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THIS WEEK check out:
John Broglio & Karen Randall at Smith College Sun. June 7, 4pm
Robert Haas & Brenda Hillman, Sunken Garden Fest Farmington, CT Wed. June 10
Paradise Poetry Prize Reading, River Valley Market, Northampton, Thu. June 11
Meg Kearney Reading, Food for Thought Books, Amherst Sat. June 13
Poets for Pets Sun. June 14, Smith College

Also, there are myriads of wonderful poetry events in Northwest CT, the Berkshires
and in the Boston area to check out below!

Here is your Poetry News for the week of June 8, 2009.
Spoken word events are as prolific and colorful as Spring flowers in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.

Please email if you would like to be added to the mailing
or are interested in featuring at Word in Westfield open mic on Tuesdays.
Peace through poetry - Lori


Spoken Word in Westfield:


WORD IN WESTFIELD
Note: Change of day - Wednesdays
at Teapot Gallery
22 Elm Street (route 10/202)
in Westfield, MA
Hosted by Eli Baenziger and Maurice Soulfighter Taylor

There will be music at 6, then open mic UPSTAIRS at 7.
All are welcome.
Open mic (only) every Wednesday night

Poetry, Prose,
Verse, Yarns

Come to listen, come to speak,
Your words, words for our times,
Immortal words, mortal words...

Call 562-6966 (Teapot) or 348-7218 (Eli B.)

for info and encouragement



Chicopee/Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry

Starving for Art Presents
open mic Tuesdays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille
487 St. James Ave
Springfield, MA
doors open at 6pm for social hour.
Showtime is 7-9pm
All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome.
This event is free
For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/



SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY POETRY

There are still a few weeks to submit your entry for the Library's "Write On, Springfield!"
book project. http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/writeon.html

Mark your calendar for Poetry in the Park!
The Open Mic series moves outdoors for the summer,
and will also be moving to Wednesday evenings at 5:30.
June 17, July 15 + August 19.

Any questions, please contact Anna Brandenburg at 263-6828 x426
or by e-mail at .



Word in the Valley and Beyond


Teen mothers use poetry and art
to tell their stories
Reading and signing for Nautilus II, Vol. 7 Friday, June 19

Nautilus II, Volume 7, will be released Friday, June 19, at 10:30 a.m., with a reading and signing at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley. Nautilus II is a journal of poetry and art by young mothers studying for the GED at The Care Center.

This year’s edition of Nautilus II features poetry and artwork inspired by masters of art and literature. Gracing the cover of the 100-page journal is Care Center student Kristina Santana’s interpretation of Picasso’s famous painting, “Girl with a Book.” Poetry inspired by the writings of poets such as Patricia Smith and Aracelis Girmay are among the 50-plus poems featured.

A student editorial board comprising 10 members selected the poems and worked with designer Craig Malone of South Deerfield to create Nautilus II. More than 50 poets and artists are represented in this year’s volume, which includes poems in English and Spanish and 30 pieces of full-color art.

Each year, more than 140 pregnant and parenting teens and 85 infants and children attend The Care Center. All of the center’s students have dropped out of school, and most are on welfare. At The Care Center, students attend academic classes in preparation for the GED; participate in the arts, humanities and athletics; and are provided with on-site daycare, counseling, assistance with the transition to higher education and employment, nutritious food and transportation. Poetry and art are part of the core curriculum at The Care Center.



POETS FOR PETS:

A Benefit Poetry Reading for the T.J. O'Connor
Animal Control and Adoption Center in Springfield, MA
Feature Readers are
Annie Boutelle
Amy Dryansky
Nikky Finney
Maya Smith Janson
Mary A. Koncel
Patricia Lee Lewis
Carol Potter
Ellen Watson
Sunday, June 14, 5 pm
The Poetry Center at Smith College
Suggested Donation: $10. Children under 14: free.
Delicious Refreshments and Great Poetry
Celebrating Our Furry, Feathered, and Finned Friends!
More Info? Contact Mary at



New Open Mic
Open floor!
Hosted by Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor
Friday nights at 9pm
Luna Pizza
88 Pleasant St.
Northampton, MA



Green Street Cafe Poetry Series
Thursdays, 8pm
Green Street Cafe
Northampton, MA
Thursday, June 11, 8pm features
Kat Good-Schiff and K.L. Pereira



Valley Writers School:
Now Accepting Applications for Summer Session
The Valley Writers School offers (variously) fiction, non-fiction,
and poetry workshops for writers seeking to generate new work,
refine works-in-progress, read and discuss great literature,
and join a supportive writing community.
This summer we will run two workshops: one in poetry and
one in non-fiction/memoir.
Session begins the week of July 6 and runs for six weeks.
Workshops are in the evening and held at the Writers' Mill in Florence.
Tuition is $180.
Workshop will be serious, fun, eye-opening, and supportive.
Please contact us at
or at 413-636-5088 if you have any questions or if you'd like to apply.



Open Words Writing Workshops
Let your words out to play! Explore fiction, poetry, memoir,
and more in a supportive, inspiring group.
Wednesday nights, 5/27 through 7/15.
Easthampton. Sliding scale.
http://www.openwordswriting.blogspot.com/
413-695-8251,
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PARADISE POETRY READING
Poet Laureate Lesléa Newman and the three winners of the Paradise Poetry Prize
will give a reading at the River Valley Market
on Thursday, June 11th at 7:00 p.m.
The reading is free and open to all and promises to be a very special evening.

Maryann Jennings, 1st place winner of the Paradise Poetry Prize, describes herself as an "unrepentant idealist". In 2007 she retired from teaching English for 35 years in Springfield, MA. She has attended writing workshops sponsored by the Western Massachusetts Writing Project based at the UMass-Amherst campus, and won a WMWP prize for her poem "Football Friday Nights" two years ago. Maryann lives in Northampton.

Ellen LaFleche, 2nd place winner of the Paradise Poetry Prize, has worked as a women's health educator and a journalist. Her poems have appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette's "Hear a Poet, There a Poet" column, Silkworm, Georgia State University Review, Naugatuck River Review, and other publications. Her literary awards include the 2006 Poets on Parnassus prize for poetry about the medical experience, and the 2008 Editors Choice award at writecornerpress.com. Ellen lives in Northampton.

Katharine Hazen, 3rd place winner of the Paradise Poetry Prize, is a retired social worker who joined a writers group to rekindle the literary excitement of her youth. She is also a member of Five Colleges Learning in Retirement where she takes seminars about art, poetry, history, and other subjects. She has been writing poetry for several years and lives in Northampton. Poet Laureate Lesléa Newman conceived of and judged the Paradise Poetry Prize, whose theme was the subject of "joy". She is the author of several poetry books including STILL LIFE WITH BUDDY, NOBODY'S MOTHER, and SIGNS OF LOVE. Her literary awards include poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. She lives in Holyoke.

The Paradise Poetry reading will take place on Thursday, June 11th at 7:00 p.m.
at the River Valley Market is at 330 North King Street, Northampton.
For more information, contact Liz Suozzo at 584-2665 x315
or .




Poetry Reading with Award-Winning Poet Meg Kearney
Reading from The Secret of Me

June 13, 2009 7-9PM
Food for Thought Books
Downtown Amherst



New Writing Group
Wednesdays at 2pm,
Windhorse Associates,
211 North St, Noho.
Chaya Grossberg and David Stark.
Lots of poetry, lots of humor.



FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY .
Next business/sharing meeting Thursday June 11, 6:30pm
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will=2 0usually be enough for all to share) The meeting is held at Lilly Library community room and begins at 6:30 PM. Poetry presentation and discussion begins at 7PM



OPEN MIC (change of venue for this month)
Poetry Open Mike, June 4, 6:30 sign up, 7:00
Reading at new location:
Stan's Barn at 1 Bardwell St., Florence,
corner of Bardwell and North Maple.
All poets and listeners welcome.
Stan will be reading from his new collection "Tell Me Truth, Not Lies"
Call 585-9070 for more info.



WRITING GROUP
Rich Puchalsky and friends meet every 3rd Thursday
at Lilly Library community Room
at 6:30 PM.
See Rich for details, this group is currently open to join.

LASTLY PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A MEMBER
OF FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY. THE FEE IS $15.00 FOR THE YEAR
FROM SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST. Your membership supports our Fall festival,
SILKWORM our annual journal, (these first two items also are supported in part
by the Northampton Arts Council via a grant)
our website http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/,, our po box, the annual contest,
the JAN SLAM, our spring art gallery reading. and our summer reading
at William Cullen Bryant homestead.

For more information:
Email us at or check out our web
page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/



Florence Poets Society Readings:

Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub" now Weekly!
Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Wednesday from 9-10 am
on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3 fm, Northampton and now
with improved streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/ !!!
Poetry to the people!
WXOJ-FM LP 103.3 and streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/.
Bringing to you a variety of interesting poetry and music!

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All events are free and open to the public except as noted
For more information, Call Tom at (413) 584-5914
or email at:
or: or visit:
http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/
or visit: http://www.tommytwilite.com/



Poetry Nights in Northampton:

Writer's Group at Packard's in Northampton:
Northampton Writer's Group is an ongoing writer's group
for any kind of written word. We currently have several openings
for new members.
For information please contact Lori
It meets in the library room at Packard's restaurant/bar at
14 Masonic St. in Northampton.
Participants bring copies of their work to read and have
critiqued in a supportive, gentle, constructive environment.
The next dates -
Sunday June 7, 6:00pm
Sunday July 19, 6:00pm



POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
5pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesdays this Summer,
streamed live at http://www.wmua.org/.
The program, hosted by Daisy Mathias,
includes reading aloud from past
and contemporary poets, and occasionally
features live interview and
poetry-reading with a local poet.



Greenfield/Shelburne Falls and North


Spoken Word Greenfield
Always the third Tuesday of the month

This month we will be featuring a Franklin County group as our featured readers
When I asked Mary about the group, she said, "We don't really have a name, but most of us live in Franklin county and we've been meeting as a group, people coming and going, for over 20 years."
Presently
Art Stein, Carolyn A. Cushing. Gian Lombardo, Janet MacFadyen, Kathryn Good-Schiff,
Maria Williams-Russell, Dr. Mary Clare Powell, and Ed Rayher.

Tuesday the 16th of June
At 9 Mill St in Greenfield

Doors open at 7:00
Open Mic at 7:30
10 - 5 minute open mic slots
$1-5 sliding scale cover
Book signing and selling of local writers works will be available
Always the third Tuesday of the month
Refreshments
Come up to read
Bring your chap books to sell
We will have tables at no cost
Open mic will be 10 five minute slots
Hope to see you there
Paul Richmond
Directions
If you come up 91
Come into the center of Greenfield
At the lights of Federal and Main
Where the Common is
You take a Rt
Down the hill
Toyota will be on you left
You go under the railroad bridge
Come to a light
Take a RT
and you are there
That is Mill St
9 is on the conner
You can park in the Art Space next door
or on the street
If you are coming up 5 & 10 into Greenfield
When you come to the lights
Where you can either go left
Or Right under the Railroad bridge
You want to go Left
That is Mill St
9 is the first building




ARMS LIBRARY READING
June 19, 2009
Third Friday Prose and Poetry Readings.
7 p.m. at The Arms Library,
Corner of Main and Bridge Streets,
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
413-625-0306.


Held in the upstairs Reading Room, readers should arrive a
couple of minutes early to sign up for a reading slot, and then
have five minutes to share their work.
The building is accessible by entering at lower level
and taking the elevator upstairs.



All SMALL CAPS READING
at the Deja Brew Pub
57 Lockes Village Road,
Wendell, MA.
The last Monday of Every Month

Open Mic Sign Up 7-7:15
Open Mic Readings 7:15-8:00

$1-$5 sliding scale admission
This program is supported, in part, by the Wendell Cultural Council, a local agency, The Massachusetts Cultural Council, astate agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

$1 - $5
Sliding scale admission
For directions and additional information see our website
http://allsmallcaps.blogspot.com/

We hope to see you there. Come read, listen, eat food, drink beer, and celebrate this wonderful reading series that wouldn't be possible without your continued support. Thanks very much.

Jess, Paul, Charles, Stephen

Deja Brew Pub
& Cafe
57 Lockes Village Rd.
Wendell MA
(978) 544-2739

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Bart’s Bards
Second Thursdays Open Microphone for Writers

Next Meeting:

June 11, 2009
Feature: Dr. Sid Simon

Dr. Sidney Simon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an internationally and nationally recognized authority in the areas of values clarification and values realization, self-esteem and negative criticism. He has published numerous books including the best seller Values Clarification and Getting Unstuck. His articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Ladies Home Journal and Glamour, among many others.

Dr. Simon is a popular guest speaker, has spoken at The Betty Ford Center and has appeared on various television programs, including Oprah, and The Donahue Show. Sid Simon has led seminars for over 25 years. He is often described as one of the most dynamic and at the same time caring and tender seminar facilitators offering workshops today.

Recently, Dr. Simon has been giving workshops on the issues of Fathers and Daughters co-led with his daughter, Julianna Simon and workshops on the problems of Fathers and Sons co-led with his son, John Simon. They are enormously well received and deeply appreciated by all who have attended them. It is pioneering work, as so much of his teaching has been. Dr. Simon conducts Training Workshops for persons who want to lead their own workshops based on Simon's theories, techniques and designs.

Please join us.

Bart’s Café of Greenfield
286 Main St.
Greenfield, MA
7:00-9:00 P.M.
(Sign up to Read at 6:45)
(Open Microphone Readings of 5 Minutes or Less)

For More Information, Please Contact:
Larry Fader (413) 475-3321
Free to All
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Collected Poets Series
July 2, Features Dara Wier, Lesle Lewis, and Elizabeth Hughey

Mocha Maya’s Coffee House,
47 Bridge Street,
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370,
413-625-6292.
Wheelchair accessible. Free.

See www.collectedpoets.com or www.mochamayas.com for more information.

2009 Series
Jan. 8 Patrick Donnelly, Jeffrey Levine, Art Opening by Liz deNiord
Feb. 5 Mary Clare Powell and Diane Lockward
Mar. 5 Nikki Finney, Tara Betts and poets from The Holyoke Care Center for Teen Mothers
Mar.29 Martha Collins and Lynne Thompson
April 2 Anne Marie Macari and Carey Salerno
May 7 Genie Zeiger, Dorianne Laux, and Kerry O'Keefe
May 24 Maxine Kumin and Sydney Lea
June 4 Two Massachusetts Poet Laureates: Gertrude Halstead of Worcester and Lesléa Newman of Northampton
July 2 Dara Wier, Lesle Lewis, and Elizabeth Hughey
--- no CPS for August and Sept.---
Oct. 1 Annie Finch and Special Guest
Nov. 5 April Ossman, Peter Waldor, and Pamela Stewart
Dec. 3 Mary Koncel and Kate Greenstreet

The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent. The series is usually held every first Thursday of the month. See http://www.collectedpoets.com/ for more info about upcoming events.


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Writing Groups
for beginning and experienced writers
Come write in an encouraging supportive environment, experience the
deepening and growth of your own writing, and contribute to the deepening
and growth of others' writing. No experience necessary--only the
willingness to put pen to paper.

Groups meet weekly in Greenfield, are ongoing, and open to all genres. We
follow the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method,
http://www.amherstwriters.com/.
$125 per 5-week session,
6 - 8 people per group.
To join or for more info
call or email Ann McNelly: 413 772 2375,

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News from Mo and Ginger Cat Press

The web site can be accessed with this address:
http://www.thebooksmyth.com/
Maureen
Web site: http://www.thebooksmyth.com/ submission guidelines now available

The Equinox is available at http://www.thebooksmyth..com/



Word in the Berkshires

Power of Words, Open Mic
Tuesday June 16, 2009 AT 7PM,
Hosted by Garfield Reed.
This is an open opportunity to share poetry,
readings, music and other spoken word.
Free and open to the public
Berkshire South Regional Community Center
Crissey Rd. Great Barrington, MA
Every third Tuesday of the month.
Please call Garfield at 528 4127 for more information.




In Words, Out Words in Housatonic

In Housatonic, MA there is an open mic for poets and performers
of all styles and ages.
1st Tuesday of each month at
the Deb Koffman Gallery
137 Front Street,
Housatonic, MA 01236. “In Words, Out Words.”
is hosted by John Meeks and there is usually
a $7 suggested donation for heat and electricity.
There are snacks there provided by whoever wants to bring them.
The sign up technically is at 6:30 however the way it works is a
lottery system. If you go to check it out once, then you can put
your name on the contact email list. The following month you
get an email reminding you of the upcoming event.
If it’s your first time performing at In Words, Out Words,
you are guaranteed a spot on the roster as long as you reply
to the reminder email. If you’ve performed there before then
you are put into the lottery system and randomly names are selected.
Sometimes there are still slots open at the door.
The open mic begins at 7 and the featured performer goes on
for about 20 minutes. It usually lasts until between 9 and 9:30.



Zeitgeist Gallery Pittsfield

Monday Poetry Nights
6 to10pm
648 North Street in Pittsfield
call Alan Nidle, the Director at (857) 991-8448 for detail



Lee Writers Group
(every 2nd Tuesday of the month)
at the Lee Library Conference Room.

Develop and hone writing skills through constructively critiquing
others as well as receiving helpful hints and suggestions.
This forum will host a variety of short stories, poetic compilations,
insightful and original essays, and other varieties of writing similarly
tangible in length. The purpose of this group is to embody character
and narrator through obsessive directive fervor with written and
spoken words.
The group will meet every second Tuesday sharing original works
via recitation and distribution and should be prepared to accept
constructive feedback and be able to, in return, deliver such
feedback in a respectable and deliberate manner.
Contact
or call 413 243-8116 for further information.




Word in Ware/Palmer

Carpe Stylum! (Latin for Seize the pen!)
meets every Wednesday 6-8pm, usually at the Ware Library
but some meetings are held elsewhere.
This group includes poets, short story writers and novelists.
All are welcome.
Call LuWanda Cheney (413) 277-9676 for a schedule.



Word in Worcester:
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The Little "a" Poetry Series
at the Q Cafe, 362 Chandler St in Worcester, MA.
We run the reading every Monday night, the sign-up list for
the open mic goes up at 7:00pm and we get started shortly thereafter.



Worcester Storytellers
Worcester Storytellers meets on the second Friday of each month at the Village Arts Gallery
(1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature.
Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info please contact dave...@.



The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
takes place at Assumption College (500 Salisbury Street, Worcester) in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library on the third Friday of each month during the academic year. The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then 2 featured poets.. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. and typically runs for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Readings run throughout the school year.



New Name - Same Great Poetry
The After Nine Poetry Series - Every Thursday Night
The The After Nine Poetry Series, former The Spot,
is a weekly poetry reading in the Ship Room at the Hotel Vernon
(1 Kelly Square, Worcester).

The reading gathers starting at 8:00 p.m. but honestly things don't usually get started until 9ish. They hold an open mic followed by a feature and
this week the feature will be Dave Macpherson.

Macpherson is the host of the once a month Worcester Storytellers, a member of the WCPA board and a member of several Worcester Slam teams.
He plans to have a new chapbook available.

21+ and proper id is required.


Speakout! Youth Slam Saturday Night
The Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam returns from the winter hiatus and is back to meeting every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format is an open mic, youth slam (ages 13-19 welcome) and a feature. This week their feature will be 2008 Worcester Slam team member Trevor Byrne-Smith. Come share a poem at the open mic or come to see slammers. Join them in The Bisto in Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester).



Poets Asylum
Sundays:

June 7
Join the Poets' Asylum for a feature by our own Rushelle Frazier. Frazier is the host of Worcester's newest poetry reading, The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show. She was a member of the 2002 Worcester Slam team and was voted Best Female poet at the 2006 Savannah Spoken Word Festival. This July she will be one-third of the brick house that is the Best Tour Ever Tour 2009.


Poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it. Slam poetry can be moving, funny and deadly serious, sometimes all in the same poem. If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great words.

Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature.



The Dirty Gerund
There's a new poetry reading in town! The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show will be held every Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester) and is hosted by Rushelle Frazier. There will be an open mic every week with a mix of poetry s lams and featured poets.
No cover; donations accepted. 21+
Please join us at our new home,



Shakti Women's Writing Pact
The Shakti Women's Writing Pact meets
every Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at
the Java Hut (1073A Main Street, Worcester).
Shakti was created with the intention of enhancing women's
sense of belonging within the poetry community through the
an unmoderated writing circle.
For more information please contact Sou MacMillan at
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THE ECLECTIC WORD, Radio Show
Poet and journalist Victor D. Infante hosts The Eclectic Word, an
Internet radio show that will delve into literature's fringe with poets,
satirists, alternative journalists and even (gasp!) bloggers. We'll be
stepping off the beaten path of literature, taking a close look at the odd,
the eccentric and the cutting-edge. Should be fun.

The show will run at 7 p.m. EST the first and third Friday of every month,
as part of The World Wide Word Radio Network. You can listen to the
shows live, or you can download it later for your listening convenience.
So give it a listen! It's going to be a blast!


CT POETRY
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Visit the CT Poet Online calendar,
updated weekly: http://www.poetz.com/connecticut


Sunken Garden Poetry and Music Festival
presents:
Robert Haas and Brenda Hillman
Music by Classical Spirits
Wednesday June 10, 2009
Gates open at 4:30 pm
Music at 6:30Poetry at 7:30
Hillstead Museum
35 Mountain Road
Farmington, CT
http://www.hillstead.org/
On site parking $10
Bring a lawn chair



Prominent Poets Appearing in Second Annual Poetry Festival
June 24 through June 28

Riverwood Poetry Series, following the success of their first annual festival in 2008, is proud to present their festival for 2009, which will include an impressive array of well-known published poets. For “The Main Event” at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, host Colin Haskins will present Ernie Blue, Bessie Reyna (Hartford Courant’s popular columnist), Kate Rushin, Ameen Storm and Sue Ellen Thompson, reading their award winning poetry. Other venues will feature many published poets, including two-time nominee for California’s Poet Laureate, Lisa Ann LaBasso and a nominee for Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, Bob Jacob. Open mic will also be held in several venues.

Additional Poetry venues include Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, Wood Memorial Library in South Windsor, Faxon Branch Library in West Hartford, City Steam Brewery in Hartford, Buttonwood Tree and Gatekeepers Tavern, Middletown. Also, an open invitation to a gathering of poets and friends and fishing enthusiasts, at the Moose Meadow Camping Resort, Willington, CT, hosted by poet, publisher, Victoria Rivas. Riverwood has reserved seven campsites, called the River Sites, with wonderful facilities. Here’s an opportunity to read your poetry and perform acoustic music around the campfires. Even if you're not a camper, come enjoy the company and go back to your comfortable bed.

The festival takes place from June 24 through June 28. For a complete list of poets, venues, and the times of scheduled events, please visit http://www.riverwoodpoetry.org/ and click on “Schedule”. Contact information is provided on the web site.




Wintonbury Poetry Series & Open Mike
Third Thursdays 7:00 PM

An open mike follows the featured guests each evening. Themes are optional.

Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-8855



STUDIO 59 POETRY CIRCLE ~ BARBER STREET
Sunday, June 14th 2009
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Open mic
Feature 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
A blend of poetry and the masterful piano music of Timothy Alexandre Wallace

Flag Day Celebration featuring:
Dan Wilcox , host of the 3rd Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, N.Y. He is a member of the poetry performance group "3 Guys from Albany" and the Veterans for Peace. As a photographer, he claims to have the world's largest collection of photos of unknown poets. He has been a featured reader in venues throughout the Capital District & the Hudson Valley. Dan has been published in Out of the Catskills, Post Traumatic Press 2007, Chronogram, Poetica and under the imprint A.P.D. Read his blog at dwlcxblogspot.com

$ 10.00 Cover. Light refreshments, BYOB
Studio 59 ~Barber St.
59 Barber St. Torrington, CT
860-482-6801
gmail.com



A Reading of the Riverwood Poetry Festival
at Broad Street Books

Poets from Artemis Rising!!Artemis Rising is a Connecticut-based poetry circle of accomplished, electric, powerful, vibrant and bountiful women writers. The group formed in 1997 when a few of us had been seeking a serious writers' group. We wanted to develop our own voices in the company of other women. We also wanted to be part of a group that would be supportive in an emotional sense, that would share life experience as well as poetry, and poetry information. The group provides a strong, supportive community to each member, and we wish you as much success and community spirit in your own group(s) as we experience in Artemis Rising. Featuring Eileen Abrizio, Priscilla Herrington, Suzy Lamson, Mary Elizabeth Lang, Suzanne Niedzielska, Paula Panzarella, Victoria Rivas and Linda Yuhas.
AN OPEN MIC WILL FOLLOW

Saturday, June 27th
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
-at-
Broad Street Books
45 Broad Street
Middletown, CT 06457

For more information contact:
Brian at (860)685-7323




Poetry at Broad Street Books
First Tuesday in July
Charlie Bondhus
July 7th at 7:00pm

Featuring Charlie Bondhus!

On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mic. All are welcome to come and read, recite, perform their work!

Charlie Bondhus won his first prize for poetry in the eighth grade, after which he spent four years writing nihilistic high school verse in the style of Baudelaire. Since then, he has earned his MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he teaches writing and literature. In addition to poetry, he writes and publishes fiction and literary criticism. His full-length poetry book How the Boy Might See It, which was a finalist for the 2007 Blue Light Press First Book Award, will be out in 2010, along with his novella Monsters and Victims. Charlie currently resides in Chicopee, Massachusetts, with his longtime partner, their two cats, and a very spirited Madagascar Day Gecko.

Come join us on July 7th at 7:00 pm when wel be featuring Charlie Bondhus !

Broad Street Books
45 Broad Street Middletown, CT 06457
For more info: Brian Mitchard (860)685-7323


Wallace Stevens Walk Dedication
Thurs. June 11, 5pm,
in front of The Hartford, 690 Asylum Ave.
(Note: if rain, we'll be moving inside.)


The Rose Garden Reading
Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 1p.m.
Pond House, Elizabeth Park, Hartford CT

This poetry reading will feature two Connecticut-based poets,
Nancy Kuhl and Brian Johnson.

Nancy Kuhl’s first full-length collection of poems, The Wife of the Left Hand, was published in 2007 by Shearsman Books; her second book, Suspend, is forthcoming in 2010. She is the author of The Nocturnal Factory, a chapbook published in 2008 by Ugly Duckling Presse. She is co-editor of Phylum Press, a small poetry publisher and Curator of Poetry of the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Brian Johnson is the author of Torch Lake and Other Poems, a finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award. His poems have appeared in many journals, including American Letters and Commentary, The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Quarter after Eight, Sentence, Connecticut Review, and West Branch. He is the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, a Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship, and two Pushcart Prize nominations. He teaches composition and creative writing at Southern Connecticut State Universit y, where he is also President of the Faculty Senate.

This reading is sponsored by the Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens, and is part of the Rose Festival Weekend at Elizabeth Park.
For more information, contact:
Jim Finnegan



POETRY POTLUCK
at
The Sanctuary

Do you love poetry?

Would you like to be part of an ongoing poetry discussion group offering food for the mind and the heart?

If so, come and join us on the this first Sunday of June (June 7th) from 4.30-6.00 PM at at the Yurt in The Sanctuary in East Haddam, Connecticut, to discuss poetry and build community.

This is not about sharing our own work but instead offers us a chance to share the work of poets we love, so you don’t have to be a poet to be part of this group. Just come and bring your love of poetry and a poem you would like to share.

Hosted by Greg Coleman, Suzy Lamson, and Edwina Trentham

For more information call 860-319-1134.

Directions to the Sanctuary for Poetry Potluck
on Bogel Road – Look for sign: Labyrinth & Yurt
(it’s a dirt driveway)

FROM HARTFORD: Take I-84 East towards East Hartford. Take exit 55 onto Route 2 East towards Norwich. Take exit 16. Go RIGHT onto Route 149. Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Plains Road). Turn LEFT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road.
Phone number: 860-319-1134

FROM NEW HAVEN: Take I-95 North towards New London. Take exit 67; stay to the LEFT at the fork on the ramp. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Middlesex Turnpike). Take Route 9 North towards Middletown. Take exit 7 onto Route 82 East. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Saybrook Road). Turn RIGHT onto Route 82 (Bridge Road). Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Town Street). Turn RIGHT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road. Phone number: 860-319-1134

FROM NEW LONDON: Take I-95 South towards New Haven. Take Route 9 North towards Middletown. Take exit 7 onto Route 82 East. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Saybrook Road). Turn RIGHT onto Route 82 (Bridge Road). Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Town Street). Turn RIGHT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road.
Phone number: 860-319-1134

FROM MIDDLETOWN AND POINTS WEST:
Take I-84 East to exit 27 onto Rte 691. Stay on 691 when it becomes Rte 66 East headed toward Meriden. Go all the way through Meriden and Middletown onto Rte 9 South. Take exit 7 onto Route 82 East. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Saybrook Road). Turn RIGHT onto Route 82 (Bridge Road). Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Town Street). Turn RIGHT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road.
Phone number: 860-319-1134



Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series

Returning for its 4th Season in September 2009

at Manchester Community College
Great Path Academy, Community Commons
Manchester, CT 06040

Live music at 7 p.m. /Spoken word at 8 p.m.
Sponsored by MCC Foundation / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio

NEW SCHEDULE: 2nd Thursday during the school year
(September through May, except December)
NEW LOCATION: Community Commons, Great Path Academy, MCC
(Access from Parking Lot B)

Free and Open to the Public

For more information on the 2009-10 schedule,
please visit the Mishi-maya-gat web page at:
www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php or call (860) 512-2824.



WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
Every Wednesday 7:30
at: 102 Greenwood Ave,
Bethel CT
Open mike sign up begins at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8
open for people to read their work 3-5 minutes.
The first 8-10 poets will read before the feature
who will read for 30 minutes followed by a
Q & A. Open mic will continue till closing time.
WNPS represents a varied community of people with
a common interest and appreciation for poetry.
The open mic is open to poetry, stories and musician (5 minute time limit).

WNPS, going on 12 years has been the longest
CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING WEEKLY Poetry Open MIC
and featured poet reading series in Connecticut!
For more details and updates:20http://www.wedpoetry.net/
Or http://www.wednesdaypoetry.com/
and http://www.wednesdaypoetry.org/




Boston Area Poetry Info:



The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series: at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. New website!! http://www.gbspa.org/

Go to our website and click on the CAT to read about City Lights

Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month

Sat., June 20th 2009

Dr. Jeffrey Thompson http://gbspa.homestead.com/JeffreyThomson.html
Ravi Shankarhttp://gbspa.homestead.com/RaviShankar.html
Gillian Kileyhttp://gbspa.homestead.com/GillianKiley.html

Our workshop and venue are free, the seats comfortable, the refreshments delicious.

12:00 - 2:00 Poetry Writing Workshop
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets

During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry
or read from works of your favorite poets

Upcoming Features (For information on the following poets click on our website)
Sat. Jul 18 - Kim Triedman
Tino Villanueva
Sat. Aug 15 - Doug Holder
Kate Chadbourne
Sat. Sep 19 - Nancy Brady Cunningham
Sheila Mullen Twyman
Joanna Nealon
Sat. Oct.17 - Ellen steinbaum
Paul Hostovsky
Sat. Nov. 21- Wendy Mnookin
Daniel Tobin
Sat. Dec. 19 - Faye George
Everett Hoagland