Online: Collegiate Poets of CT – Winners of the 2023 College Circuit Competition
Featuring the five student-poets selected by a prestigious panel to be honored for 2022-23: Isabella Bullock (WCSU), Oliver Egger (Wesleyan), Sara Green (ECSU), Alisa Mejia (Quinnipiac) and John Nguyen (Yale). Click button below to register to receive the zoom link:
Online: Sheila-Na-Gig Spring Issue Poet Showcase
Hosted by Barb Jennes. Click the button below to register.
Online: Praise This Place: An Earth Day Poetry Celebration
Featuring noted Connecticut eco-poets Amy Nawrocki, John Stanizzi, Dr. Jean Linville, and Lou Gabordi. Click button below to register to receive the Zoom link:
Writers’ Salon (in-person)
Hosted by Erika Lutzner and featuring B. Fulton Jennes, Jack Powers, & Mick Theebs. For info and to RSVP, email viofem@gmail.com.
PoemAlley Persona Poetry Workshop (in-person)
Stamford Unitarian Universalist Church 20 Forest Street, Stamford, Connecticut, United States...come investigate the power and challenge of persona poem-writing!
Celebrating Poetry
Woodbury Public Library 269 Main Street, Woodbury, Connecticut, United StatesA full day of poetry conversations and workshops, hosted by Woodbury Poet Laureate Sandy Carlson. Including a panel discussion, "What is Poetry? Why do we need it?", at 10:30 am featuring Ridgefield Poet Laureate, Barb Fulton Jennes.
Online: Poems From Connecticut’s Four Corners
Featuring Brian Clements (SW), Marilyn Johnston (Central), Jim Kelleher (NW), Karen Warinsky (NE), and Christie Max Williams (SE). Click the button below to register to receive the Zoom link:
Special Father’s Day edition: Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners
This virtual reading will feature poet-dads Dennis Barone, Paul Bluestein, Chris Gaffney, Steven Ostrowski, and John Surowiecki.
A Garden of Verse: Jessica Cuello & Special Guest
Keeler Tavern Museum 152 Main Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, United StatesFeature poets: Jessica Cuello & a Special Guest The beloved summer-evening poetry series returns for season 3 in the historic walled gardens of Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield.
A Garden of Verse: Jennifer Franklin & Sean Singer
Keeler Tavern Museum 152 Main Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, United StatesFeatured poets: Jennifer Franklin & Sean Singer The beloved summer-evening poetry series returns for season 3 in the historic walled gardens of Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield.
A Garden of Verse: Nicole Callihan & Iain Haley Pollock
Keeler Tavern Museum 152 Main Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, United StatesFeature poets: Nicole Callihan & Iain Haley Pollock The beloved summer-evening poetry series returns for season 3 in the historic walled gardens of Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield.
A Garden of Verse: Antoinette Brim-Bell & Terry Blackhawk
Keeler Tavern Museum 152 Main Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, United StatesFeatured poets: CT Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell & Terry Blackhawk. The beloved summer-evening poetry series returns for season 3 in the historic walled gardens of Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield.