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Welcome to the schedule of poetry events happening in Massachusetts! This schedule contains events happening all over the state, as entered by our Poetry Partners and others. It is not limited to Mass Poetry events. To submit an event, click here. If you’d like to be authorized to add events directly to the calendar, email programassistant@masspoetry.org.

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Saturday, December 14
 

TBA

Poetry in Spanish and Translations INTO ENGLISH AND INTO MUSICAlan Smith Soto • Pedro Granados • Leslie Bary • Daisy Novoa Vásquez • Stephany Svorinić
 
Sunday, April 12
 

7:00pm EDT

The Power of Poetry OnlineDara Wier • Chen Chen • Danielle Legros Georges • Porsha Olayiwola • Elisa New
 
Thursday, May 28
 

7:00pm EDT

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic ZoomDavid P. Miller • Dorian Kotsiopoulos
 
Saturday, June 6
 

11:00am EDT

Northfield Authors & Artists Festival Zoom
 
Saturday, June 13
 

11:00am EDT

Northfield Authors & Artists Festival Zoom
 
Saturday, June 20
 

11:00am EDT

Northfield Authors & Artists Festival Zoom
 
Saturday, June 27
 

11:00am EDT

Northfield Authors & Artists Festival Zoom
 
Friday, July 10
 

12:30pm EDT

Shelter in Place: Writing Where We Are (7 week poetry workshop) OnlineSophie Khlar
 
Sunday, July 12
 

3:00pm EDT

Rosebud Ben-Oni: Poet Wrestling in the Land of a Thousand Dances OnlineRosebud Ben-Oni • Longfellow House
 
Sunday, July 26
 

11:00am EDT

Cross-Border Poetry Open Mic OnlineCheryl Savageau • JuPong Lin • Robert Eugene Perry

3:00pm EDT

Afaa Michael Weaver: Spirit Boxing OnlineAfaa Michael Weaver • Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
 
Wednesday, July 29
 

7:00pm EDT

An evening of poetry with four poets Cary Memorial LibraryCammy Thomas • Bob Carr • Dorian Kotsiopoulos • Susan Goodman
 
Sunday, August 9
 

3:00pm EDT

María Luisa Arroyo & Peter Covino: Poetry in Translation OnlineMaría Luisa Arroyo • Peter Covino • María Luisa Arroyo • Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
 
Monday, August 17
 

7:00pm EDT

Danez Smith presents Homie Cambridge Public LibraryDanez Smith
 
Thursday, September 17
 

7:00pm EDT

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic OnlineEd Meek • Deana Tavares • Friends of the Roslindale Library
 
Tuesday, September 22
 

6:30pm EDT

Amesbury Monthly Poetry Reading OnlineEllie O'Leary • Therese Broderick
 
Saturday, October 3
 

7:00pm EDT

Solidarity Salon/ Virtual Version OnlineCindy Veach • Julia Lisella • Enzo Silon Surin • Jennifer Barber • Eileen Cleary • Jennifer Martelli • Deborah Schwartz • Anna M. Warrock • Kevin McLellan • Allison Adair • Jenna Le • Karen Frieland
 
Wednesday, October 7
 

7:00pm EDT

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic OnlineEileen Cleary • Yves Mary Jean
 
Thursday, October 8
 

7:00pm EDT

Virtual Special Event: Bobby LeFebre Shares His Social Justice Poetry OnlineBobby LeFebre
 
Wednesday, October 14
 

5:00pm EDT

Note on a Blue Note in The Gospel of Barbecue--Lecture & Reading with Fred Moten OnlineFred Moten
 
Thursday, October 15
 

7:30pm EDT

Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Series featuring Poets Natasha Trethewey and Meg Fernandes OnlineNatasha Trethewey • Megan Fernandes
 
Wednesday, October 21
 

1:00pm EDT

Online Poetry: Medicine for the Soul OnlineJessica Fisher
 
Saturday, October 24
 

1:00pm EDT

Listening to Nature: Workshop with Christian McEwen, author of World Enough and Time OnlineChristian McEwen
 
Tuesday, October 27
 

7:00pm EDT

OF CONSEQUENCE: AVOIDING DISASTER PORN. OnlineTom Sleigh • Phil Klay
 
Monday, November 2
 

7:15pm EST

Blacksmith House Poetry Series: Jeffrey Harrison and Nathalie Handal OnlineNathalie Handal • Jeffrey Harrison
 
Thursday, November 5
 

7:00pm EST

Cary Library Poetry Series: Steven Cramer, Jeffrey Harrison, Joyce Peseroff OnlineJoyce Peseroff • Jeffrey Harrison • Steven Cramer
 
Sunday, November 8
 

3:00pm EST

Virtual Poetry At the Concord Free Library: Jeffrey Harrison and Matthew Lippman OnlineMatthew Lippman • Jeffrey Harrison
 
Friday, November 13
 

7:30pm EST

Chapter & Verse Literary Reading Series OnlineRobbie Gamble • Susanna Kittredge • Alison Adair
 
Saturday, November 14
 

3:00pm EST

Blogging: a panel of experienced bloggers answer your questions OnlineLeo Hwang • Julia Sibley-Jones • David Dault • Holly Harden
 
Tuesday, November 17
 

7:00pm EST

Cervena Barva Press Zoom Reading Series OnlineFrannie Lindsay • Dayna Leslie Hodges • John L. Stanizzi
 
Thursday, November 19
 

7:00pm EST

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Microphone OnlineSandra Lim • Connie Nelson
 
Tuesday, November 24
 

7:00pm EST

A Virtual Thirsty Lab Poetry Reading with David SuretteDavid R. Surette
 
Wednesday, December 2
 

5:00pm EST

White Whales, White Males, Whitehead with Lisa Jarnot OnlineLisa Jarnot
 
Sunday, December 6
 

12:30pm EST

Enchanting the Season OnlinePatrick Curry
 
Thursday, December 10
 

7:00pm EST

Cervena Barva Press Book Launch OnlineKaren Friedland • Corey Mesler
 
Friday, December 11
 

7:30pm EST

Chapter & Verse Literary Reading Series OnlineJoyce Peseroff • Steven Cramer • Joshua Coben
 
Sunday, December 13
 

3:00pm EST

Concord Poetry at the Library Series: Steven Cramer and Joyce Peseroff OnlineJoyce Peseroff • Steven Cramer
 
Saturday, January 23
 

10:30am EST

Movement Language Nature Art workshop OnlineRebecca R Burrill
 
Sunday, January 24
 

5:00pm EST

Free Playful Poetry Workshop Online
 
Monday, January 25
 

7:00pm EST

Martín Espada with Luke Salisbury, FloatersMartín Espada • Luke Salisbury
 
Wednesday, January 27
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Readings: Cheryl Savageau, David Surette, Ellen LaFlèche and Steven RielEllen LaFleche • Steven Riel • Cheryl Savageau • David Surette
 
Sunday, January 31
 

5:00pm EST

reflection | regeneration | renewal Poetry Reading Online
 
Friday, February 5
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry at the Y Reading Series (Virtually via Zoom) - POETRY READING & Open Mic OnlineWendy Drexler • Richard Waring
 
Saturday, February 6
 

11:00am EST

Poetry Writing 101 with Susan Roney-O’Brien: In Form, Conform, Reform OnlineSusan Roney O'Brien
 
Sunday, February 7
 

2:00pm EST

Temple Sinai’s Twelfth Annual Poetry Festival Featuring Marge PiercyMarge Piercy
 
Tuesday, February 9
 

6:30pm EST

Memoir Incubator Open House & Info Session - Remote!Alysia Abbott
 
Thursday, February 11
 

7:00pm EST

Shelter: The Art of Caring -- Virtual Poetry & Prose ReadingStephan Anstey • Diamond Asaneh • Suzanne Beebe • Douglas Bishop • MJ Bujold • Charles Gargiulo • Nancy Jasper • S.C. Thibodeau • PJ Wamala
 
Friday, February 12
 

7:30pm EST

CHAPTER AND VERSE LITERARY READING SERIES OnlineJennifer Martelli • Susan Buttenwieser • Scott Withiam
 
Saturday, February 20
 

11:00am EST

Virtual Panel Discussion Featuring New England Poets OnlineJ.D. Scrimgeour • Tim Mayo • Meg Kearney • J.D. Scrimgeour

2:00pm EST

Into the Mystery: The BodyPoem OnlineAnna M. Warrock • Audrey Gidman
 
Wednesday, February 24
 

7:00pm EST

Martín Espada — Author of Floaters at the Odyssey Bookshop OnlineMartín Espada • Paul Mariani
 
Saturday, February 27
 

11:00am EST

Authors and Artists Festival - Day 1 OnlineJanet MacFadyen • Cheryl Savageau • JuPong Lin • Sherri Mitchell • Scott Russell Sanders • Christian McEwen • Patrick Curry • Gay Bradshaw • Jason Grundstrom-Whitney • Zarnab Tufail • David Crews • Paul Rabinowitz • Susan Glass

2:00pm EST

Poetry Reading with Charles Coe OnlineCharles Coe

5:30pm EST

Book Launch of Honoring Nature: An Anthology of Authors and Artists Festival Writers OnlinePaul Richmond • Janet MacFadyen • Cheryl Savageau • JuPong Lin • Robert Eugene Perry • Jason Grundstrom-Whitney • Zarnab Tufail • Paul Rabinowitz • Roger West • Carlos Dufflar • Angel Martinez • Dina Stander • Kate Rex
 
Sunday, February 28
 

11:00am EST

Authors and Artists Festival - Day 2 OnlineJanet MacFadyen • Cheryl Savageau • JuPong Lin • Robert Eugene Perry • Jason Grundstrom-Whitney • Zarnab Tufail • David Crews • Paul Rabinowitz • Susan Glass • Roger West • Karen Warinsky • Deb Habib • Susan Cerulean • Joan Maloof • Simon Wilson • Paul Richmond
 
Wednesday, March 3
 

12:30pm EST

MCC Visiting Writers Series presents Kevin Carey OnlineKevin Carey
 
Friday, March 12
 

7:30pm EST

CHAPTER AND VERSE LITERARY READING SERIES OnlineRobert Carr • Jennifer DeLeon • Sally Bliumis-Dunn
 
Saturday, March 13
 

11:00am EST

A Light Breeze from Kerry: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Curt Curtin OnlineCurt Curtin • Dee O'Connor
 
Wednesday, March 17
 

11:00am EDT

Kerry Dancers: A Family Portrait in Poetry OnlineCurt Curtin

6:30pm EDT

Pakachoag Music School Presents Chasing Dreams to American Shores OnlineCurt Curtin
 
Saturday, March 20
 

2:30pm EDT

Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien: Syllabics From Basho to Yeats and Beyond OnlineSusan Roney O'Brien
 
Sunday, March 21
 

3:00pm EDT

Concord Poetry at the Library Series presents: An Afternoon with Allison Adair and Tiana Clark OnlineAllison Adair • Tiana Clark
 
Tuesday, March 23
 

7:00pm EDT

Across the Tracks: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Curt Curtin OnlineCurt Curtin • Dee O'Connor
 
Monday, April 12
 

7:30pm EDT

SRP Broadside Reading & Craft Talk with Jendi Reiter & Armen Davoudian ZoomEd Rayher • Jendi Reiter • Armen Davoudian • J. Hyde Meissner
 
Wednesday, April 14
 

7:00pm EDT

Poets of Worcester Present: A Writing Workshop with Worcester’s Poet Laureates OnlineJuan Matos • Amina Mohammed
 
Thursday, April 15
 

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Month Celebration with Mass. Book Award Poetry Winners OnlineAndrea Cohen • Karen Skolfield • Oliver de la Paz Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open MicrophoneCammy Thomas • Bruce Weigl • Friends of the Roslindale Library
 
Sunday, April 18
 

3:00pm EDT

Concord Poetry at the Library Series presents: Andrea Cohen / Fady Joudah OnlineAndrea Cohen • Fady Joudah • Friends of the Concord Free Public Library
 
Thursday, April 22
 

6:00pm EDT

NBF Presents: Poetry in Protest OnlineTerrance Hayes • Toi Derricotte • Camonghne Felix
 
Friday, April 23
 

5:30pm EDT

Free Happy Hour Writing Session - Remote OnlineLysz Flo • GrubStreet
 
Sunday, April 25
 

3:00pm EDT

Tuning in to a higher power: poems of prayer Online
 
Wednesday, May 5
 

12:30pm EDT

Brown Bag Lunch Session - Remote OnlineChalene Riser • GrubStreet
 
Sunday, May 16
 

3:00pm EDT

Concord Poetry at the Library Series presents: Krysten Hill and Cynthia Manick, A reading and conversation with Joyce Peseroff OnlineKrysten Hill • Joyce Peseroff • Cynthia Manick
 
Saturday, June 5
 

2:30pm EDT

Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien OnlineSusan Roney-O’Brien
 

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