Poems from Connecticut's Four Corners

Event:

Date:

April 5th, 2023.

Time:

7:00 PM

Location:

Virtual

Contact:

Barb Jennes, barbjennes@gmail.com

Website:

https://ridgefieldlibrary.librarymarket.com/event/online-poems-connecticuts-four-corners-0

Join us for an evening of poetry, featuring readings by award-winning poets representing each of the state’s four corners, plus one from the central Hartford area. Our special National Poetry Month reading features: CT State Poet Laureate Emerita Margaret Gibson, Charles Rafferty, Pegi Deitz Shea, former Vernon poet laureate, poet-pathologist Srinivas Mandavilli, and Sandy Carlson, poet laureate of Woodbury.

Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners readings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00.

Please register in advance each month to receive the Zoom link.

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