Poetry Now

Event:

Poetry Now

Date:

November 28th, 2023.

Time:

6:30 PM

Location:

Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main St, West Hartford, CT 06119

Contact:

Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main St, West Hartford, CT 06119

Website:

https://westhartford.librarymarket.com/event/poetry-now-guided-reading-and-discussion-group-focused-new-poetry-person-0

Led by West Hartford PL Emerita and UCONN Professor Julie Choffel, this group will meet to read and discuss poems by contemporary writers that speak to our lives today. Participants will gain new approaches to reading poetry of all kinds and leave with a writing prompt to try on their own. Each meeting will cover new material. People are welcome to attend all meetings or to pick and choose.
Free to the public with advance registration.
ADDITIONAL DAYS: Various Tuesdays in the fall and spring.

2/15

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/15

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

2/17

3rd Tuesday Writing Workshop - Bethel

2/22

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/22

Poetry Rocks, Vernon
Brad Davis, Judith K. Liebmann, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura Read

2/28

Reading and Workshop-Cheryl Panosian-Lebanon American CLub
Reading and Poetry Workshop

3/1

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/1

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

3/3

Bethel Open Mic Poetry/Story Telling
1st Tuesday Monthly Poetry/Story Telling Open Mic

3/8

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/11

Danbury Second Wednesday Night Poetry- Hannah Lipman
Feature Hannah Lipman-Bethel Poet Laureate

3/11

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

3/12

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

3/14

Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury

3/15

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/15

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

3/17

3rd Tuesday Writing Workshop - Bethel

3/22

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/29

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/3

Bethel Open Mic Poetry/Story Telling
1st Tuesday Monthly Poetry/Story Telling Open Mic

4/5

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/5

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

4/8

Danbury Second Wednesday Night Poetry- Ed Dzitko
Feature Ed Dzitko

4/8

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

4/9

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

4/11

Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury

4/12

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/17

3rd Tuesday Writing Workshop - Bethel

4/19

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/19

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

4/23

Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing

4/26

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

5/3

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

5/3

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

5/3

Bethel Open Mic Poetry/Story Telling
1st Tuesday Monthly Poetry/Story Telling Open Mic

5/7

Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing

5/9

Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury

5/10

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

5/13

Danbury Second Wednesday Night Poetry- Sharmont (Influence) Little
Feature- Sharmont (Influence) Little & Open Mic

5/13

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

5/14

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate