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Poetry event set
for Sept. 11
WOODSTOCK — Connecticut’s most recent poet laureate, Margaret Gibson, will be among the readers at the next Poet’s at Large spoken word/poetry event at Roseland Park in the barn. This will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 11. Recommended for ages 14 and up.
Others include: former National Beat Poet Laureate Paul Richmond (2020), Montreal International Poetry Contest Finalist Karen Warinsky and Pomfret co-Poet Laureate Nancy Weiss. Open mic will be held after intermission and sign-ups are at the event. Poets will be held to a 5-minute limit.
Gibson has a wealth of awards and writing credits. She has authored 13 books of poems. Richmond hosts monthly readings and organizes yearly Word Festivals and has published several.
Warinsky, the coordinator of Poets at Large, has published poetry since 2011. Her work appears in several anthologies including the 2017 release, Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands, the 2019 Mizmor Anthology, Honoring Nature, released in 2020, as well as pieces in lit magazines including Blue Heron, Circumference, and most recently, Consilience, published in the U.K., an effort that combines science and poetry. Her debut collection Gold in Autumn was released in 2020 and her new book is titled Sunrise Ruby, both from Human Error Publishing.
Weiss is serving as the first co-Poet Laureate for Pomfret. For more than 15 years she has written a weekly column for the Villager newspapers. She wrote for the Putnam Traveler, Edible Nutmeg and Naturally at UConn for many years as well.
Sponsors of the Roseland Park readings include Charter Oak Federal Credit Union, Linemaster Switch, Atty Mark Brouillard, Ashford Xtra Mart, CR Premier Properties, WHZ Strategic Wealth Advisors, Bank Hometown & EA Custom Millwork of Northbridge, MA. Sponsors of the Singh Center events include Webster First Bank, EA Custom Millwork and ValleyCast/Open Sky Community Services.
The last reading in the series is from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Singh Center.
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