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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
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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:20260620T061559
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:20260620T061559
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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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
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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:20260620T061559
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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:20260620T061559
CREATED:20210128T223544Z
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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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210220T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
CREATED: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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210214T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210214T160000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
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:20260620T061559
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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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210201T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
CREATED:20201228T004202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T135743Z
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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:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T170000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
CREATED:20210128T222526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T222526Z
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SUMMARY:Free People's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of Etheridge Knight  artist\, poets\, musicians and the creative community  gather to 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-3/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
CREATED:20201221T165616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T135657Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Jennifer Freed
DESCRIPTION:The WCPA is happy to help the Thirsty Lab poetry reading go virtual for their 4th (and occasional 5th) Tuesday reading. On Tuesday\, January 26\, 20201\, Jennifer Freed 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 \nJennifer L. Freed (she/her) has poems appearing in various print and on-line journals including Atlanta Review\, Comstock Review\, Connecticut River Review\, Naugatuck River Review\, The Worcester Review\, and Zone 3\, as well as in various anthologies\, such as Forgotten Women\, a Tribute in Poetry. ​ Her chapbook\, These Hands Still Holding\, was selected as a finalist in the 2013 New Women’s Voices Competition (Finishing Line Press).  She was awarded the 2020 Samuel Washington Allen Prize for a long poem or poem-sequence (New England Poetry Club) and has been a finalist for the Frank O’Hara prize multiple times.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-jennifer-freed/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
CREATED:20210104T002108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210104T002108Z
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SUMMARY:Free People's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkf-CurD0jHdRymAbv3zDnr66UPUxQsrkK \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-2/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210124T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
CREATED:20210109T181611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T135604Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Pat Fargnoli
DESCRIPTION:Susan Roney-O’Brien is hosting a tribute reading for Patricia Fargnoli on Sunday\, January 24th\, 2021\, at 3:00 p.m. The Worcester County Poetry Association is providing the ZOOM venue. \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 \nPatricia Fargnoli\, the New Hampshire Poet Laureate from 2006-2009\, is the author of six poetry collections. Her newest book is  Hallowed: New and Selected Poems (Tupelo\, 2017). Her other three full-length books\, Then\, Something\, Duties of the Spirit\, and Necessary Light\, were each award-winning (The Sheila Mooton Award\, The ForeWord Magazine Silver Award for Poetry\, The May Swenson Award\, and The NH Literary Award for Outstanding Poetry).  She has also published three chapbooks: Small Songs of Pain\, Lives of Others\, and Greatest Hits. A retired clinical social worker\, “Pat” has been a Macdowell Fellow and is a past Associate Editor of The Worcester Review. She has been on the faculty of The Frost Place Poetry Festival and its teaching conference and has taught at the New Hampshire Institute of Art\, for Road Scholars\, and in the Lifelong Learning Program (CALL) of Keene State College. She currently teaches privately. Awards for her poems include an honorary B.F.A. from The New Hampshire Institute of Art\, The Robert Frost Foundation Award\, and five Pushcart nominations. She was twice a finalist for The Nation\, Discovery Award. A native of Connecticut and a graduate of Trinity College\, Hartford College for Women\, and the University of Connecticut School of Social Work\, she has published more than 300 poems in such journals as Poetry\, Ploughshares\, The Harvard Review\, The Massachusetts Review\, Barrow Street\, Alaska Quarterly\, et al. A member of The New Hampshire Writer’s Project and the New England Poetry Club\, she’s lived for over twenty years in New Hampshire.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/celebrating-pat-fargnoli/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061559
CREATED:20210111T164452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T164452Z
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SUMMARY:Poets who are artists; Artists who are poets
DESCRIPTION:A multi-dimensional event \nFeaturing Jeffrey Ferrara\, Haiku master \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83974184828?pwd=K01GcjNTZUJGcXRYNWVUaGdob3JMQT09 \nMeeting ID: 839 7418 4828\nPasscode: 411471\n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-who-are-artists-artists-who-are-poets-2/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
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SUMMARY:Zoom into Poetry with D. Keali'i MacKenzie
DESCRIPTION:The WCPA is excited to present a virtual poetry reading with D. Keali’i MacKenzie on Sunday\, January 10\, 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. \nD. Keali‘i MacKenzie is the author of the chapbook From Hunger to Prayer (Silver Needle Press). A queer poet of Kanaka Maoli\, European\, and Chinese descent; his work appears in\, or is forthcoming from Prismatica: LGBTQ Fantasy and Science-Fiction Magazine\, Foglifter\, homology lit\, FOOTNOTES\, and The Operating System Experimental Speculative Poetics. A Pushcart Prize nominee\, he is a past member of the Worcester Poetry Slam Team. He received an MA in Pacific Islands Studies and an MLISc\, from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/zoom-into-poetry-with-d-kealii-mackenzie/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210106T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
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SUMMARY:January 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 register in advance for this meeting. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining 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.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/january-2021-wcpa-board-meeting/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210102T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210102T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201227T213158Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Writing 101 with Susan Roney-O’Brien: Sound\, Resound
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\, January 2\, between 11 am and noon.  Here’s the workshop description: \nPoetry begins in the body and sings in the ear. We hear alliteration\, assonance\, consonance\, euphony\, cacophony\, rhyme\, rhythm\, anaphora\, and all kinds of repetition\, and yet are not always aware of what we hear. Sound yanks\, caresses and awakens us to mood\, tone\, image\, and meaning. Join in the listening. We’ll use a few poems as examples and some prompts to get us moving\, initiate a beat\, perhaps syncopate the rhythm and integrate rhyme so that we can quickstep into the dance of creation. \nRegistration: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-101-with-susan-roney-o-brien-sound-resound
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-writing-101-with-susan-roney-obrien-sound-resound/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201229T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201229T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201205T190614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201205T190614Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab Poetry Reading with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION: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\, December 29\, 2020 when Joe Fusco Jr. will feature. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to sign-up and Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and link. \nJoe Fusco Jr. is a poet and humorist living in Worcester.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-poetry-reading-with-joe-fusco-jr/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201221T134519Z
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SUMMARY:Free People’s Workshop - December 2020
DESCRIPTION:Free People’s Workshop\nOpen workshop for Poets\, Artists\, and Musicians\nHosted by Sid Solomon \nThis event will take via Zoom – click this link to join the virtual event on December 28\, 2020. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-december-2020/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201222T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201205T190229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201205T190229Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Ethna McKiernan
DESCRIPTION: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\, December 22\, 2020\, when Ethna McKiernan will 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. \nEthna McKiernan has been twice awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board grant in poetry. Her first book\, Caravan\, was nominated for the Minnesota Book Award. Her work has been widely anthologized\, including in The Notre Dame Book of Irish American Poetry\, 33 Minnesota Poets\, and more. McKiernan holds an MFA from Warren Wilson Program for Writers. Her fourth book\, Swimming With Shadows\, was published in 2019 by Salmon Poetry (Ireland)\, who will also bring out her Selected Poems in 2022. McKiernan works in Street Outreach for a non-profit serving the Minneapolis homeless population. In an earlier life\, she was CEO of Irish Books and Media\, Inc.\, a grape-picker in France\, and a school bus driver.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-ethna-mckiernan/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201208T021118Z
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SUMMARY:A Poets' Asylum Reunion
DESCRIPTION: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 Dennis Brutus.  From Eleni’s Midnight Cafe through the Java Hut and finally\, to the front room at WCUW\, you could find a cup of coffee\, a supportive community\, and some damn fine poetry. \nOn December 20th\, there will be an invitational open mic with voices from across the ether.  You can register via their Zoom link or view it on via a live stream on Facebook.  Further details can be found on the Facebook invite. \nA group photo from the Wormtown Region Slam in 2002.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-poets-asylum-reunion/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201219T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201212T165918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201212T165918Z
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SUMMARY:Sunset/Sunrise Poetry Bridging Continents Reading
DESCRIPTION: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 Potvin for an evening of poems in both English and Mandarin. \nYou are invited to our Sunset/Sunrise Zoom meeting as part of our Poetry Bridging Continents tradition. When: Dec 19\, 2020\, 08:00 PM America/Toronto; Dec. 20\, 2020\, 09:00 AM\, Shanghai Register in advance for this meeting at this Zoom link.  After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nThis is event is being hosted by the Modern Poetry Collection at Mason Library\, Keene State College.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/sunset-sunrise-poetry-bridging-continents-reading/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201213T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201213T160000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
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SUMMARY:Zoom into Poetry with Julie Danho
DESCRIPTION: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. \nJulie Danho’s first full-length poetry collection\, “Those Who Keep Arriving\,” won the 2018 Gerald Cable Book Award from Silverfish Review Press. Her chapbook\, Six Portraits\, received the 2013 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Award. Her poems have appeared in journals such as Pleiades\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, and New Ohio Review and featured on The Writer’s Almanac\, Poetry Daily\, and Verse Daily. \nJulie has been awarded fellowships from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the MacColl Johnson Fund. She has an M.F.A. from Ohio State University and works as an editor in Providence\, Rhode Island. You can find her work at juliedanho.com.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/zoom-into-poetry-with-julie-danho/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201205T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201119T165349Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Writing 101 with Susan Roney-O’Brien: Metaphors Be with You
DESCRIPTION: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: \nMetaphors Be with You – And they are. You say\, S/he’s a bear in the morning\, not a literal statement\, but figurative\, a comparison that brings the image to life. Metaphors\, similes\, personification\, apostrophe\, irony…all these handy tools build fresh images through the use of our senses. Beginning with definitions and readings of poems\, we’ll create our own tapestries of words\, combine figurative language and literal experiences to forge “the best words in the best order.” \nRegistration link: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-101-with-susan-roney-o-brien-metaphors-be-with-you/ \nTwo other poetry writing workshops will be held on January 2 and February 6\, 2021.  More information\, along with registration links\, once they are available.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-writing-101-with-susan-roney-obrien-metaphors-be-with-you/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T061600
CREATED:20201011T193019Z
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SUMMARY:Deep Thoughts Poetry Open Mic - virtualized
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRegister for the event and Zoom will email you all the details.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/deep-thoughts-poetry-open-mic-virtualized-3/
LOCATION:MA
ORGANIZER;CN="Bedlam Book Cafe":MAILTO:bedlambookcafe@gmail.com
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