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Worcester County Poetry Association / 1 Ekman Street, Worcester, MA 01607 / 508-797-4770 / wcpaboard@yahoo.com
Worcester County Poetry Association
Established 1971
WCPA HOME
Eleanor Vincelette performed Walt Whitman's "O Captain My Captain"
WCPA 40th Annual Meeting
All the untidy activity continues,
awful but cheerful.
"The Bight"
From the WCPA Archive
We have 40 years of posters, broadsides, publications and photos in the archive, including this 1971 announcement for a Denise Levertov reading.
Please share your memories and photos with us!
Send submissions to
Diane Mulligan, WCPA 40th Anniversary Web Editor at
Watch for monthly updates starting in January 2011.
Personal reflections related to your involvement in the WCPA;
Recollections of events and activities you have participated in;
Photographs of events, venues, and poets;
We wecome submissions in prose and verse.
Coming up:
Saturday, May 26 - 7:00pm
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series - Dan Lewis
Lincoln Plaza, Worcester
Note: This is a correction to the print calendar.
Monday, June 4 - 7:30pm
First Monday Poetry Series - Ulysses 101
First Unitarian Church, 90 Main Street, Worcester
Tuesday, June 12 - 6:30pm - Bloomsday 2012 Event
Film - Paris: The Luminous Years
At the same time James Joyce was creating his great
modernist novel Ulysses, the modernist movement was
transforming painting, sculpture, dance, music and poetry.
We'll supply coffee & soft drinks. Bring your own snacks.
Worcester Public Library Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square
Thursday, June 14 - 7:00pm - Bloomsday 2012 Event
Street Beat - James Joyce Poetry
Join us for readings of James Joyce poetry and selected prose.
One Ekman Street, Worcester
Saturday, June 16 - Bloomsday 2012: The Worcester Ramble
Saturday, June 23 - 7:00pm
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series - BG Thurston Book Release
Lincoln Plaza, Worcester
Additional updates on the way!
2012 Frank O'Hara Prize Winners
First Prize
Dan Lewis of Worcester, MA
“Windraker”
Second Prize
Thomas F. Carroll of Oxford, MA
“War Thicker than Blood”
Third Prize
Doris E. Matthews of Brookfield, MA
“Souvenirs”
Honorable Mention
Helen Marie Casey of Sudbury, MA
“When We Are Gone”
Rodger Martin of Hancock, NH
“Cave of Chauvet Pont D’Arc”
Catherine Zebrowski of Winchendon, MA
“An Old Man has Claimed His Spot”
Robert Steele of Charlton, MA
“My mother does not want a funeral”
2012 Contest Judge: Lloyd Scwartz
Contest Chair: Carrie Corcoran
Winners' Reading will be held in September.
Annual Spring Reading at Quinsigamond Community College,
May 2, 2012. WCPA was a co-sponsor with the student club, ALANA. There are fewer notebooks these days - the new generation of poets have gone digital.
WCPA Spring Open Reading at The Sprinkler Factory, April 18.
7th Annual reading at Goddard Homestead, May 9, 2012, in conjunction with their annual themed art exhibit. This year's theme was "Nature and the City."
