Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar 2

Do you love reading AND nature?
You are invited to join Ellen Snoeyenbos' monthly Walking Readers Group as they explore nature-based literary selections (poetry or prose) while enjoying the beauty of Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary.
Come to one, or all!
To register and for more information, visit: www.snoeytools.com
Registration is required; space is limited.
Walking Readers Group at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary
Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
Saturday, January 27th, 10 am to 11:30 am

Our second season of "Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing” will provide a weekly poetry sanctuary to hear moving words, deepen our exploration of their meaning, and connect with each other. Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. It will be your port in a worldly storm!

For two years, once a week, three abuelas and one mamá conversed around a table, sipping hibiscus tea, sharing stories, and writing, writing, writing. The tres abuelas are Maureen Seaton, Queen of Collaboration, Holly Iglesias, Mistress of Prose Poems, and Carolina Hospital, Guru of Juxtaposition; the mamá is Nicole Hospital-Medina, Alchemist of Vibes. The poems in Myth America are the joys of these get-togethers.

Featured Poet: Lynn(e) Schmidt is the author of the poetry chapbooks, Gravity (Nightingale & Sparrow Press), On Becoming a Role Model ( Thirty West Publishing House, Spring 2020), and Dead Dog Poems (Bottlecap Press, Summer 2020). She is a mental health professional in Maine writing memoir, poetry, and young adult fiction. Her work has received the Maine Nonfiction Award, Editor's Choice Award, Honorable Mention for the Charles Bukowski Poetry Award, and was a 2018 and 2019 PNWA finalist for memoir and poetry respectively. When given the choice, Lynne prefers the company of her three dogs and one cat to humans. 

Bonus Ruckus: The return of the Holy Hot Sauce Sonnet Challenge! We'll bring an absurd hot sauce for you to shoot! Also some sonnets. Survive the dumbness and we'll reward you and stuff! 

The super talented Hal Gaucher is providing the visual arts!

Joy Pond is holding it DOWN on snacks! 

Music by Jacob Leevai and (hopefully) friends! 

21 plus
$2 to $5 suggested donation