Connecticut River Review Poetry Award Contest underway !
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Members who attended the CPS annual Picnic August 13th received their advance copies there. Members who are up to date on their annual dues should expect to receive their copy in the mail within the next few weeks. Co- editors Pat Mottola and Ginny Lowe Connors have done an outstanding job. Cindy S. Mercier created the cover design. Additional copies will be available, contact Ginny at this link:Ginny Connors
CPS Annual Picnic August 13th
CPS members and their guests attended the annual CPS picnic on August 13th. Once again thank you to Ed Harris and Vivian Shipley for the venue, their beautiful Beach House at 28 Morgan Terrace, East Haven, CT 06512 - members brought their poems to share at an open microphone, as well as snacks and beverages.
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2017 Contest judge:
Benjamin S. Grossberg Benjamin S. Grossberg's most recent books are Space Traveler (University of Tampa, 2014) and Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa, 2009), winner of the Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award. He has also recently published the chapbook, An Elegy (Jacar Press, 2016). His poems have appeared widely, including in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies, Poetry Daily and Verse Daily, and the magazines Paris Review, Ploughshares, Yale Review, Southern Review, New England Review, Boulevard, and The Sun. A recipient of individual artist grants from the states of Ohio and Connecticut, Grossberg serves as Director of Creative Writing at the University of Hartford, and an Assistant Poetry Editor and regular book reviewer for the Antioch Review. There are still members who have not yet paid their CPS annual dues that cover April 2017 to March 2018
Join or renew at our membership page: http://ctpoetry.net/membership.html
Winners of the 2017 Lynn DeCaro Poetry Competition
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First Place: Jaclyn Mulé, “A Sonnet for Palmyra” Second Place: Emma Gallagher “for Aspen Jane Harmony George" Third Place: Ness Curti, “the moon and I” Honorable Mention “That Morning” by Ava Murphy “Aayda, 12, Nau Deh, Afghanistan” by Katherine Callaghan Click Here for poems and more 
Poets on Poetry Monthly Poetry Book Group Discussion
Poets on Poetry 2017 Schedule
Poets on Poetry, Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St. Hartford Classroom 26, lst floor (NEW ROOM) 10:15am-noon Sept 2017 – June 2018 September 30—Lorine Niedecker and Objectivist Poets /Jim Finnegan and Eric Hoffman October 28 – Murial Rukeyser/Nancy Clark Otter November 18 –William Blake/Mark Sheridan Dates 2018: January 27 Gertrude Stein/Julie Jones and Mark Sheridan February 24—Wislawa Szymborska/Julia Paul March 31—Claudia Rankine/ TBA Thursday evening April 26, 2018, Claudia Rankine presents on One Book April 28 Frank O’Hara (or tba)/David Cappella May 26 Gerard Manley Hopkins/Rennie McQuilken June 30 TBA For further information, or to nominate a poet or volunteer as a moderator, email Christine Beck at ChristineBeck90@gmail.com; 860-655-3263 2016 CPS Annual Picnic -August 14th
Photos of open microphone readers at the CPS Picnic
Our annual Connecticut Poetry Society Picnic for members and their guests took place on Sunday August 14th at the beach house of Vivian Shipley and Ed Harris in East Haven, CT.
Despite the extreme heat wave we have had there was a very large turnout. There was plenty of food and drink and a lot of fun and good conversation. As usual the open microphone was the highlight of the afternoon with twenty-two readers. Advance copies of the newly printed Connecticut River Review were distributed to the Society members present. |
Connecticut Poetry Award winners for 2017 Announced
Winners of the 2017 Connecticut Poetry Award have been posted as well as the winning poems. Click this link to view them
Manchester Chapter Picnic/meeting
The Wit and Wisdom Poetry Club which is the Manchester Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society held a picnic/business meeting on Saturday June 10th at the home of member Joan Chaput. Members read from their work including some from their recent Silk City Anthology book. Also on hand were CPS President Tony Fusco and his wife Patti.
CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY 2017 Al Savard Memorial Poetry Contest
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1st Prize
Tightly wound, deep breaths Yellow bus rumbles away Small hand pressed to glass Chandra Prasad --------------------------------------------- 3rd Prize mirrored in the bay pines reach down to clouds beneath red cliffs Richard J. Daigle |
2nd Prize
Fields of red poppies Knees sway in silk floppy skirts Proud to be shameful Helen Perry ------------------------------------------------ Honorable Mention Sky alive with bird song. Unseen throats trill messages I cannot translate. Laura Altshul |
Hamden Haiku Happening Haiku Open Mic
Presented by the Hamden Arts Commission
November 16, 2016, 6:30pm Location:
Hamden Miller Library – Social Hall 2901 Dixwell Ave, Hamden CT
Presented by the Hamden Arts Commission
November 16, 2016, 6:30pm Location:
Hamden Miller Library – Social Hall 2901 Dixwell Ave, Hamden CT
Connecticut Poetry Society Poetry Blast!
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We held our annual Poetry Blast at the MCC on Main, 903 Main Street Manchester, CT on May 7th. Over 30 people attended and we had three new members join. There was a spirited "Open Microphone" and refreshments as well as our annual Book Fair with tables free for our members.
The winner of the Free drawing for a $50 gift card for CPS members who took our online survey was CPS member Debbie Howard. The Blast featured readings on Planes, Trains and Automobiles by the Coalition of Poets Laureates of Connecticut and presentation of “Re-visioning Emily Dickinson: Comparing her first and final drafts.” by Presenter David Epstein |
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Visit our Poetry Post CPS
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The Connecticut Poetry Society celebrated our Holiday Party with a very large turnout to hear presentations by Ginny Lowe Connors and John Stanizzi as well as the popular open microphone. New members were signed up, goodies were shared and reunions and new poetry friends were made. Children's books were collected and will be donated. There was a free raffle for prizes, a poetry book swap, a sales table of members books as well as some free books donated by members. Connors discussed some poems by Jane Hirshfield and Stanizzi presented and discuss poems a few by Wallace Stevens. Also in attendance was the current Connecticut Poet Laureate Rennie McQuilkin, who is also a member. The party was held on December 13th and once again at Butterworth Hall on the University of Hartford Campus.
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Connecticut Poetry Society
Mission Statement
The Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS), an affiliate of the National Federation of Poetry Societies (NFSPS), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of poetry. Our group has a long tradition of excellence in publishing the work of poets from Connecticut and around the nation.
Connecticut Poetry Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of poetry. Our mission is to encourage a community devoted to poetry through chapter meetings, education and events. The Society also publishes a national journal of poetry and encourages members in writing and publishing their poetry.
Browse through our site to get information about CPS or contact us at connpoetry@comcast.net.
The Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS), an affiliate of the National Federation of Poetry Societies (NFSPS), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of poetry. Our group has a long tradition of excellence in publishing the work of poets from Connecticut and around the nation.
Connecticut Poetry Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of poetry. Our mission is to encourage a community devoted to poetry through chapter meetings, education and events. The Society also publishes a national journal of poetry and encourages members in writing and publishing their poetry.
Browse through our site to get information about CPS or contact us at connpoetry@comcast.net.
Poetry of Heather McHugh
by Claire Rossini March 26th
Photos from Saturday February 27th, 2016 on Tanure Ojaide--
Left: Christine Beck and Moderator Joyce Ashuntantang, right: Tanure Ojaide
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Poet Tanure Ojaide was born and educated in Nigeria and taught in Maiduguri from 1981 – 1990. He later received an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Syracuse University and is currently the Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his book, The Beauty I have Seen (2010), Ojaide creates a trilogy of the poetic journey, ranging from the poet as a public figure, a traveler and observer of humanity, to one grounded in the landscape and fate of his native land. |
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Elaine Zimmerman won first prize for the Prouty Memorial Award and second prize in the Donald Stodhill Memorial Award contest, as well as an honorable mention in this year’s annual group of contests sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. CPS members Joan Kantor and Roberta Marggraff were awarded honorable mentions.
Rennie McQuilkin Named New Connecticut Poet Laureate.
Congratulations to our New Poet Laureate Rennie McQuilkin. From State of Connecticut release:
The state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) today announced Rennie McQuilkin of Simsbury is the new Connecticut Poet Laureate.
As the state poet, McQuilkin’s role is to advocate for poetry and promote appreciation and participation in poetry and the other literary arts among Connecticut’s residents and visitors. The honorary position was established in 1985, and each poet serves a five-year term. McQuilkin took over July 1 for outgoing poet laureate Dick Allen, who served from 2010-2015.
For more click here
The state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) today announced Rennie McQuilkin of Simsbury is the new Connecticut Poet Laureate.
As the state poet, McQuilkin’s role is to advocate for poetry and promote appreciation and participation in poetry and the other literary arts among Connecticut’s residents and visitors. The honorary position was established in 1985, and each poet serves a five-year term. McQuilkin took over July 1 for outgoing poet laureate Dick Allen, who served from 2010-2015.
For more click here
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