County Kerry at the beginning of the 20th Century\, and their experiences inspired Curt’s latest collection\, Kerry Dancers. \nRegister here: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/a-light-breeze-from-kerry-a-virtual-poetry-reading-with-curt-curtin/ \nCurt Curtin is a first-generation Irish-American poet who lives in Worcester. Both his parents emigrated from County Kerry at the beginning of the 20th century\, taking different routes but finding one another in Boston. Curt’s newest collection\, Kerry Dancers\, captures ways Irish settlers attempted to retain their heritage while also assimilating into American culture. ​Curt will share poems from his newest collection and the stories that inspired each piece. Kerry Dancers was published by Kelsay Books which also published his first full-length collection\, For Art’s Sake. Curt also has three chapbooks entitled Pacing the Floor\, Elusive Music\, and Embers Carried Across a River in a Gourd. He has won local awards for poetry including the Connecticut River Review Poetry Contest and the Frank O’Hara Award from the Worcester County Poetry Association. He was twice named a Pushcart Prize nominee and has been a featured reader at many events in Massachusetts and Ireland.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-light-breeze-from-kerry/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210205T164919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210228T204654Z
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SUMMARY:March 2021 Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is a working meeting\, not a poetry reading. We welcome the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. \nRegistration is required; visit this link\, register\, and Zoom will e-mail you a link for the meeting. \nThis is a great opportunity to learn more about how the board supports the rich literary history and creative energy of Central Massachusetts. \nPS – As a reminder\, at our January 4\, 2021 meeting the WCPA board voted to move our future meetings to the second Tuesday of each month. This move will provide more time to complete financial reports.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/march-2021-board-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T160000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210209T203724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T212833Z
UID:2537-1615388400-1615392000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Interview with Curt Curtin
DESCRIPTION:Worcester poet Curt Curtin has a new book\, Kerry Dancers\, and is holding a virtual book tour during March 2021 in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Annie’s Book Stop kicks off book sales by interviewing Curt about his early background as a first-generation Irish-American and the stories that helped shape some of the poems in this collection. \nThis will be a pre-recorded video; available on YouTube following the recording.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/placeholder-interview-with-curt-curtin/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210307T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210211T201140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210304T210003Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Into Poetry with Jennifer Martelli
DESCRIPTION:The Zoom into Poetry series continues with North Shore poet Jennifer Martelli. \nAuthor of The Uncanny Valley\, and My Tarantella\, Jennifer is known for emotionally gripping poetry. \nRegistration is required; visit this Zoom registration link\, fill out the form\, and Zoom will send you an e-mail link. \n#poetryofworcestercounty
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/zoom-into-poetry-with-jennifer-martelli/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T153000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20201229T191641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210121T232124Z
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SUMMARY:WCPA 2021 Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the Worcester County Poetry Association for our Annual Meeting on February 28\, 2021\, and help us celebrate our 50th anniversary! The afternoon consists of a short Business Meeting and a poetry feature by Tim Mayo. We’ll start at 2:00 pm on Zoom. \nRegistration is needed to join the event. After registering\, Zoom will e-mail you a meeting link. \nRegister \nTim Mayo holds an ALB\, cum laude\, from Harvard University and an MFA from The Bennington Writing Seminars.  Among the many places his poems and reviews have appeared are The American Journal of Poetry\, Avatar Review\, Barrow Street\, Narrative Magazine\,  Naugatuck River Review\, ONE\, Poetry International\, Poet Lore\, River Styx\, Salamander\, San Pedro River Review\, Tar River Poetry\, Web Del Sol Review of Books\, Valparaiso Poetry Review\, Verse Daily\, Verse-Virtual and The Writer’s Almanac.  His first full-length collection\, The Kingdom of Possibilities (Mayapple Press\, 2009\,) was a semi-finalist for the 2009 Brittingham and Pollock Awards and a finalist for the 2009 May Swenson Award. \nHis second volume of poems\, Thesaurus of Separation\, was published by Phoenicia Publishing (Montreal) in July of 2016. The collection was twice a finalist for the Quercus Review Poetry Book Award and twice a semi-finalist for the Word Works Press Washington Prize. It was also a finalist for both the 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award and the 2017 Montaigne Medal. \nHis latest collection\, Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper\, was published in November 2019 by Kelsay Books and won Honorable Mention in the  2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award chapbook category. \nA seven-time Pushcart Prize Nominee and a two-time finalist for the Paumanok Award\, Mayo is also the recipient of three Vermont Writers Week Fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center. He lives in Brattleboro\, VT\, where he was a founding member and organizer of the Brattleboro Literary Festival author.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-2021-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210209T202550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T202550Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open Mic: Languages of Love
DESCRIPTION:Join the City of Worcester’s Cultural Development Office for a virtual poetry open mic on Wednesday\, February 24th from 7-8 p.m. hosted by Worcester Poet Laureate Juan Matos and Worcester Youth Poet Laureate Amina Mohammed.  The reading will be shared via the City of Worcester’s Facebook page using Facebook Live. \nYou can find all the details at https://www.facebook.com/events/125655266065257/.  You’ll also find a link to share your own poem\, spoken word piece\, song\, or lyrical work. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/virtual-open-mic-languages-of-love/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
ORGANIZER;CN="Worcester%E2%80%99s Cultural Development Division":MAILTO:culture@worcesterma.gov
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210126T202149Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Beth Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th (and occasional 5th) Tuesday reading. On Tuesday\, February 23\, 20201\, Beth Sweeney will be the feature. Beth will be joined by composer Matthew Jaskot\, with whom she is collaborating on a sequence that includes eight poems she wrote for musical adaptation. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading\, and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. \nRegister \nSusan Elizabeth Sweeney’s poems and translations have appeared in The Worcester Review\, Friends Journal\, Diner\, Contour\, The Journal of Irish Literature\, and elsewhere\, and have received awards including an American Academy of Poets Prize\, the Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize (judged by Peter Johnson)\, and selection as a semifinalist in the New Women’s Voices Poetry Chapbook Competition (judged by Leah Maines). A former president of the Worcester County Poetry Association\, Beth initiated an annual intercollegiate contest for central Massachusetts student poets\, which is now in its twelfth year. Her chapbook\, “Hand Me Down\,” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2013. \nMatthew Jaskot’s music is organic and eclectic\, drawing from various traditions and exploring dichotomies between simplicity and complexity\, activity and stasis\, and clarity and chaos. His works have been performed by the Kronos Quartet\, Boston Musica Viva\, Transient Canvas\, the Great Noise Ensemble\, the Xelana duo\, the Fortunata Trio\, the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra\, and the Boston Percussion Group\, among others. Matt has participated as either composer or pianist in many music festivals and conferences\, and his music has been published by Navona Records. He holds a DMA and MM in composition from the University of Maryland and a BA in music from the College of the Holy Cross and has studied composition with Osvaldo Golijov\, Shirish Korde\, Mark Wilson\, and Tom DeLio\, and piano with Marian Hanshaw and Gina Fredericks. Currently\, he teaches music theory\, composition\, and twentieth-century music at Holy Cross.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-beth-sweeney/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210128T223544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210205T010935Z
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SUMMARY:Free People's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of Ethridge Knight artists\, poets\, musicians and the creative community share and discuss work. Follow this link to Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqf-iurDgtHdXsE_KMAHBdkDv33ElBVvqb
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-4/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210220T120000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20201229T005039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201229T005039Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Panel Discussion Featuring New England Poets
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Public Library is pleased to present a panel of poets who are in New England. Panelists Meg Kearney of New Hampshire\, Tim Mayo of Vermont\, and J.D. Scrimgeour of Massachusetts will read aloud some of their work\, discuss what drew them to writing poetry\, the struggles they’ve faced\, and advice for aspiring poets. \nRegister Here \nIn June 2021\, The Word Works Press will publish Meg Kearney’s All Morning the Crows\, winner of the 2020 Washington Prize for poetry. Meg is also the author of An Unkindness of Ravens and Home By Now\, winner of the PEN New England L.L. Winship Award; a heroic crown\, The Ice Storm\, published as a chapbook in 2020; and three verse novels for teens. Her award-winning picture book\, Trouper\, is illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Meg’s poetry has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s “A Writer’s Almanac” and Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry” series and included in the 2017 Best American Poetry anthology (Natasha Tretheway\, guest editor). She lives in New Hampshire and directs the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program in Massachusetts. Visit www.megkearney.com. \nTim Mayo has published two full-length collections of poetry\, The Kingdom of Possibilities (Mayapple Press\, 2008)\, a finalist for the May Swenson Award and Thesaurus of Separation (Phoenicia Publishing\, 2016)\, which among other awards was a finalist for both the 2017 Montaigne Medal and the 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award. His two chapbooks are The Loneliness of Dogs (Pudding House Publications\, 2007) and Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper (Kelsay Books\, 2019)\, which won Honorable Mention in the chapbook category of the 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. Nominated for seven Pushcart Prizes\, his poems and reviews have appeared in numerous literary magazines\, including The American Journal of Poetry\, Barrow Street\, Narrative Magazine\, ONE (Jacar Press)\, Poetry International\, Valparaiso Poetry Review\, Verse Daily\, and The Writer’s Almanac. He lives in Brattleboro\, Vermont\, where he was a founding member of the Brattleboro Literary Festival\, and where he continues to teach and work in a mental hospital. Visit www.tim-mayo.net. \nJ.D. Scrimgeour is the author of four poetry collections The Last Miles\, Territories\, Lifting the Turtle\, and\, most recently\, Festival. He won the AWP Award for Nonfiction for his second nonfiction book\, Themes for English B: A Professor’s Education In & Out of Class. With musician Philip Swanson he released Ogunquit & Other Works\, a CD blending music and poetry. A longtime resident of Salem\, he’s written in many genres about the city. Mary Towne Eastey\, an ancestor in his direct line\, was put to death during the Salem Witch Trials. Another ancestor\, Thomas Perkins\, sat on the jury that found her guilty. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/virtual-panel-discussion-featuring-new-england-poets/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210214T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210214T160000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20201229T184735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T135911Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom into Poetry with Dane Kuttler
DESCRIPTION:The WCPA is excited to present a virtual poetry reading with Dane Kuttler on Sunday\, February 14\, 2021\, 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. \nRegister \nDane Kuttler has been writing heretical prayers since 2016. She gives a darn good reading and loves zoom.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/zoom-into-poetry-with-dane-kuttler/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210128T215539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210205T005610Z
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SUMMARY:Artist who are Poets; Poets who are Artists
DESCRIPTION:This program has been canceled.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artist-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20201227T214021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T135812Z
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SUMMARY:February 2021 WCPA Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is a working meeting\, not a poetry reading. We welcome the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. \nPlease e-mail wcpaboard@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining the board via Zoom. \nThis is a great opportunity to learn more about how the board supports the rich literary history and creative energy of Central Massachusetts. \nPS – As a reminder\, at our January 4\, 2021 meeting the WCPA board voted to move our future meetings to the second Tuesday of each month. This move will provide more time to complete financial reports.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/february-2021-wcpa-board-meeting/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20210126T204720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210126T204815Z
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of the Life and Work  of  Elizabeth Bishop
DESCRIPTION:Maynard Public Library will present “A Celebration of the Life and Work of Elizabeth Bishop.” Authors Lloyd Schwartz and Megan Marshall will discuss Bishop’s life and poetry. Worcester poet Elizabeth Bishop was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize\, the National Book Award\, and the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and many other awards. She has been called “the most famous poet you never heard of.” \nRegistration required to receive the Zoom event link.  \nLloyd Schwartz is a poet\, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston\, a Pulitzer Prize winner\, and the author of Elizabeth Bishop: Prose\, Poems\, and Letters. He is currently the Poet Laureate of Somerville and a frequent contributor to NPR’s Fresh Air. Megan Marshall is a Professor of English at Emerson College\, a Pulitzer Prize winner\, and the author of the biography Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast. \nBooks by the presenters and by Bishop will be available to order from Porter Square Books at the links below. \nElizabeth Bishop: Poems\, Prose and Letters by Lloyd Schwartz \nPoems by Elizabeth Bishop – A Boston Globe Best Poetry Book of 2011 \nElizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast by Megan Marshall \nLittle Kisses by Lloyd Schwartz
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-work-of-elizabeth-bishop/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210206T120000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20201227T213701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201227T213757Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Writing 101 with Susan Roney-O’Brien: In Form\, Conform\, Reform
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Public Library is sponsoring a poetry writing workshop with WCPA board member Susan Roney-O’Brien.  The virtual workshop will take place on Saturday\, February 6\, between 11 am and noon.  Here’s the workshop description: \nTraditional or “received” forms give poets the opportunity to practice technique\, to work within an established scaffolding. We tune our ears to meter and rhythmic patterns that\, once set up\, are expected. So many forms to explore! We’ll start simply\, define and try limericks\, acrostics\, abcderians\, haikus\, tankas and move on to read sonnets\, sestinas\, and villanelles. Perhaps once we know the pattern\, we can learn to break the form like Robert Frost did in “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”. \nRegistration: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-101-with-susan-roney-o-brien-in-form-conform-reform
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-writing-101-with-susan-roney-obrien-in-form-conform-reform/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210201T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192538
CREATED:20201228T004202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T135743Z
UID:2172-1612206000-1612209600@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Honoring Langston Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Langston Hughes\, an early adopter of what we now call jazz poetry and leader in the Harlem Renaissance\, birthday is February 1st. Join us for a reading of his work by Worcester’s Deputy Cultural Development Officer Che Anderson. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading\, and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. \nRegister \nChe Anderson is the Deputy Cultural Development Officer for Worcester\, MA\, where he focuses on public art\, special events\, and cultural equity. An avid lover of street art\, Che has led efforts to increase Worcester’s public art\, most notably serving as founding Director of POW! WOW! Worcester\, a festival-style event that brings internationally acclaimed artists to the City of Worcester to activate underused spaces and beautify Worcester. His recent endeavors include serving on the Rose Kennedy Greenway Public Art Advisory Group and Food and Convo\, an online platform that explores the intersectionality of public art\, the creative culinary industry\, music\, and shared human-centered experience. \nImage from https://www.topteny.com/top-10-most-famous-afro-american-poets/
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/langston-hughes-at-100/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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