Worcester County Poetry Association
Established 1971
Worcester County Poetry Association /1 Ekman Street, Worcester, MA 01607 / 508-797-4770 / wcpaboard@yahoo.com

The Worcester County Traveling Poetry Project
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 7:30pm
Shrewsbury Public Library
609 Main Street, Shrewsbury
featuring the work of Mary Oliver
Facilitator:
Heather Macpherson
The Traveling Poetry Project is a series of informal talks about poets and poetry, held at public libraries throughout Worcester County. 

A facilitator will guide an informal discussion at each session.  There are no lectures, featured readers or writing workshops. 

In a different library each month, we will focus on the work of one particular poet.

Two poems will be recommended for discussion.  Participants are encouraged to read several poems by the subject poet and are invited to read a favorite poem at the library session. 

In addition to library resources, WCPA will post weblinks to online poetry resources, including poems, biographies, and bibliographies.

The discussion groups are free and open to the public. 
All are welcome!
Listings will be added
as they are confirmed with the libraries. 
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Poetry for the joy of it! 
Poetry for the love of language! 
Poetry for the adventure of discovery!
Poetry for everyone!

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Traveling Poetry Archive & Photos

FRANK O'HARA
Grafton Public Library

ROBERT FROST
Richard Sugden PL
Spencer

ELIZABETH BISHOP
Worcester Public Library
Frances Perkins Branch
Worcester

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About Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1935.  During her teen years, Oliver spent time living at Steepletop, the estate of poet Edna St. Vincent Milllay.  During this period she assisted Millay’s family with “sorting through papers the poet left behind.” Millay’s work would be a great influence on Oliver as she began writing her own poetry.

After attending Ohio State University for one year, she continued her education at Vassar College –Millay’s alma mater- in New York, but never graduated.  Her first collection, No Voyage, and Other Poems, was published in 1963. Since then she has published many volumes of work several have won prestigious awards including the National Book Award, the Christopher Award, L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, among others, including the esteemed Pulitzer Prize. Her work centers on the natural world.

Our World , a collection of photos by Molly Malone Cook with words by Oliver is due out in October 2007, and her next poetry collection, Red Bird, is scheduled for release in April 2008 by Beacon Press. Mary Oliver resides in Provincetown, Massachusetts.



Sources:
http://www.barclayagency.com/oliver.html
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/oliver/oliver.htm
http://mclibrary.nhmccd.edu/lit/oliver.html
http://www.poetseers.org/contemporary_poets/mary_oliver/
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/265




Poems to read, share and discuss at Traveling Poetry

After Arguing Against the Contention That Art Must Come From Discontent

Climbing the Chagrin River

Cold Poem

Little Owl Who Lives in the Orchard

When Death Comes



available online at http://www.poemhunter.com/mary-oliver/