This year’s annual Golden Rose Award will be presented to Rhina P. Espaillat. Espaillat has published twelve full-length books, four chapbooks and a monograph on translation.
Espaillat is noted for her English translations of Saint John of the Cross, as well as her book of Spanish translations of Robert Frost, Algo hay que no es amigo de los muros/Something There Is that Doesn’t Love a Wall, and her bilingual collection of Richard Wilbur translations, Oscura fruta/Dark Berries.Her work, which comprises poetry, essays and short stories in both English and her native Spanish, and translations from and into both languages, appears in numerous journals, anthologies and websites. She has received many national and international awards.
A founding member of the Melopoeia trio, Espaillat performs with poet Alfred Nicol and guitarist John Tavano, as well as with the quintet known as The Diminished Prophets.
Congratulations to thepoets 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!
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
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.
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.
Members will receive the zoom link information in a newsletter; please email info@nepoetryclub.org if you are not a member.
May 9, 2021 New Poetry & Open Mic readers
Kathleen Aponick, a native of Cambridge, is a former teacher and textbook editor. Her poems have appeared in such publications as Poetry East, Notre Dame Review, Poetry Ireland Review,Hollins Critic, and Paterson Literary Review. Her poetry collections include two chapbooks: Near the River’s Edge and The Port, as well as two full-length collections: Bright Realm, published by Turning Point Press in 2013 and a finalist in the New Rivers Poetry Prize at Minnesota State University, and The Descendant’s Notebook, published in 2020 by Kelsay Press. She lives with her husband, Tony, in Andover, Massachusetts.
Purchasing information: The best way to buy the book is to do a Google search for The Descendant’s Notebookto find the link that shows the book’s title with Kelsay Books, the publisher. It takes you right to the book. It is $16. If you order through Amazon, you pay $18.50.
Jeffrey Harrison’s sixth book of poetry, Between Lakes, was published by Four Way Books in September 2020. His previous books include Into Daylight, (Tupelo Press, 2014) winner the Dorset Prize, Incomplete Knowledge (Four Way, 2006), runner-up for the Poets’ Prize, Feeding the Fire, which won the Sheila Motton Award from the New England Poetry Club in 2002, and The Singing Underneath, selected by James Merrill for the National Poetry Series in 1987. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA, and his poems have appeared widely in magazines and anthologies, including Best American Poetry andthe Pushcart Prizevolumes, and been featured in American Life in Poetry, The Writer’s Almanac, Poetry Daily, and other online and media venues. More information can be found at jeffreyharrisonpoet.com.
Ed Meek writes poetry, fiction, articles and book reviews. He has had poems in The American Journal of Poetry, The Baltimore Review, The Sun, The Paris Review. He has had poems featured on NPR affiliates WBUR and WCAI. A collection of his short stories, Luck, came out in 2017. He has had stories in The North American Review, Hobart, Cream City Review, Adelaide. He has had articles in The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Cognoscenti, TheBoston Review, Counterpunch. He writes book reviews for The Arts Fuse. His poem “In the Provinces” won an Honorable Mention in the National category of this year’s Outermost Poetry Contest. “It’s Not Always Easy” was just selected for the Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program and will be exhibited for the next year in City Hall. He is a volunteer Editor for Full House magazine. He tutors adults for the GED and teaches creative writing. His new book of poems, High Tide, came out last summer. https://www.edmeek.net @emeek
NEPC member Kate Chadbourne is hosting a free, open-to-all Poetry Celebration this month on YouTube with weekly videos, prizes for participation, and tons of great community spirit and inspiration. The latest video … Read more
The New England Poetry Club, Friends of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters, and Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site are pleased to announce the 2021 Virtual Summer Poetry Festival: Poetry as a Voice for Activism. This year’s festival, which begins Sunday, June 27, will take place live online and connect poetry lovers across the country with remarkable poet-activists who will read and discuss their work.
