• Richard Fox at the Thirsty Lab

    The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th Tuesday reading. Please join a virtual Thirsty Lab on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at 7:00 pm. Richard Fox will be the feature. Register for the event and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. […]

  • September 2020 Board Meeting

    Join the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association for our monthly 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 to the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. Please register in advance for […]

  • Virtual Poetry Reading with David Mills and Tim Seibles

    Join Bedlam Book Cafe for a virtual poetry reading with David Mills (NYC poet and American Antiquarian Society Fellow) and Tim Seibles (former Poet Laureate of Virginia). The reading will be done via Zoom; click here to register and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. David Mills is the […]

  • Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien

    Join award-winning poet Susan Roney-O'Brien as she teaches Poetry Writing 101! in a virtual workshop from Worcester Public Library. You have the tools already: experiences, emotions, insights, and language. Poetry gives you voice. Sometimes you go deep, delve into an incident or memory you had feared, and bring it into the light. Sometimes there is […]

  • The Thirsty Lab with Elizabeth McKim

    The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th Tuesday reading. Please join a virtual Thirsty Lab on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 7:00 pm. Elizabeth McKim will be the feature. Register for the reading and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. […]

  • The Thirsty Lab with Heather Macpherson

    The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th Tuesday reading. Please join a virtual Thirsty Lab on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 7:00 pm. Heather Macpherson will be the feature. Register for the reading and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. […]

  • Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic – virtualized

    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 Power of My Voice

    Guardians of Traditions / Guardianes de Tradición is hosting an online event with Worcester's first youth Youth Poet Laureate, Amina Mohammed, called The Power of My Voice on Tuesday, October 6th. Amina will be joined by Dominican writer and anthropologist Leonardo Nin.   You can learn more about the event at their Facebook event page or visit http://bit.ly/thepowerofmyvoice […]

  • October 2020 Board Meeting

    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 to the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. Please register in advance […]

  • Zoom into Poetry with Doug Holder

    The WCPA is thrilled to present a virtual poetry reading with Ibbetson Street Press founder Doug Holder on Sunday, October 11, 2020, at 3:00 pm.   Holder served as the judge for our 2020 Annual Contest: the Frank O'Hara Prize. Registration is needed to join the event.  Visit the Zoom registration link and fill in the […]