New England Poetry Club

05/11/2024

NEPC member Steve Rapp will be introducing poets Gloria Mindock and Teresa Cader on Tuesday, November 19th at 7:00 pm as part of the New Poetry Book and Open Mic Series at the Robbins Library, 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA. The reading will take place in the Community Room, and is accessible. Open mic from 8:00 - 8:30. For info, see: https://loom.ly/pErclak

04/11/2024

We had an absolute blast yesterday at the Medford Brewing Company! Snapshots of our poets: Regie Gibson, Julia Lisella, Marlena Merrin, Max Heinegg (our host - who also performed two of his poem song settings: Yeats and Keats), Vijaya Sundaram, and Leticia Priebe Rocha. Thanks to everyone who attended.

02/11/2024

Reminder that tomorrow is Poetry and Music at Medford Brewing Company! November 3rd, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm. The event is free! More details: https://nepoetryclub.org/event/poetry-and-music-at-medford-brewing-company/

01/11/2024

Join the New England Poetry Club on Zoom as we bring the five New England State Poets Laureate for a discussion and reading. We’re delighted to host Julia Bouwsma (Maine), Antoinette Brim-Bell (Connecticut), Colin Channer (Rhode Island), Jennifer Militello (New Hampshire), and Bianca Stone (Vermont). For details, please visit: https://loom.ly/zayigMY

29/10/2024

A fine outdoor reading last Sunday (mighty autumnal, too) at The Old Manse in Concord. Here are our poets - Jesse Mavro Diamond, Therese Gleason, and Toni Bee (who took the picture)! Thanks to everyone who turned out.

28/10/2024

NEPC Member Alan Smith Soto is proud to announce the launch of his book of poems Templo, launching Nov 8th in Madrid, Spain! He also has a play, César y Federico, with the short piece Gymnopédie para Arlequín y nube which will be premiered in Madrid on November 15. If you happen to be in Spain for that show, you can get tickets here: https://loom.ly/g15rJEw

25/10/2024

Weather looks fine for Sunday - brisk (as October is) but sunny!

Sunday, October 27 - please join us at The Old Manse in Concord, Mass., for our next Poetry at the Manse afternoon, featuring poets Toni Bee, Jesse Mavro Diamond, and Therese Gleason! The reading begins at 2 pm, free of charge, and the venue is accessible. For more information: https://nepoetryclub.org/event/poetry-at-the-manse-toni-bee-jesse-mavro-diamond-therese-gleason/

25/10/2024

NEPC member Kathleen Latham's debut poetry collection The Ones is now available from Kelsay Books. You can find it on Amazon or at https://KelsayBooks.com.

24/10/2024

NEPC Member Julia Simpson would like to make you aware of an Arts Cafe Mystic event happening TOMORROW! A reading by Colin Channer at the La Grua Center - 32 Water Street, Stonington. General administration: $20; students, free.

24/10/2024

NEPC Member Susan Coppock's poem Other Falls, published in Quiet Diamonds, was a semi-finalist in the Summer 2024 Orchard Street Press poetry contest. Congratulations Susan!

23/10/2024

NEPC Member Kathleen Aponick wants you to be aware of an a memorial reading for Moira Linehan, Saturday, November 9, 1pm at the Andover Bookstore. 74 Main Street, Andover, MA. This is a free event. Those attending are also welcome to share a poem or memory of Moira.

18/10/2024

Steven Ratiner, NEPC member and publisher of the weekly Red Letter Poems, is announcing the fifth annual RED LETTER LIVE! poetry event featuring poets: Danielle Legros Georges, Indran Amirthanayagam, Heather Treseler & Steven Ratiner, with a musical performance by clarinetist Todd Brunel

The event will be held on Saturday, November 9th 2024, 1-3 p.m with a reception to follow. The reading will be held at Robbins Library, Community Room, 700 Mass Ave, Arlington.

The reading is free, wheelchair accessible, and all are welcome!

17/10/2024

Please join the New England Poetry Club on November 11, 2024 - 7 pm - 9pm for a virtual reading. We will feature poems from Dear Human at the Edge of Time, This reading will highlight poems from this anthology as well as newly released books: Luisa A. Igloria’s Caulbearer, and Martha Silano’s This One We Call Ours, with Diane Seuss reading for Martha Silano. For more info and the link to register, please check out: https://nepoetryclub.org/event/online-an-evening-with-luisa-a-igloria-aileen-cassinetto-diane-seuss-and-martha-silano/

15/10/2024

This coming Saturday, October 19th, 1 PM at the Andover Bookstore, NEPC member Lynne Viti will read with poet Heather Corbally Bryant, as part of the Bookstore’s Fall Poetry Series. Please attend at 74 Main St., Andover, MA. Book signing to follow. The event is free and open to the public.