Upcoming events:
Saturday, May 18 - Memorial Mass for Angela Dorenkamp
Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Assumption College - 11:00am
500 Salisbury Street, Worcester
Sunday, May 19 - Dan Lewis
Princeton Arts Society, 18 Boylston St., Princeton - 2:30pm
Friday, May 24 - Mike Land
Worcester Storytellers
Annie's Book Stop, 65 James Street, Worcester - 7:00pm
Saturday, May 25 - Sarah Sapienza
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series
Lincoln Plaza, Worcester - 7:00pm
Saturday, June 1 - Dan Lewis
The Booklover's Gourmet, Webster - 3:00pm
Tuesday, June 4 - Film: "Stanley's House"
Tobe Carey's documentary about the childhood home
of Worcester poet Stanley Kunitz
Worcester Public Library, Banx Room - 7:00pm
3 Salem Square, Worcester
Friday, June 7 - Film: "The Dead"
John Huston's adaptation, starring daughter Angelica Huston, of the James Joyce short story included in The Dubliners.
Join us for this Pre-Bloomsday event!
Frances Perkins Branch - Worcester Public Library
470 West Boylston Street, Worcester - 7:00pm
Thursday, June 13 - Celebrating Bloomsday at Street Beat
Join us for readings from James Joyce.
Choose your favorite excerpts from any Joyce work.
One Ekman Street, Worcester - 7:00pm
Sunday, June 16 - Bloomsday Worcester Ramble
Wednesday, June 19 - Almost Summer Open Reading
Banx Room, Worcester Public Library
3 Salem Square, Worcester
Tours of the WCPA display 6pm to 7pm
Open Reading 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Refreshments
Tuesday, June 25 - Film: "Polis Is This"
Henry Ferrini's documentary about the life and work
of Worcester poet Charles Olson
Worcester Public Library Saxe Room - 7:00pm
3 Salem Square, Worcester
More local poetry:
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Worcester County Poetry Association / 1 Ekman Street, Worcester, MA 01607 / 508-797-4770 / wcpaboard@yahoo.com
Access past programs with the Site Index
and archive links
Worcester County Poetry Association
Established 1971
WCPA HOME
Eleanor Vincelette performed Walt Whitman's "O Captain My Captain"
All the untidy activity continues,
awful but cheerful.
"The Bight"
Angela Dorenkamp (1929-2013)
was a long-time member of the
Worcester County Poetry Association.
Click here for a pdf copy of the obituary which appeared in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 24.
Go here for some photos and shared memories.
A Memorial Mass for Dr. Dorenkamp will be held on Saturday, May 18th at 11:00 AM at The Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury St., Worcester.
Congratulations Poetry Contest Winners!
2013 WCPA Frank O'Hara Prize
First Prize...............................Ann Sweetman
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
“Butter”
Second Prize...................Helen Marie Casey
Sudbury, Massachusetts
“Her Bath”
Third Prize....................Missy Hall Nicholson
Grafton, Massachusetts
“Hamilton, John”
Honorable Mention...............Jennifer Freed
Holden, Massachusetts
“Lessons”
Honorable Mention..............James Kobialka
“Sonic Boom”
2013 Contest Judge: Alice B. Fogel
2013 Contest Chair: Catherine Reed
The Winners' Reading will be held on
Sunday, September 22.
Stanley Kunitz Boyhood Home
Summer Writing Series
4 Woodford Street
Worcester, Massachusetts
Registration Required
Sponsored by:
The Stanley Kunitz Boyhood Home
WCPA
Watch for details about the WCPA
display at the Worcester Public Library
June 2013
Until then, enjoy these broadsides from the WCPA archives!
