
PoemCity 2023 is now closed for submissions. Poems go up in the windows of businesses in downtown Montpelier on April 1, 2023 and stay up for the month of April. Poets can pick up a free copy of their poem at the library anytime in April or May.
We also have a robust PoemCity 2023 Community Calendar of readings, workshops, and events throughout the month of April. Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your PoemCity Passport starting in late March, your guide to the poems and programs for the season.
New this year, all PoemCity 2023 poets will be included in a printed and published PoemCity Anthology. (The only exceptions are poets who did not give permission to have their poem included and poems that are part of Poetry & Art Exhibits.) This anthology, published by Rootstock Publishing, will be available for sale at the end of April at the library. It will also be available online and at bookstores. Please check back here for more details as we get closer.
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PoemCity 2023 Community Calendar
All events are free unless otherwise noted. Events at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library are accessible.
Weaving PoemCity Poetry into Art
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
6–7 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Be part of decorating Kellogg-Hubbard Library with art for PoemCity! Using the poetry broadsheets of previous PoemCity poems, artist JC Wayne will lead us in making woven paper hearts with the Danish craft of “Julehjerter”—a popular and easy family activity enjoyed throughout Scandinavia. The hearts will be featured throughout the library for April. No artistic or craft experience necessary. Contact JC Wayne at poartryproject@gmail.com for more information.
JC Wayne, "Creative for Good" (jcwayne.com) and founder of The Poartry Project (poartry.org), is a poet, visual artist, learning adventure guide and book mage who has a special love for ekphrastic poetry inspired by nature, art and special places like libraries. She regularly hosts poetry and art workshops and outdoor adventures and the Voicing Art Poetry Reading series, facilitates public art and poetry projects, exhibits her eco-conscious sustainable art to raise awareness of environmental stewardship, and is the author of a poetry collection, "Voicing Art: Poetry of Space | Place | Time", and countless Golden Threads of Good Books for Children.
PoemCity’s Moveable Feast
Saturday, April 1, 2023
10 a.m.–noon | In person
Meet at Kellogg-Hubbard Library, outside the side door;
tour follows Langdon, State, and Main Streets
PoemCity poets, writers, and gathered literati, led by Rick Agran, will read our city aloud to you! We’ll tour through town, a circuitous route, poem by poem, rain or shine. Comfortable shoes and the ability to walk a half mile are optimal. Contact Rick at radiobonmot@gmail.com for more information.
Rick Agran (poet, photographer, journalist, & educator) produces radio about poetry and the literary arts for WGDR.org. After 25 years in colleges, he works with littler folks, helping with their reading, writing, and communication. As a poet in the schools and audio documentarian, he teaches young people and their teachers how to use their voices, follow their curiosities, and craft images for poems, stories, and memoirs. www.crowmilk.org/bonmot He is the author of two books: Pumpkin Shivaree, a picture book for children, and a collection of poems called Crow Milk. Rick's poems have been featured on “The Writers’ Almanac” and anthologized in Great Poems, American Places and American Poetry: The Next Generation.
PoemCity 2023 Opening Reception
Saturday, April 1, 2023
7 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
The PoemCity season officially begins at this opening reception featuring an open mic, a poetry book swap, dessert, and an art installation by JC Wayne made from previous years’ poems. Come fete the amazing celebration of National Poetry Month we know as PoemCity. Bring a book of poems to swap, a poem to read, or just yourself. For more information, contact Michelle Singer at msinger@gmail.com.
Living on Earth
Sunday, April 2, 2023
4–5 p.m. | In person
Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Vestry Hall
130 Main Street, Montpelier
Two friends, Sarah Franklin and Tami Calliope, share about ten poems apiece on various subjects. Their tones range from awe and lyrical uplift through deep grief, outraged protest, and ironic bemusement—in other words, earthling stuff. Contact Sarah Franklin at sarahfrnkln@gmail.com for more information.
Tree Wisdom in Embodied Poetry Workshop
Monday, April 3, 2023
2–3:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Join poet Mary Rose Dougherty and Mindful Movement practitioner Becky Widschwenter for this special event of breath awareness, spoken poems, writing, and gentle mindful movement. No prior writing or movement/meditation experience is necessary. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a journal and writing tools if you wish. All are welcome. Contact Mary Rose at maryrosedougherty@gmail.com for more information.
Two Poets, One After the Other
Monday, April 3, 2023
6:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Charlie Barasch and Nadell Fishman will read from their new collections of poetry: Home Movie and Traveling, Traveling, respectively. Contact Nadell Fishman at fnadell@gmail.com for more information.
The Art of the Haiku
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
7 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Poet Keiselim (Keysi) Montás discusses how to read the traditional Japanese poetic form of haiku, illustrated with works from his haiku collection, Like Water. This is a First Wednesdays program. Visit vermonthumanities.org/programs/attend/first-wednesdays for more information.
Writer Keiselim (Keysi) A. Montás was born in the Dominican Republic and migrated to New York at the age of 16. Keysi moved to the Upper Valley in 2007 to work for Dartmouth College's Department of Safety and Security, where he currently serves as director. He has published five poetry books, two collections of short stories, and two collections of essays.
CCV Poetry Reading with Rick Agran and Linda Quinlan
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
6:30–8 p.m. | In person
Community College of Vermont
660 Elm Street, Montpelier
Please join us for a poetry reading in the Great Room at CCV Montpelier. In addition to well-known poets Linda Quinlan and Rick Agran, staff and students from CCV will be reading. We are excited to once again have a reading at the Montpelier campus and hope you will join us. Contact Samn Stockwell at samnwell@hotmail.com for more information.
Linda Quinlan won the Wicked Woman Poetry Prize with her manuscript Chelsea Creek, a series of poems reflecting on her upbringing in a blue-collar New England town. She has been published in many journals, some of which include Sinister Wisdom, The North Carolina Literary Review and the New Orleans Literary Review. She was poet of the year in Wisconsin and presently lives with her partner in Montpelier.
Rick Agran (poet, photographer, journalist, & educator) produces radio about poetry and the literary arts for WGDR.org. (For full bio, see April 1)
Opening Reception for Astrobridge Artistry's ArtWalk
Friday, April 7, 2023
3–5:30 p.m. | In person
Montpelier Senior Activity Center (MSAC)
58 Barre Street, Montpelier
Ashley Strobridge presents her nature-inspired photos & poems, displayed as united pairings, with sparkling mocktails for refreshment. Greeting cards & other artsy goods will be available for sale. Attendance level depending, there may be a poetry readings and musical performance of "You Tame the Tiger Everyday," which was selected for the downtown PoemCity show & anthology publication. The song/poem was inspired by the Wonder Women in Ashley's life: her sister, mother, best friends, & mothers & caregivers everywhere.
Natural Selections
Friday, April 7, 2023
7–9 p.m. | In person
North Branch Nature Center
713 Elm Street, Montpelier
An evening of celebration and reflection with poetry by Scudder Parker, reading by Bryan Pfeiffer, and music by D. Davis and Ruth Einstein. This event is a fundraiser for North Branch Nature Center. The suggested donation range is $15–$30. Preregister for this event at northbranchnaturecenter.org/event/natural-selections-2023.
Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop & Reading
Saturday, April 8, 2023
10:30–noon | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Join JC Wayne in writing a library-inspired love poem to Montpelier/Vermont. We’ll start out exploring what makes an effective love poem with examples, and then tour the library and its outdoor grounds (weather permitting) with writing prompts as inspiration for writing our love poems. Participants will have time to write and read their poem(s) aloud, with the opportunity for their poem(s) to be posted at poartry.org. Contact JC Wayne at poartryproject@gmail.com for more information.
JC Wayne, "Creative for Good" (jcwayne.com) is the founder of The Poartry Project (poartry.org). (For full bio, see March 29)
Poetry Reading with Sydney Lea, Samn Stockwell, and Ralph Culver
Saturday, April 8, 2023
12:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
A poetry reading featuring Vermont poet laureate emeritus Sydney Lea of Newbury, Samn Stockwell of Barre, and Ralph Culver of South Burlington. Contact Sydney Lea at pdovet@gmail.com for more information.
A Day at CAL
Monday, April 10, 2023
8 a.m.–5 p.m.; workshop at 1 p.m. | In person
Center for Arts & Learning
46 Barre Street, Montpelier
Come visit the Center for Arts and Learning. The Voice & Vision Art & Poetry Display will be featured for the entire month of April and there will be an all-day drop-in writing space on April 10. At 1 p.m. that day, Samn Stockwell will lead a 4 Poems 4 Prompts workshop. Contact Phayvanh Luekhamhan at director@cal-vt.org for more information.
Samn Stockwell has published in Agni, Ploughshares, and the New Yorker, among others. Her two books, Theater of Animals and Recital, won the National Poetry Series (USA) and the Editor’s Prize at Elixir, respectively. In July 23, her new book, Musical Figures, will be published by 30 West. Recent poems are in On the Seawall & Sugar House Review and are forthcoming in Plume and others.
LGBTQ Poetry Reading
Monday, April 10, 2023
6–7:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
A panel of LGBTQ poets, including Eve Alexandra, Alison Prine, J Turk, and Linda Quinlan, will read in person at the Hayes Room. During the span of an hour and fifteen minutes, four poets will read and entertain questions. Contact Linda Quinlan at bellinghambell2003@yahoo.com for more information.
The Body That Writes Workshop
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
6 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
This is a generative creative writing workshop open to writers and “non-writers” alike, including tweens and teens. Together we will play with various somatic practices in order to see how they affect the writing process. Facilitated by Leah Beckhoff, your local queer poet-astrologer. Contact leahevebeckhoff@gmail.com or Instagram @venus.sq.pluto for more information.
Live Poetry at the Front: Bob Messing and Vini K.D.
Thursday, April 13, 2023
6–7:30 p.m. | In person
The Front
6 Barre Street, Montpelier
Two local poets, Bob Messing and Vini K.D., read from their work as part of a series of live poetry at the Front in Montpelier. Vini K.D. is a writer of poetry & other things. They have been published by Harbor Mountain Press and Rattle and live in North Montpelier. Bob Messing was born in Brooklyn, lived on the Lower East Side, did graduate study at CCNY in Philosophy, and moved to Vermont in 1971. He’s been writing for about 50 years, self-published a book of 100 poems 20 years ago, and has written far more now. Contact Robyn Joy at robynjoy76@gmail.com for more information.
PoemCity's Moveable Feast
Saturday, April 15, 2023
10 a.m.–noon | In person
Meet at Kellogg-Hubbard Library, outside the side door;
tour follows Langdon, State, and Main Streets
PoemCity poets, writers, and gathered literati, led by Rick Agran, will read our city aloud to you! We’ll tour through town, a circuitous route, poem by poem, rain or shine. Comfortable shoes and the ability to walk a half mile are optimal. Contact Rick at radiobonmot@gmail.com for more information.
Poetry Reading with Carol Potter and Samn Stockwell
Saturday, April 15, 2023
12:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Award winning poets Carol Potter and Samn Stockwell will be reading from their new books. Contact Carol Potter at carilpo@gmail.com for more information.
Winner of the 2021 Pacific Coast Series of Poetry from Beyond Baroque Books for her sixth book of poems, What Happens Next is Anyone’s Guess, Carol Potter lives in Tunbridge. Along with teaching for CCV and the Antioch University MFA program in Los Angeles, she is a freelance poetry editor and consultant. Publications include poems in Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Massachusetts Review, FIELD, The Green Mountains Review, Sinister Wisdom, and many other journals and anthologies including the 2002 Pushcart Prize Anthology and Roads Taken. For more information, please see: cwpotterverse.com
Samn Stockwell has published in Agni, Ploughshares, and the New Yorker, among others. (For full bio, see April 10)
Discovery: A Reading and Workshop Exploring Wonder Through Poetry
Sunday, April 16, 2023
2:30–3:30 p.m. | In person
Unitarian Church of Montpelier
130 Main Street
Scudder Parker will lead a workshop on the common, but sometimes marginalized, experience of Wonder, using poetry to explore, share and initiate discussion about those moments of opening that show us who we really are and how the world could be.
Scudder Parker will open the session by presenting a series of poems that explore a spiritual opening in his life, and how it was shaped by his religious tradition. The session will then invite participants to share—through poems (or prose) they bring or have written--moments of opening about experiences in their own lives. There will be time for response, reflection, and conversation. The heart of the workshop will be exploring the question: How do these glimpses of wonder become knowledge that helps us live our lives; and how does poetry help this happen? For more information, contact scudderparker16@gmail.com.
Poetry, Process, and Perspective
Monday, April 17, 2023
6:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Five poets, Lisa Masé, Susie Atwood, Mary Elder Jacobsen, Andrea Gould, and Jesse LoVasco, writing together for eight years, share their poems and process, working as a group. Contact contact@jesselovasco.com for more information.
Jesse LoVasco, (she/her) is a poet and visual artist, residing in unceded land of both Anishnabe in Michigan and Abenaki in Vermont. Her book Native was published in 2020, and she was a participating fellow of Nature Culture’s Writing the Land Project as well as a yearly contributor and facilitator for PoemCity.
Lisa Mase' (she/they) is a poet, parent, herbalist, nutritionist, and homesteader on unceded Abenaki land. Lisa emigrated to the States from Italy as a teen and is passionate about sovereignty, lineage, and indigenous ways of knowing. Her book of poems, I Won't Be/Long Here, was released by Kelsay Books in 2021. For details, visit harmonized-living.com.
Mary Elder Jacobsen enjoys both the work and the play of writing. Her poems have appeared in print and online publications and elsewhere for, well, years. She lives in North Calais.
Susan Atwood lives in Central Vermont and is a therapist, a wilderness rites of passage guide, and a writer of poems about the convergence of human beings and the untamed world.
Andrea Gould has been a member of the poetry group FLOW for the past 8 years and is grateful for their support, inspiration, creativity and humanity. She lives in Plainfield, Vermont with her husband, poet Charlie Barasch and her dog Harpo.
Poetry Society of Vermont Reading
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
7–8:30 p.m. | Zoom
Members of the Poetry Society of Vermont will read original work followed by a brief open mic. Preregister for this Zoom HERE
Live Ekphrastic Poetry and Wordplay at The Front
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:30–8:30 p.m. | In person
The Front
6 Barre Street, Montpelier
Two poets, photographers, and imagemakers, Richard Moore and Rick Agran, lead an evening of “descriptive, inventive, improvisational process” known as ekphrasis. They’ll use the Front’s Art Show 54 as a jumping-off point. Learn and practice simple techniques. Share as willing. Bring writing implements, eyes, ears, and imagination to discover new ways to enter an artwork. Contact Rick at radiobonmot@gmail.com for more information.
Poetry Sings
Friday, April 21, 2023
6–7 p.m. | In person
Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Sanctuary
130 Main Street, Montpelier
Randolph poet Marjorie Ryerson will join forces with Charlotte pianist Carl Recchia for an hour of poetry and music. Contact Marjorie Ryerson at water05060@gmail.com for more information.
Marjorie has been a writer and a poet all her life. She has taught poetry for Middlebury College at the New England Young Writers’ Conference for 20 years, and has taught poetry for Johnson State College and Dartmouth College as well. She has served as an award-winning journalist, the editorial director of two publishing companies, a Vermont State Legislator and an award-winning writing professor for Castleton State College. She holds a graduate degree in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. Although she has previously published both an award-winning photography book (www.water-music.org) and several non-fiction books, her reading of 20 poems will be drawn from her newly published book, The Views from Mount Hunger.
Carl is a retired, greatly accomplished choral music teacher of 42 years, the last 32 years of which he spent at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg. He has been the music director for many productions at the middle school, high school and college level. Carl is a frequent guest conductor at choral festivals throughout the state. Now, happily retired, he plays jazz and classical music, reads, appears on recordings made by his former students and occasionally participates in exciting projects such as this one! He lives with his bride, Mary, and son, Benjamin. As Marjorie reads her poems, Carl will play some gentle jazz, some blues, and some classical music.
Poetry of Kindness and Empowerment: Poets in Conversation
Saturday, April 22, 2023
12:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
James Crews and Diana Whitney share poems from their books and talk about the process of creating a poetry anthology. They’ll discuss the power of poetry to empower and heal, especially in times of loss and disconnection. Contact dianawhitneypoet@gmail.com for more information.
James Crews is the author of the forthcoming essay collection, Kindness Will Save the World, and editor of several bestselling poetry anthologies: Healing the Divide, The Path to Kindness, and How to Love the World, which has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, as well as in The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. He is the author of four prize-winning books of poetry: The Book of What Stays, Telling My Father, Bluebird, and Every Waking Moment, and his poems have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, The New Republic, and Prairie Schooner. James lives with his husband on forty rocky acres in the woods of Southern Vermont. For more information, visit: www.jamescrews.net
Diana Whitney writes across the genres with a focus on feminism, motherhood, and sexuality. She is editor of the bestselling anthology YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EVERYTHING: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves, winner of the 2022 Claudia Lewis Award. Her essays, poems and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, The Kenyon Review, The Washington Post, and many more. Her debut, Wanting It, became an indie bestseller and won the Rubery Book Award in poetry. Her next collection, Dark Beds, is forthcoming in October and explores the interstices of desire and betrayal. A feminist activist in Brattleboro and beyond, Diana works as an editor and writing coach. Find out more: www.diana-whitney.com
Mary Elder Jacobsen, a Sonnet Circle, and You!
Sunday, April 23, 2023
3 p.m. | In person
Adamant Community Club
1161 Martin Road, Adamant
Make your way to the postcard-perfect Adamant Community Club, an 1895 one-room schoolhouse, where Mary Elder Jacobsen will read her poetry, including sonnets and sonnet-inspired poems. Bring a favorite sonnet, written by anyone and, following her reading, join Mary in a sonnet circle, a collective reading where we’ll take turns reading sonnets. Contact Rick Winston at 802-454-7103 for more information.
Astrobridge Artistry
Sunday, April 23, 2023
3:30–4:30 p.m. | Zoom
Join Ashley Anne Strobridge for a virtual celebration of Gaia, our Mother Earth, the Sunday after Earth Day. Ashley will read original poetry, share nature photography that pairs with each poem, and culminate with a performance of some of her own music and lyrics. Take a moment on Earth Day Weekend to take a breath and celebrate all mothers, including Our Own Beautiful Mother Earth! There will be time to mingle virtually before and after the performances. Contact astro.greenlady@gmail.com for more information.
Preregister for this Zoom event HERE.
Irish Poets besides Yeats and Heaney
Monday, April 24
6:30–7:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
There are many fine poets from Ireland. Over the course of an hour, a sampler from poets will be read and copies of poems handed out. Bring any Irish poem—aside from William Butler Yeats and Seamus Heaney. It is time to honor other voices including Eibhlín Dbh, Ní Chonaill, Nuala Ni Dhomnaill, Eavan Boland, Máire Mhac an Tsaoi, Máirín ó Direáin, Micheál Ó hAírtnéide, and .Doireann Ghríofa. Contact David Hartnett at davidhartnett@mac.com for more information.
All Ages Anything Goes Poetry Slam
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
7 p.m. | In person & livestreamed
Lost Nation Theater
39 Main Street, Montpelier
Vermont Poetry Slam Champion Geof Hewitt hosts this Anything Goes Slam, where poets, acoustic musicians, jugglers, and anyone else with special talents is invited to take three minutes (or less) onstage in an attempt to wow the judges (and the audience) for enormous glory and a very modest prize. Sign up at the door. Note: Masking may be required. Livestream will be live on Lost Nation Theater’s Facebook page. Contact kathleen@lostnationtheater.org for more information.
Rabbit&Wolf Poetry Open Mic with Los Lorcas
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
7–10 p.m. | In person
Bent Nails Bistro
4 Langdon Street, Montpelier
Rabbit&Wolf will host a poetry open mic at Bent Nails Bistro from 7 to 9 p.m. Los Lorcas, poetry-infused music inspired by Federico García Lorca, will finish out the night. Contact Robyn Joy at robynjoy76@gmail.com for more information.
Our Environment and the Natural World
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
6:30 p.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
This reading will feature poetry by Tricia Knoll, author of One Bent Twig, George Longenecker, author of Star Route, and Geza Tatrallyay, author of Extinction Rebellion and Arctic Meltdown. Contact georgelongenecker17@gmail.com for more information.
Lucy Terry Prince: Witness, Voice, and Poetics within the American Tradition
Thursday, April 27, 2023
6:30–8 p.m. | Zoom
Lucy Terry Prince’s poem, “Bars Fight,” survived for 100 years in oral tradition before appearing for the first time in 1854 in the Springfield Daily Republican. This talk, led by Shanta Lee Gander, explores some of the roots of orality in connection with Lucy Terry Prince, the first known African American poet in the U.S. From there, we will explore how this poem's survival fits within a constellation of other poets in journeying from the oral to the written. What are some conclusions can we draw about creative lineage in relation to poetics? When it comes to the transference of poetry through oral tradition, how do we apply that to the bigger question of knowledge transference across a diaspora? These and other bigger questions alongside poetry are explored within this lecture, including Q & A.
Shanta Lee Gander is an artist who works in different mediums as a photographer, writer across genres and is a public intellectual whose work has been widely featured. She is the author of GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak in Woke Tongues (Diode Editions, 2021) and forthcoming collection, Black Metamorphoses (Etruscan Press, 2023). Shanta Lee is a producer and reporter for Vermont Public Radio and regular contributor to the Ms. Magazine Blog, Art New England, and her current multimedia exhibition, Dark Goddess: An Exploration of the Sacred Feminine, is on view from now until December 9 at the Fleming Museum of Art. Shanta Lee has served as one of the judges for the 2022 Perugia Press Prize. To learn more about her work, visit: Shantaleegander.com.
Preregister for this Zoom event at HERE.
Jazz and Poetry from the Balcony
Saturday, April 29, 2023
11 a.m. | In person
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
Hosted by Toussaint St. Negritude, enjoy original poetry and jazz music on the front lawn of the library. Rain location: Hayes Room. Contact stnegritude@gmail.com for more information.
Jewish Poets Read
Sunday, April 30, 2023
2–4 p.m. | In person
Beth Jacob Synagogue
10 Harrison Avenue, Montpelier
Charlie Barasch, Judith Chalmer, R.D. Eno, Nadell Fishman, Andrea Gould, and Nicola Morris will read poems. There will be plenty of time for questions and refreshments! Also, authors’ recent books will be available for sale and signing. Contact Nicola Morris at nicolamorris@mac.com for more information.
PoemCity 2023 Art Exhibits
Danish Paper Heart Display
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
135 Main Street, Montpelier
Using the poetry broadsheets of previous PoemCity poems, artist JC Wayne and community members made woven paper hearts with the Danish craft of Julehjerter, a popular activity enjoyed throughout Scandinavia. The hearts are displayed in the library for the month of April. Open during library hours, Monday to Saturday.
Main Street Middle School Poetry & Artwork
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Kitzmiller Fiction Room
135 Main Street, Montpelier
Students of Debbie Goodwin’s sixth-grade class at Main Street Middle School present original artwork and poetry, displayed on the second floor of the library. Open during library hours, Monday to Saturday.
Voice & Vision
Center for Arts & Learning (CAL)
46 Barre Street, Montpelier
Voice & Vision features art by Art Resource Association artists paired with original poetry. Curated by Linda Hogan. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact Phayvanh Luekhamhan at director@cal-vt.org for more information.
Art & Poetry: Compositions of Truth & Nature
Montpelier Senior Activity Center (MSAC)
58 Barre Street, Montpelier
The natural world is multifaceted, inspires the soul, and influences the human condition. Artist, writer, and environmentalist Ashley Anne Strobridge presents her nature-inspired photos and poems, displayed in pairs, art and poetry together, compositions of truth and nature. Open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact astro.greenlady@gmail.com for more information.
StoryWalk®
Worcester Ladd Field and Haymeadow
The Worcester Neighbor Network is hosting a StoryWalk® in the Ladd Field and Haymeadow of Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. Folks are welcomed to stop by in April to follow the story around the field.
Don't miss the poetry happenings throughout the state!
Poems Around Town
This is the third year Poems Around Town in Brattleboro. It’s led by Write Action (www.writeaction.org) and supported by Time To Write and the Brattleboro Literary Festival.
Most of downtown shops will be participating, with over one-hundred poems submitted.
PoemTown Randolph
It's PoemTown Randolph's 10th anniversary! Come celebrate with them!
Visit poemtown.org for more information.
PoemTown St. Johnsbury