Congratulations to the poets whose poems were selected and many thanks to the judges who so generously volunteered their time and attention as they made their selections!
Join us on September 26, 3pm, for a reading of the prize-winning poems!
New England Poetry Club
Congratulations to NEPC poet Carolyne Wright on her new book!
Masquerade is a jazz-inflected, lyric-narrative sequence of poems, a “memoir in poetry” set principally in pre-Katrina New Orleans and in Seattle, involving an interracial couple who are artists and writers. Moved by mutual fascination, shared ideals and aspirations, and the passion they discover in each other, the two are challenged to find a place together in the cultures of both races and families, amidst personal and political dislocations as well as questions of trust—all against the backdrop of America’s racism and painful social history. The twentieth century’s global problem, the color line, as W. E. B. du Bois named it, is enacted here in microcosm between these lovers and fellow artists, who must face their own fears and unresolved conflicts in each other. Similar stories have been told from the male protagonist’s point of view; Masquerade is unique in foregrounding the female perspective. Here are online links for a few of the poems that will be in the book:
- http://www.versedaily.org/2021/iforgive.shtml
- https://www.rattle.com/triolets-on-a-dune-shack-by-carolyne-wright/
- https://www.harbor-review.com/page7
Purchase
New Anthology Explores Cape Cod & the Islands Through Poetry
Bass River Press (an imprint of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod) and Calliope Poetry have teamed up to publish a new poetry collection that explores the beauty, history, and … Read more
Join us for poetry at the Longfellow House Sunday, July 11, 3 pm!
July 11 Porsha Olayiwola & Alondra Bobadilla
Porsha Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the author of i shimmer sometimes, too forthcoming with Button Poetry. She is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.
Alondra Bobadilla‘s poetry demonstrates how creative expression can be a powerful tool for youth to examine feelings around issues, find their voice, and speak up about the changes they want to see for their future. She was named Boston’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate in January 2020.
Register today!
Each reading takes place at 3:00 PM. Events are free and open to all, but require advance registration. Please click here to register for one or more readings.
August 3 at 6 pm: Sam Cha, Rage Hezekiah, Indigo Moor, and Donald Vincent
Please join us via Zoom for a poetry reading with Sam Cha, Rage Hezekiah, Indigo Moor, and Donald Vincent hosted by the Voices of Poetry, NEPC, and the Cambridge Public Library.
Mark your calendars! Brockton Public Library Poetry Series Everyone Has a Voice Saturday, July 17, 2021 2:00 pm LIVE AND IN PERSON!
Mark your calendars! This will be GOOD!
Brockton Public Library Poetry Series
Everyone Has a Voice
Saturday, July 17, 2021 2:00 pm
LIVE AND IN PERSON!
East Branch Library Lawn
54 Kingman Street, Brockton MA
With featured poets Jean Dany Joachim and Leonardo Nin, student poet Ayanna Blake, and an Open Mic
Join us for the 11th Annual Boston JUNETEENTH Emancipation Observance!
NEPC Advisory Member Denise Washington is one of the presenters!
Register for the Zoom link and find more information here
NEPC poet and board member Wendy Drexler is reading with NEPC poet (and award winner!) José Edmundo Ocampo Reyes on Thursday, June 17, 7 pm!
Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic
Thursday, June 17th, 2021, 7 pm on Zoom
Sponsored by Friends of the Roslindale LibraryFeatured Poets
Born and raised in the Philippines, José Edmundo Ocampo Reyes is the author of Present Values, winner of the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award from the New England Poetry Club. His poems have appeared most recently in Scoundrel Time, Solstice, and Memorious; and have been anthologized in The Powow River Anthology (Volumes I and II), Villanelles, and The Achieve Of, The Mastery: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, mid-‘90s to 2016.
Wendy Drexler’s third poetry collection, Before There Was Before, was published by Iris Press in 2017. Her poems have appeared in Barrow Street, J Journal, Lily Poetry Review, Nimrod, Pangyrus, Prairie Schooner, Salamander, South Florida Poetry Review, among others. Her work has been featured on Verse Daily and WBUR’s Cognoscenti, and in numerous anthologies. She is poet in residence at New Mission High School in Hyde Park, MA, and is programming co-chair for the New England Poetry Club.
To sign up for this Zoom reading, contact hguran@aol.comand let me know if you want to read in the open microphone
Friends of Roslindale Branch Library
www.friendsofroslindalelibrary
