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SUMMARY:Listen! a Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Listen! is a weekly poetry open mic on Sundays at 6 PM\, Nick’s Worcester. Hosted by David Macpherson.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/listen-a-poetry-reading-27/
LOCATION:Nick’s Worcester\, 124 Millbury Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Dave Macpherson":MAILTO:davemacp@aol.com
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Moira Linehan
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, February 22\, 2022\, Moira Linehan will be the featured reader. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading. Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and a link to join. \nRegister \nMoira Linehan is the author of four collections of poetry. Her first two books\, If No Moon (2007) and Incarnate Grace (2015)\, were published by Southern Illinois University Press. If No Moon had been selected by Dorianne Laux as the winner of the 2006 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry open competition. Both books were named Honor Books in Poetry in the Massachusetts Book Awards. In June 2020 Slant Books published her third book\, Toward and at the end of that year\, Dos Madres Press brought out her latest\, & Company. She lives in the greater Boston area. \nFor her February 22\, 2022\, Worcester County Poetry Association reading\, Linehan will read from Toward. Many of its poems are set in landscapes where she had been awarded a writer’s residency. In particular\, she will highlight those begun at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in County Monaghan and the Cill Rialaig Project in Ballinskelligs\, County Kerry.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-moira-linehan/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Listen! a Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Listen! is a weekly poetry open mic on Sundays at 6 PM\, Nick’s Worcester. Hosted by David Macpherson.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/listen-a-poetry-reading-26/
LOCATION:Nick’s Worcester\, 124 Millbury Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Dave Macpherson":MAILTO:davemacp@aol.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220219T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220219T160000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223245
CREATED:20211220T164724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220212T214203Z
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SUMMARY:Booklovers’ Gourmet Open Mic Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Monthly Open Mic Poetry on the Third Saturday of (most) months\, 2-4 pm.\nBring an original piece to share in a round-robin style.\nModerated by Robert Eugene Perry. \n**Masks are required for all attendees at this time.** \nSpace is limited so please RSVP to deb@bookloversgourmet.com or 508-949-6232.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-poetry-share-5/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T203000
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SUMMARY:2022 Michael True Memorial Reading
DESCRIPTION:Announcing the 2022 Michael True Memorial Reading featuring Jonathan Blake. \nThursday\, February 17\, 2022 \nCurtiss Performance Hall\nTsotsis Family Academic Center\nAssumption University \nThe reading will be free and open to the public\, though public health metrics may require a change to that plan. \nDownload the flyer feature artwork by Julie Chlapowski alongside a poem by feature Jonathan Blake.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/2022-michael-true-memorial-reading/
LOCATION:Curtiss Performance Hall\, Tsotsis Family Academic Center\, Assumption College\, 500 Salisbury St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T160000
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CREATED:20211209T180236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T224750Z
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SUMMARY:“A Walk in the Woo” Worcester’s Rain Poets Read
DESCRIPTION:Now that the snow is on the ground\, we’re turning our thoughts to giving voice to the poetry that has filled Worcester’s rainy streets. \nWe have invited the poets who created the Rain Poems to share their work in a reading for friends and family at the Park View Room (just off Elm Park @ 230 Park Ave\, Worcester). \nThe reading will take place on Sunday\, February 13th\, 2022\, from 3-4 pm (with February 27th as a snow date).
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-walk-in-the-woo-worcesters-rain-poets-read/
LOCATION:Park View Room\, 230 Park Ave. (inside Cornerstone Bank)\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T190000
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CREATED:20220109T151119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220109T151244Z
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SUMMARY:Reading Sylvia Plath Now
DESCRIPTION:Bedlam Book Cafe presents Reading Sylvia Plath Now with Professor Amanda Golden on Friday\, February 11\, 2022\, at 7:00 pm via Zoom. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading. Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and a link to join. \nRegister \nSylvia Plath irrevocably altered the landscape of poetry in the mid 20th century. Few poets have rendered such syntactical realizations of language combined with stunning emotional intelligence onto the page. In this celebration and resurrection of Plath’s indelible mark on the world of poetry\, we’ll get to hear from scholar Amanda Golden on the relevance of Plath’s work now. \nAmanda Golden is an Associate Professor of English at the New York Institute of Technology. She is the author of “Annotating Modernism: Marginalia and Pedagogy from Virginia Woolf to the Confessional Poets\,” and will be discussing this text in recognition of the launch of the paperback edition. She is co-editor of “The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath” (2022) and is currently co-editing “The Poems of Sylvia Plath” with Karen V. Kukil.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/reading-sylvia-plath-now/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bedlam Book Cafe":MAILTO:bedlambookcafe@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T160000
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SUMMARY:Pondering the Pandemic During the Rust Years: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Pondering the Pandemic During the Rust Years: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Joe Fusco Jr.\nFRIDAY\, FEBRUARY 11\, 2022  4:00—5:00 PM  Virtual Event Worcester\, MA\, 01608\nRegistration link: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/pondering-the-pandemic-during-the-rust-years-a-virtual-poetry-reading-with-joe-fusco/\n\nJoe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned poet and humorist from Worcester\, Massachusetts. He is the author of four books of semi-amusing poems and essays: Pondering the Pandemic During the Rust Years (2021); Hmm…That’s Different (2020); Three Score (2014); and The Lost and Found Essays (2012)\, all available on Amazon. Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, and the naughty ezine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002. Joe is still a frequent contributor to Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. Joe has lived in lovely Worcester with his better half Cyndi and their large family for thirty-five years. He is a registered Independent and sleeps with one eye always open. More info on Joe can be found at joesyellowpad.com.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/pondering-the-pandemic-during-the-rust-years-a-virtual-poetry-reading-with-joe-fusco-jr/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T210000
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CREATED:20220203T234820Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Board meeting
DESCRIPTION:Business meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association. Visitors are welcome. Only board members can vote on official matters. Due to the pandemic this event will be held on Zoom only. Please click on the following link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84188100514?pwd=bHZuTmFwY012MEZqWEF3VUtOS2svdz09 \nMeeting ID: 841 8810 0514\nPasscode: 279377 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/monthly-board-meeting/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T183000
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CREATED:20220101T195929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220206T212246Z
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SUMMARY:ARTISTS WHO ARE POETS / POETS WHO ARE ARTISTS  & POETS' THEATER
DESCRIPTION:Open Poetry and Play Reading featuring Michel Duncan Merle and Stewart Evan Lalo “Sam.” \nStaged Reading of the play “Art.” \nOpen Mic: one poem and a lightening round . Contact Sam 508-753-4319 or Huck 508-753-2500 to sign up. \n**** UPDATE UPDATE **** \nNote: This event will not take place at the Tidepool bookstore. It will be held on Zoom only. Use the following link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83427305912?pwd=NjVUcXMwMzJvYURhUmt0YXF6bmpLQT09 \nMeeting ID: 834 2730 5912\nPasscode: 336580
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-poets-theater/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Sotirios Evangelos Lalos":MAILTO:selalos@verizon.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20220111T230411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220111T230655Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Bishop Graveside Reading
DESCRIPTION:Renowned poet\, painter\, memoirist\, and short story writer\, Worcester’s own Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) rests within Hope Cemetery. On what would be her 111th birthday\, we gather by her grave to read her poetry and summon the scenes so skillfully painted in her verse. Come celebrate with the WCPA and Beth Sweeney\, director of the new Mapping Worcester in Poetry Project\, on Tuesday\, February 8th at 12:00pm. \nTo find Bishop’s grave in Hope Cemetery at 119 Webster Street:  \n\nEnter the cemetery’s main gate and drive along Curtis Avenue\nTake your fourth left onto Beech Street\nProceed for one block until you see two trees next to each other on the left side of the road \nBishop’s grave lies behind the first tree\nIf you like you can use these coordinates: 42°14’08.7″N 71°49’43.2″W\n\nIf you have a bit of time that day you might wish to use this new downloadable\, 20-minute do-it-yourself driving tour which will lead you past five Bishop sites on Main Street in Worcester to end at her grave in Hope Cemetery. Download the Bishop DIY Driving Tour. \nPlease wear appropriate attire\, footwear\, and a mask. \nA past reading in Hope Cemetery on the anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Bishop.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/elizabeth-bishop-graveside-reading-2/
LOCATION:E.Bishop Grave at Hope Cemetary\, 119 Webster St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01603\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T120000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20211202T192057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T192057Z
UID:3932-1644058800-1644062400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien
DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 5 – 11:00 AM—12:00 PM\n \nVirtual Event Worcester\, MA\, 01608\nRegistration Link: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-o-brien-9/\n\nThis virtual poetry workshop is a vehicle for critique\, a time of close reading and thoughtful responses that help craft the written word so that it says exactly what the author intends. The focus is the work itself. Poets are respectful of each other\, value the craft\, understand the courage it takes to have work critiqued\, and make the final decisions about their own writing. Please join us. Writing prompts will be shared with registrants one week before the workshop\, and we request you submit your work at least three days before the workshop to give attendees time to read your poem. \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.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-obrien-9/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20211229T000430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211229T162138Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Muriel Nelson
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, January 25\, 2022\, Muriel Nelson will be the featured reader. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading. Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and a link to join. \nRegister \nMuriel Nelson’s publications include Part Song\, winner of the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize (Bear Star Press)\, and Most Wanted\, winner of the ByLine Chapbook Award (ByLine Press). Nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize\, her poems have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Four Way Review\, Front Porch Journal\, Hunger Mountain\, National Poetry Review\, The New Republic\, Northwest Review\, Ploughshares\, Prairie Schooner\, and Superstition Review\, and on Verse Daily and Poetry Daily. Italian Culture published her critical essay on Eugenio Montale. She holds master’s degrees from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and the University of Illinois School of Music.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-muriel-nelson/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220124T210000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20220122T004311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220122T004311Z
UID:4099-1643050800-1643058000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Free People's workshop
DESCRIPTION:Artists\, poets. musicians\, dramatists\, etc. meet to discuss and share their work
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-11/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220117T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20220113T011249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T011249Z
UID:4079-1642456800-1642456800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:A Reckoning in Boston
DESCRIPTION:A Reckoning in Boston is an award-winning documentary about the Clemente Course in the Humanities experience of Kafi Dixon and Carl Chandler.  On Monday\, January 17 – MLK Day – A Reckoning in Boston will have its national broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens at 10:00 pm\, and will be available on the PBS video app for 30 days. \nA white\, suburban filmmaker sets out to document students of color enrolled in Boston’s Clemente Course in the Humanities. He finds out that when it comes to exploring the city’s history of racism and gentrification\, it’s his own education he needs to reckon with. \nSite: pbs.org/reckoninginboston\nHashtag: #ReckoningInBostonPBS
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-reckoning-in-boston/
LOCATION:PBS Video App
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220115T160000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20211220T164616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211230T205954Z
UID:3968-1642255200-1642262400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Booklovers’ Gourmet Open Mic Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:This will be our first monthly open mic poetry event of 2022! \n**At this time\, masks are required REGARDLESS OF VAX STATUS. You must register to attend.** \nBring original or favorite poetry to share in a round-robin style moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. \nSpace is limited so please reserve your space in order to participate by responding “Going”\, email deb@bookloversgourmet.com or call 508-949-6232.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-poetry-share-4/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220115T120000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20211202T191812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T192402Z
UID:3929-1642244400-1642248000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien
DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY\, JANUARY 15- 11:00 AM—12:00 PM\n \nVirtual Event Worcester\, MA\, 01608\nRegistration Link: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-o-brien-8/\n\nThis virtual poetry workshop is a vehicle for critique\, a time of close reading and thoughtful responses that help craft the written word so that it says exactly what the author intends. The focus is the work itself. Poets are respectful of each other\, value the craft\, understand the courage it takes to have work critiqued\, and make the final decisions about their own writing. Please join us. Writing prompts will be shared with registrants one week before the workshop\, and we request you submit your work at least three days before the workshop to give attendees time to read your poem. \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.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-obrien-8/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220114T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20211202T191550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T192420Z
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SUMMARY:Birthright: A Virtual Poetry Reading with George Abraham
DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY\, JANUARY 14 – 4:00—5:00 PM\nVirtual Event Worcester\, MA\, 01608\nRegistration Link: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/birthright-a-virtual-poetry-reading-with-george-abraham/\n\nGeorge Abraham’s highly anticipated debut Birthright (Button Poetry\, 2020) constructs a dialogue in which “every pronoun is a Free Palestine.” Through poems of immense emotion\, and the use of alluring form\, Abraham crafts work that examines what we come to own by existing. As trauma seeps through generations\, can the body deconstruct its own inheritance? In a world that only takes\, what is owed? George Abraham is a Palestinian American poet and writer from Jacksonville\, FL. Their debut Birthright won the Big Other Book Award and the Arab American Book Award in Poetry and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry. He is a board member for the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI)\, a recipient of fellowships from Kundiman and The Boston Foundation\, and winner of the 2017 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational’s Best Poet title. Their work has appeared in The Nation\, American Poetry Review\, The Baffler\, The Paris Review\, Mizna\, and elsewhere. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard University\, Abraham currently teaches at Emerson College and is a Litowitz MFA+MA Candidate at Northwestern University.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/birthright-a-virtual-poetry-reading-with-george-abraham/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223246
CREATED:20220108T174923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220108T175528Z
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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Business meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association. Visitors are welcome. Only board members can vote on official matters. Due to the pandemic this event will be held on Zoom only. Please click on the following link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89003033509?pwd=aXpqeE1sU0pHbmY3S3BqZnlDUUswUT09 \nor use \nMeeting ID: 890 0303 3509\nPasscode: 341143 \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/board-meeting-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211230T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211230T200000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223247
CREATED:20211123T190214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T190214Z
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SUMMARY:Root and Press Poetry Extravaganza!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the open mic then our feature\, the amazing Paul Szlosek. \nDoors open at 530pm. Kitchen will be open. \nSign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com \nPaul Szlosek is a poet residing in Worcester\, Massachusetts\, and was co-founder and co-host of both The Poet’s Parlor and The Poetorium at Starlite Featured Poetry Open Mic & Reading Series in the nearby town of Southbridge. A past recipient of the Jacob Knight Award for Poetry and third place winner of the Worcester County Poetry Association’s 2020 Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize\, his poems have appeared in numerous publications both online and in print including the Worcester Review\, Worcester Magazine\, Sahara\, Radius\, Concrete Wolf\, Sikworm\, Star*Line\, Diner\, and We Are BEAT: National Beat Poetry Foundation Anthology. Paul’s probably best known in the Worcester poetry community for his fanatical obsession with obscure poetry forms\, and has invented his own including the ziggurat\, the streetbeatina\, the hodgenelle\, and the singsangsong which he shares on his blog Paul’s Poetry Playground @ https://playground.poetry.blog.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/root-and-press-poetry-extravaganza-3/
LOCATION:Root and Press LLC\, 623 Chandler Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223247
CREATED:20211130T234940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211209T135016Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with John Gaumond
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, December 28\, 2021\, John Gaumond will be the featured reader. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading. Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and a link to join. \nRegister \nJohn Gaumond of Worcester is a poet\, photographer and gardener\, and professor emeritus at Fitchburg State University. He led a poetry writing workshop at Borders Bookstore for five years. His poetry has been published in Poets in the Galleries\, The Connecticut River Review\, Sahara\, Worcester Magazine\, The Longfellow Society Journal\, The Leaflet\, The Lancaster Times\, The Issue\, Ballard Street Poetry Journal\, The Worcester Telegram\, and The Worcester Review. He received The Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2006. His photographs have appeared in The  Worcester Review\, Diner\, Ballard Street Poetry Journal\, The River Valley Current\, The Worcester Telegram\, and Worcester Magazine.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-john-gaumond/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211221T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211221T183000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223247
CREATED:20211026T213748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T044306Z
UID:3783-1640106000-1640111400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Artists Who Are Poets/ Poets Who Are Artists featuring Robert Eugene Perry
DESCRIPTION:  \nWinter Solstice Poetry Reading featuring Robert Eugene Perry \nOpen Mic: 2 poems or 5 minutes \nContact Sam at 508-753-4319 or Huck at 508-753-2500 \nMask required. \nRobert Eugene Perry is a native of Massachusetts. His most recent book of poetry\nSurrendering to the Path\, was published by Human Error Publishing (2020). Perry\nhosted a poetry group for disabled individuals at the former New England Dream Center\nin Worcester MA\, and has emceed the monthly Open Mic at Booklovers’ Gourmet in\nWebster MA since May 2017.\nThree of his poems were included in the 2021 Honoring Nature anthology by\nNatureCulture/ Human Error Publishing. Two poems were included in Poetica\nMagazine’s 2020 Mizmor Anthology regarding spirituality and nature. He had a short\nstory published in July 2021 with Wordpeace Journal. He has had several poems\npublished in Worcester Magazine.\nA self-styled metaphysical poet\, he draws inspiration from nature and endeavors to\ndraw connections between our higher selves and the natural world.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-4/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Sotirios Evangelos Lalos":MAILTO:selalos@verizon.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223247
CREATED:20210826T033408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210826T033408Z
UID:3473-1639936800-1639944000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Listen! A Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Listen! is a weekly poetry open mic on Sundays at 6 PM\, Nick’s Worcester. Hosted by David Macpherson.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/listen-a-poetry-reading-25/
LOCATION:Nick’s Worcester\, 124 Millbury Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Dave Macpherson":MAILTO:davemacp@aol.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223247
CREATED:20210826T033301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210826T033301Z
UID:3471-1639332000-1639339200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Listen! A Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Listen! is a weekly poetry open mic on Sundays at 6 PM\, Nick’s Worcester. Hosted by David Macpherson.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/listen-a-poetry-reading-24/
LOCATION:Nick’s Worcester\, 124 Millbury Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Dave Macpherson":MAILTO:davemacp@aol.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211210T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223247
CREATED:20211202T191338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T192457Z
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SUMMARY:& Company: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Moira Linehan
DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY\, DECEMBER 10- 4:00—5:00 PM\n \nVirtual Event Worcester\, MA\, 01608\nRegistration Link: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/company-a-virtual-poetry-reading-with-moira-linehan/\n\nMoira Linehan will read from & Company\, her fourth collection of poetry. In this collection\, she uses paintings from French and American Impressionists to imagine the work and world of her maternal grandmother\, a seamstress and dressmaker in Paris in the late 1800/early 1900’s and then in Boston. She will discuss strategies for using paintings as triggers for poems and give examples of the relationship between a poem’s subject matter and its form. \nMoira Linehan is the author of four collections of poetry. Her first two\, If No Moon (2007) and Incarnate Grace (2015)\, were published by Southern Illinois University Press. Dorianne Laux chose If No Moon as the 2006 winner of the Crab Orchard Series open poetry competition. Both books were named Honor Books in Poetry in the Massachusetts Book Awards. In 2020 she had two books come out. In June Slant Books published her collection Toward and in December Dos Madres Press brought out & Company. Linehan lives north of Boston.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/company-a-virtual-poetry-reading-with-moira-linehan/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223247
CREATED:20211205T141101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T141101Z
UID:3941-1638990000-1638997200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:WCPA Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Business meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association. Guests are invited but only board members can participate in official business. Masks are required for in-person attendance at the Sprinkler Factory. You may also join us via  Zoom with the following link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82953426877?pwd=QWd6alRhVXJwbVI3ZFRSdUlFMFUrUT09 \nMeeting ID: 829 5342 6877\nPasscode: 892575 \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-board-meeting/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223248
CREATED:20210826T032047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210826T033053Z
UID:3465-1638727200-1638734400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Listen! A Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Writer Heather J. Macpherson joins the stage to read new selections of prose and poems. Her work has appeared in The Bennington Review\, 580 Split\, Dr. T.J. Eckleberg Review\, Blueline\, CLARE Literary\, The Worcester Review and other fine places. She teaches at Worcester State University and Clark University. \nListen! is a weekly poetry open mic on Sundays at 6 PM\, Nick’s Worcester. Hosted by David Macpherson.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/listen-a-poetry-reading-23/
LOCATION:Nick’s Worcester\, 124 Millbury Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Dave Macpherson":MAILTO:davemacp@aol.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211204T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211204T140000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223248
CREATED:20211108T045741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T045741Z
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SUMMARY:"Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust Years:" Reading by Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a full-length feature with Worcester humorist/poet Joe Fusco Jr. \nFree beverage (up to $5)\, courtesy of D’Errico’s Markets\, for all patrons. \nSupport local bookstores!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/pondering-the-pandemic-during-the-rust-years-reading-by-joe-fusco-jr/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211204T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223248
CREATED:20211202T191126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T192513Z
UID:3918-1638615600-1638619200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien
DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 4 – 11:00 AM—12:00 PM\nVirtual Event Worcester\, MA\, 01608\nRegistration link: https://mywpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-o-brien-7/\n\nThis virtual poetry workshop is a vehicle for critique\, a time of close reading and thoughtful responses that help craft the written word so that it says exactly what the author intends. The focus is the work itself. Poets are respectful of each other\, value the craft\, understand the courage it takes to have work critiqued\, and make the final decisions about their own writing. Please join us. Writing prompts will be shared with registrants one week before the workshop\, and we request you submit your work at least three days before the workshop to give attendees time to read your poem. \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.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-writing-workshop-with-susan-roney-obrien-7/
LOCATION:Online event\, Cyberspace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T200000
DTSTAMP:20260616T223248
CREATED:20211026T233448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211111T153142Z
UID:3793-1638298800-1638302400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Craig Blais
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually.   On Tuesday\, November 30\, 2021\, Craig Blais will be the featured reader. \nVisit the Zoom registration link to receive information on how to join the reading. Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and a link to join. \nRegister \nCraig Blais’s first collection of poems\, About Crows (University of Wisconsin Press 2013)\, was a Walt Whitman Award and National Poetry Series finalist before being selected by Terrance Hayes for the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. His second poetry collection\, Moon News (University of Arkansas Press 2021)\, was named as a finalist for the Miller Williams Prize by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins. His poems have appeared in Antioch Review\, Best New Poets\, Denver Quarterly\, Hotel Amerika\, the Southern Review\, Western Humanities Review\, and the Yale Review\, among other places. \n​Craig serves as chair of the Worcester County Poetry Association’s College Contest\, which awards the Elizabeth Bishop Manuscript Prize and the Etheridge Knight Performance Prize annually.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/3793/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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