Friday, September 29, 2017

----2018 Robert Frost Poetry competition has begun!----

To enter, check this out:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES

Poems should be postmarked  between
                  September 1 (2017) and  February 15 (2018)
                   to be considered for the yearly award.


History of the Frost Prize:


Frost Foundation Poetry Prize: history

2016. [ No competition]
2014. "Roadsiding Hay" by Franklin Zawacki
2013. "November Guest" by Alfred Nicol
2012. [No competition this year.]
2011. "Constellation" by Sally Albiso
2010. "The Great Disappointment" by Adam Tavel
2009. "Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle
2008. "Double Wedding Ring" by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck
2007. "Henry Jones of Wales" by Barbara Adams
2006. [poem] by Rob Smith
2005. "The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body" by Susan Somers-Willett
2004. "To do to Beans" by Megan Grumbling
2003. "Aristaeus" by Ned Balbo
2002. "Sheepdog Trials at Bleanau Feistenog" by Deborah Warren
2001. "First Light" by Vivian Shipley
2000. "Overheard" by Len Krisak
1999. "Echolation" by Diane Thie
1997. "Visiting Frost's Grave" by Patricia Fargnoli

.......UPDATE ON THE  RIVER BARDS..........
   
 at   Battle Grounds Coffee Company,
39 Washington street, Haverhill, Massachusetts 01832

I went to the event ( Friday, September 29th,  from 7pm to 9pm..
Awesome....very nice Coffee shop, right on the main drag in Haverhill,
     good PA equipment and hosting, some great local flavor, and some
     familiar faces were there ...T.Cremin and S.Lafortune..
I had heartburn when I got there, and their
      whole-wheat / ricotta / crisp-pear-slice / honey open sandwich
       was a miraculous fix.....they have various pastries and treats there.  

Richard Smyth is rallying the series.  They don't have a regular monthly
     schedule, there are two more in this series!

OCTOBER 20th, another reading/open-mic, featuring our friend
     Tim Cremins  (also at the Battle Grounds, a peacable place)

NOVEMBER 3rd another reading/open-mic, featuring   Charles Coe
     (also at the Battle Grounds)



--------------------------"
The River Bards are back with three events this fall
 at our favorite downtown coffee joint!
 Come down to Battle Grounds Coffee Company on
 Friday, September 29th to hear our featured poet,
 Elizabeth Wolf! After Elizabeth's segment, 
the mic will open up to anyone else who would like to share.
 All ages/abilities welcome! Sign ups are first come first
 served on the night of the event. Readings should be limited to 3-5 minutes each.
---------------------------"

RIVER_BARDS_FACEBOOK

Friday, September 22, 2017



Other important Frost / nearby / Internet links:



FROST_AT_WILLIAMS
   (Williams College / Prof. Stephen F. Brumberg   on Rodert Frost:)
    ...some fascinating philosophy and politics from the poet's POV!
   FROST_WILLIAMS_TUTORIAL
   (more and more interesting)
Thanks, Karen K!


And we have the first web interlink across the continent,
    Rick Lupert's organization in LA!
 A rather large and well-run place, with weekly call-ins, podcasts,
   a huge contest with sponsors...awesome.
RICK_LUPERT   <---Yes, it even has some wresting with the Torah!
PSH_CONTEST_HUB   <----the PSH prize hub
POETS_OF_THE_WEEK    <----and a feature for their busy crowd!
Thanks, Rick!





Thursday, September 21, 2017


You can also see the Frost Competition in the grand list
    of writing contests at New Pages:

GRAND_CONTEST_LIST


Thursday, September 14, 2017


2018 Robert Frost Poetry competition has begun!

To enter, check this out:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES

Poems should be postmarked  between
                  September 1 (2017) and  February 15 (2018)
                   to be considered for the yearly award.


History of the Frost Prize:


Frost Foundation Poetry Prize: history

2016. [ No competition]
2014. "Roadsiding Hay" by Franklin Zawacki
2013. "November Guest" by Alfred Nicol
2012. [No competition this year.]
2011. "Constellation" by Sally Albiso
2010. "The Great Disappointment" by Adam Tavel
2009. "Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle
2008. "Double Wedding Ring" by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck
2007. "Henry Jones of Wales" by Barbara Adams
2006. [poem] by Rob Smith
2005. "The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body" by Susan Somers-Willett
2004. "To do to Beans" by Megan Grumbling
2003. "Aristaeus" by Ned Balbo
2002. "Sheepdog Trials at Bleanau Feistenog" by Deborah Warren
2001. "First Light" by Vivian Shipley
2000. "Overheard" by Len Krisak
1999. "Echolation" by Diane Thie
1997. "Visiting Frost's Grave" by Patricia Fargnoli



---------tbd---------------


Wednesday, September 13, 2017


--OTHER POETRY ORGANIZATIONS--


Mass Poetry:
This is a busy organization run mainly out of Salem and Boston Mass.
MASSPO
They have a yearly festival in May, in Salem:
MASSPO_FESTIVAL
....and keep an extensive list of events statewide..
MASSPO_STATE_EVENTS


With the many colleges in Worcester, the local scene
is quite busy, with hundreds of open mics per year.
Here is one local organization:
W_C_P_A
Their contests require local current or former residence:
WCPA_CONTESTS
MAny open mics are listed individually, but here are a few:
WCPA_VENUES

There is a lot of activity around the Colleges near
Northampton Mass:
NORTHAMPTON_PO
AMHERST_PO_FESTIVAL
UMASS_MFA


Newburyport is a busy hub:
NBPT_EVENTS
And is home to the Powow River Poets:
POWOWS

Porstmouth NH has the busy hoot the Frost hoots were modeled after:
PORSTMOUTH_HOOTS






-----FROST/NEARBY VIDEO----

FROST_READING



PILAR_QUINTANA_2011



MARK_SCHORR_ON_PROSE_POEMS


MATT_K_TACKLE_BOX







JIM_K_ROAM


FROST_READS_AFTER_APPLE_PICKING

JANUARY_ONEIL_2017

ROAD_NOT_TAKEN_HDFROST_RECITAL_2016_WETHERBEE_POETRY_BEE

AWESOME_SAGE_DOES_STOPPING_BY_THE_WOODS

MEGAN_GRUMBLING_ANNOUNCES_2009_PRIZE

RAY_LANDRY_PEAPOD_MAGIC


MARK_SCHORR_TO_BE_OR_NOT

STEVEN_S_PULP_FICTION

MARY_ELLEN_D_WHERE_THERES_SMOKE

KENADINE_BOOGY_WOOGY_DEATH






PILAR_Q_THE_SPRING


TIM_C_HIS_TRUMPET
 




---LOCAL HISTORICAL POETS--

More On Robert Frost  (Lawrence, Methuen, Londonderry, NH and Francinia, NH):

THE_WIKI
ACAD_OF_AMERICAN_POETS
AT_THE_POETRY_FOUNDATION
ROBERT_FROST_ORG_INFO_AND_POEMS
FROST_COLLECTION_AT_BARTLEBY


Anne Bradstreet, the first great American poet (March 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672)
    ...by a long shot!
ANNE_AT_THE_ACAD
ANNE_AT_POETRY_FOUNDATION
ANNE_BRADSTREET_ORG
ANNES_MOST_FAMOUS

John Geenleaf Whittier (assoc: Haverhill)
JGW_WIKI
JGW_POETRY_FOUNDATION




 



--BOOKS BY LOCAL POETS--

--------------------------------------
Linda Flaherty Haltmaier:
       ANDOVER_POET_LAUREATE
      BOOK__ROLLING_UP_THE_SKY
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Matt Kraunelis:

MATTS_BOOKS

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Susan Lafortune:
TALKING_IN_MY_SLEEP

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GREY COURT POETS:
SONGS_FROM_THE_CASTLES_REMAINS
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Jim Knowles:
GREY_BERET
REVIEW_OF_GREY_BERET
NIGHTHAWKS
TAHKI
PECULIAR_PAIR_A_DICE

FOUR_MASS_POETS_IN_ENGLISH_AND_DANISH
(Robert Frost , Emily Dickinson , Adelaide Crapsey , Jim Knowles)


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Helena Minton:
RAINCOAT_COLORS

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Tim Cremins:
THE_WAY_YOU_RUN_IN_DREAMS

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Kathleen Aponick:

BRIGHT_REALM

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The Write Group:

WRITE_GROUP_ANTHOLOGY







-----REGULAR NEARBY  EVENTS-------


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NAME:        Robert Frost Hoot
LOCATION:  Cafe Azetca , 180 Common Street ,  Lawrence , MA
PATTERN:            Second Tuesdays,  September thru Jume, skip December :  7pm
DATE EXAMPLES:
       Septemberr 12,2017
       October 10, 2017
       November 9, 2017
       January 9, 2018
       February 13, 2018
       March 13, 2018

       April 10, 2018
       May 8, 2018
       June 12, 2018
WHAT IS IT?:   Featured Reader Plus open microphone
LINKS:   SOMOS_LAWR
               cafe_azteca
               FROST_FACEBOOK  
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NAME:   Grey Court Poets
LOCATION:   Nevins Library, 305 Broadway, Methuen MA 01844
PATTERN:   First Mondays , all year , 7pm

DATE EXAMPLES:
    October 2 , 2017
    November 6 , 2017
    December 4, 2018
    January 1, 2018
    February 5, 2018
WHAT IS IT?:    Poetry  Share/Read/Critique  workshop
LINKS:   NEVINS_LIB , GREY_COURTS ,
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NAME:   Tuesday 4 Poetry
LOCATION:  Stevens Memorial Library , 45 Main St., North Andover
PATTERN:    Forth Tuesdays , all year
DATE EXAMPLES:
      September 26 , 2017
      October 24 , 2017
      November 28 , 2017  (check)
      December 26 , 2017   (check)
      January 23, 2018
      February 27 , 2018
WHAT IS IT?:    Open Hoot , Readers have 5 minutes each
LINKS:  STEVENS_LIB , STEVENS_FACEBOOK

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NAME: Merrimack Mic
LOCATION:  Merrimack Public Library, 56 W Main St, Merrimac, MA
PATTERN:  4th saunday of the month , 10:30am
DATE EXAMPLES:
    Sept. 24 , 2017
    Oct 22, 2017
    Nov 26 , 2017
    Dec 24, 2017 (call/check)
    Jan 28 , 2018
 WHAT IS IT?:  Sometimes a feature, always an open microphone
LINKS:
MERR_MIC_FACEBOOK
MERRIMACK_LIB


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NAME:  Ipswich Poetry Open Mic
LOCATION:  40 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938  ,  6-8pm
PATTERN:   Third Saturdays
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:   Feature and poetry open mic
LINKS:
ZUMIS_COFFEE_HOUSE


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NAME:   Frost Farm Poetry
LOCATION:  
PATTERN:122 Rockingham Rd (Rt. 28), Derry, NH.
DATE EXAMPLES:   Asst:   (see links)
WHAT IS IT?:   featured readers
LINKS:
READING_SERIES
FROST_FARM_POETRY

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NAME:
LOCATION:
PATTERN:
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:
LINKS:

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NAME:
LOCATION:
PATTERN:
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:
LINKS:

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

----EVENTS ARTHER AFIELD-------------

(poetry events from now to haloween 2017)


Subject: poetry readings thru Halloween [7]
From our friend

Daniel Bouchard
Senior Production Coordinator                        
The MIT Press Journals                       
One Rogers Street
Cambridge MA 02142-1209

bouchard@mit.edu

To wit:

Thursday, September 14, 7 pm
Caroline Smith
Grolier Book Shop
Plympton Street
Cambridge


Saturday, September 16, 2 - 5 pm
Regie Gibson and Leylani Moniz
Brockton Library Poetry Series
Driscoll Gallery, Main Branch
Brockton Public Library
204 Main Street
Brockton


Saturday, September 16, 3 - 5 pm
Wendy Sloan and James B. Nicola
Powow Poetry reading series
Newburyport Public Library
94 State Street
Newburyport


Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Louise Berliner, Zachary Bos, Lucinda Bowen, Polly Brown, Heather Corbally Bryant, Helen Marie Casey, David Davis, Linda Fialkoff, Lynn Horsky, Terry House, Lawrence Kessenich, Joan Kimball, William Lenderking, Moira Linehan, Greg Loweberg, Deborah Melone, Franny Osman, Dawn Paul, Cheryl Perreault, Mary Pinard, Joanne DeSimone Reynolds, Susan Edwards Richmond, Hilary Sallick, Georgia Sassen, bg Thurston
Plein Air Poetry Walk
Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio
38 Eldridge Rd
Harvard


Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Natalie Shapero and Dan Tobin
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline


Tuesday, September 19, 7 – 8:30 pm
Arvind Mehrotra
Poetry Center
Smith College, Northampton


Tuesday, September 19, 7 pm
Richard Waring, Ben Berman, and Clara Silverstein
Newton Free Library
330 Homer St.
Newton


Thursday, September 21, 5:30 pm
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Saturday, September 23, 2 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Mattapoisett Public Library
7 Barstow Street
Mattapoisett, MA


Saturday, September 23, different times
3rd Annual New Hampshire Poetry Festival
readings, talks and workshops with Gregory Pardlo, Oliver de la Paz, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Michael Dumanis, Elizabeth Powell, Richard Waring, Eileen Cleary, Robbie Gamble, and Barbara Helfgott Hyett, and others
Manchester, NH


Sunday, September 24, 4 pm
Lisa Breger, Moira Linehan, Carla Schwartz, and others
Art on the Trails exhibit closing Ekphrastic Poetry Reading
Beals Preserve, Route 30 (opposite Chestnut St)
Southborough, MA


Sunday, September 24, 6:30-9 pm
Richard Waring, Charles Coe, David Gullette, and others
A Celebration of Leonard Cohen
In Song, Dance, & Poetry
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville


Monday, September 25, 12 pm
Joanna Klink and Monica Youn
Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University
Cambridge


Monday, September 25, 5:30 pm
Anne Waldman
Granoff Center
154 Angell St.
Providence


Tuesday, September 26, 7:30 – 9 pm
Jessica Jacobs and Nickole Brown
Alumnae House Conference Hall
Smith College, Northampton


Wednesday, September 27, 6:30 pm
Richard Hoffman, Fred Marchant, and Jill McDonough
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Kerri French, Jennifer Militello, and Sarah Sweeney
Trident Booksellers and Cafe
338 Newbury St.
Boston


Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Michelle Hoover, Patricia Horvath, and Sam Witt
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge


Thursday, September 28, 7 pm
Tribute to Marc Widershien
Music by D'Anna Fortunata, Greg Hall
Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic
120 Poplar Street
Roslindale


Thursday, September 28, 7:30 pm
Wendy Drexler and Susan Donnelly
Cervena Barva Press Studio
At The Arts for the Armory
Basement, Room B8
191 Highland Avenue
Somerville


Saturday, September 30, 9 am - 5 pm
4th Annual Haiku Gathering at Wild Graces
Featuring Stanford M Forrester, Jeannie Martin, Brad Bennett and Hannah Mahoney
Jamie Lowe on the Japanese Shamisen.
111 Nottingham Rd.
Deerfield, NH


Saturday, September 30, 4 pm
Jim Dunn and John Mulrooney
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge


Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Michael Holley, Gish Jen, Barbara Lynch, Stuart Weitzman, and Lawrence Summers.
introduced by Robert Pinsky
Favorite Poem Project Reading
Tsai Performance Center
685 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston University


Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Fran Lunney, Karen Sharpe, and Open Mic
Workshop for Publishing Poets: PoemWorks
Newtonville Books
10 Langley Rd.
Newton


Tuesday, October 3, 7 pm
Gail Mazur and Lloyd Schwartz
77 Nason St.
Maynard Public Library
Maynard


Wednesday, October 4, 7 pm
Susan Donnelly, Wendy Drexler, and Holly Guran
Suffolk University Poetry Center
73 Tremont Street
Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd floor
Boston


Wednesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.
Preston Hood and Dorothy Shubow Nelson
Gloucester Writers Center
126 East Main Street
Gloucester


Thursday, October 5, 5:30 pm
Frank Bidart
Moris Gray Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University


Wednesday, October 11, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge


Thursday, October 12, 5:30 pm
Gregory Pardlo
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Thursday, October 12, 6 pm
Lillian Yvonne Bertram, Susan Barba, Michael Franco and Andrew K. Peterson Set Two (7:15pm): Adrienne Raphel, Jennifer Tseng, Jon Woodward and Carol Weston
Boston Originals Series
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge


Friday and Saturday, October 13-14
Forrest Gander, Cole Swensen, Evie Shockley, Simon Pettetk, Kate Rushin, Michael Heller, Pamela Stewart, Joseph Donahue, Timothy Liu, Basil King, Martha King, Gerrit Lansing, and Joseph Massey
First Annual Festival of Major American Poets
Pioneer Valley Poetry Productions, Inc.
Co-sponsored by the Amherst College English Department
Fayerweather Hall
Amherst College
Amherst


Saturday, October 14, 2 - 4 pm
Susan Donnelly, Miriam Levine, Steven Ratiner, Cathie Desjardins, Ruth Lepson, Julia Lisella, Kathleen Aguero, and Denise Bergman
Lyons Hearing Room (2nd floor)
Arlington Center for the Arts Open Studios
Arlington Town Hall
730 Mass Ave
Arlington


Saturday, October 14, 3 - 5 pm
The Powow River Poets celebrate Rhina P. Espaillat
Powow Poetry reading series
Old South Church
29 Federal Street
Newburyport


Sunday, October 15, 1 pm
Michael Daley, Kevin Gallagher, Gloria Mindock, Tim Suermondt, Susan Cook Thanas, and Pui Ying Wong
12th Poetry Showcase in conjunction with 50th Juried Annual Art Show
Plymouth Center for the Arts
11 North St
Plymouth


Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Kimiko Hahn and Krysten Hill
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline


Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Robert Pinsky and Stephen Dobyns
introduction by David Blair
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Norman Fischer and Michael Franco
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville
$5


Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Nicole Terez Dutton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge


Monday, October 16, 8 pm
David Ferry
introduced by Gail Mazur
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Monday, October 16, 8 pm
John Skoyles and Matthew Olzmann
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
Fanny Howe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge


Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
David Blair, Fred Marchant, Dean Rader
Suffolk University Poetry Center
3rd Floor, Sawyer Library
73 Tremont Street
Boston MA


Wednesday, October 18, 2 pm
Jill McDonough
Campus Center Building - Café East
Middlesex Community College
591 Springs Road
Bedford


Wednesday, October 18, 6 pm
Filip Marinovich and Mitch Manning
Occupy Poetics: Reading and Activist Think-Tank
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge


Wednesday, October 18, 6:30 pm
Steph Burt and Dean Rader
Reading and Discussion
Cambridge Public Library Community Room
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Wednesday, October 18, 7 pm
Elizabeth Willis
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Thursday, October 19, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Thayer Public Library
798 Washington Street
Braintree, MA


Friday, October 20, 7:30 – 9pm
Robert Hass
Weinstein Auditorium
Smith College, Northampton


Saturday, October 21,
Georgia Sassen
Ancient and Contemporary Women of Harvard: Poems in their Voices
Sponsored by the Harvard Cultural Council
Harvard Public Library
5 Pond Rd
Harvard MA


Monday, October 23, 8 pm
Stuart Dischell and Kelle Groom
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Tuesday, October 24, 6 pm
Susan Howe and Susan Stewart
Introduction by Prof. Stephanie Sandler
Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library
Harvard University, Cambridge


Wednesday, October 25, 6 pm
Kathy Fagan
Rabb Room
Tufts University


Wednesday, October 25, 7 pm
Paul Keineg, with translations read by Rosmarie Waldrop
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Thursday, October 26, 6:30 pm
Myronn Hardy and Miller Oberman
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Thursday, October 26, 7:30 pm
Mark Doty and Tomas Unger
The Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Series
Photonics Center, 8 St Mary's St
Colloquium Room, 9th floor
Boston University
Boston


Saturday, October 28, 4 pm
Ben Mazer and Stephen Sturgeon
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge


Sunday, October 29, 3 pm
Patricia Pruitt: A Celebration
with readings by Michael Franco, Ruth Lepson, Isabel Pinto Franco, Ros Zimmermann, Ed Barrett, Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, Lisa Bourbeau, and Ed Foster
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville


Monday, October 30, 7 pm
Renee Gladman
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Monday, October 30, 8 pm
Dennis Nurkse and Karl Kirchwey
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Tuesday, October 31, 7:30 – 9 pm
Steve Bradbury
Helen Hills Hills Chapel Sanctuary
Smith College, Northampton






The 2017 Robert Frost Poetry Award competition has begun:

FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES