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Poetry at the Old Manse – May
May 28, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join the New England Poetry Club outdoors in the open air tent at the Old Manse for free poetry readings on select Sunday afternoons.
Extend your visit by signing up for a tour of the historic house prior to or following the reading. Learn more about tour offerings and pre-register for house tours here. Plan to come early or stay late for a stroll around the orchard and along the banks of the Concord River or bring a picnic to enjoy on the grounds. Register here.
May Poets:
DeWitt Henry’s most recent books are FOUNDLINGS: FOUND POEMS FROM PROSE, (Gazebo Books/Life Before Man, 2022) and RESTLESS FOR WORDS: POEMS (Finishing Line Press, 2023). His memoir, ENDINGS & BEGINNINGS: FAMILY ESSAYS (Mad Hat Press), was long listed for the PEN Award for the Art of the Essay, 2022. TRIM RECKONINGS: POEMS will be published by Pierian Springs Press in fall 2023. He was the founding editor of Ploughshares and is Prof. Emeritus at Emerson College. Details at www.dewitthenry.com.
Elizabeth Sylvia lives with her family in southeastern Massachusetts, where she teaches English. Her first book None But Witches (2022), poems inspired by Shakespeare’s female characters, was the winner of the 2021 3 Mile Harbor Press Book Award. Sylvia’s work is upcoming or has recently appeared in Verse Daily, Carve, Cherry Tree, Lily Poetry Review, On the Seawall, The Southern Review, and SWWIM, among others. She has been a semi- or finalist in competitions sponsored by DIAGRAM, 30 West, and Wolfson Press; has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes; and is a reader for SWWIM Every Day.
Pamela Wax, an ordained rabbi, is the author of Walking the Labyrinth (Main Street Rag, 2022) and the forthcoming chapbook, Starter Mothers (Finishing Line Press). Her poems have received a Best of the Net nomination and awards from Crosswinds, Paterson Literary Review, Poets’ Billow, Oberon, and the Robinson Jeffers Tor House. She has been published in literary journals including Barrow Street, Tupelo Quarterly, About Place Journal, Mudfish, Connecticut River Review, Naugatuck River Review, Pedestal, Split Rock Review, Sixfold, and Passengers Journal. She offers spirituality and poetry workshops online from her home in the Northern Berkshires of Massachusetts.