Save the Date!!! CPS Annual Holiday Party December 16th 2018
Middlesex Community College time 1-4 in the Chapman Hall . More info to follow soon.
View photos from 2018 CPS Picnic
CONNECTICUT RIVER REVIEW POETRY CONTEST
Accepting Submissions
Made possible through the generous support of the Dr. Michael F. and Nancy H. Lepore Trust Open to all poets Opens: August 1 Deadline: September 30 Fee $15 for up to 3 unpublished poems, any form, 80-line limit Prizes: 1st – $400; 2nd – $100; 3rd – $50 Winning poems will be published in Connecticut River Review and posted on the Connecticut Poetry Society website. Winners receive a free, two-year membership in the Connecticut Poetry Society. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable; however, please notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Electronic Submissions Only Submit at: www.connecticutriverreview.submittable.com Submit up to three poems, in one document, no more than one poem per page. No contact info on poems (contact information will be requested separately via Submittable). How to use Submittable Click Here CPS ANNUAL POETRY BLAST photos-SATURDAY- MAY 19, 2018 -
Once again the Connecticut Poetry Society held its annual Poetry Blast at Work_Space formerly MCC-903 Main Street, Manchester CT - Despite the occasion raindrop there was a big and enthusiastic turn out.
Refreshments were catered by Kevin Lepore. Christine Beck presented a poetry book to Michelle McFarland from the Hartford Public Library where the extraordinary Poets on Poetry (POP) program has been thriving and is so well received. There was also our annual book fair featuring books for sale by our members. The main presentation consisted of some Mini POPs conducted by Ginny Lowe Connors on Jane Hirshfield, Julia Paul on Wislawa Szymborska, and Mark Sheridan on William Carlos Williams. After a break the ever popular Open Microphone took place where seventeen poets read their original works. Winners of the free raffle prizes were Stu Sidney, Evelyn Atreya, Carol Stanizzi Sherri Bedingfield and Kim Hunt. Winner of the 50/50 raffle was Christine Beck who generously donated her prize money to CPS. John Stanizzi closed the meeting with a stirring reading of his poem for Resiliency which you can view on our member's only website which you can find by clicking on this link. |
2018 Connecticut River Review
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CPS Has New Treasurer
 Michael Lepore
Our long time Treasurer Michael J. Lepore is stepping down from that position which he has served with distinction for years. Under Michael’s administration our membership has grown and our financial position improved considerably. Michael on his own initiative has found sponsors for all our contests which has made our budget no longer dependent on the ups and downs of our annual contest entry fees to cover costs. Michael has generously sponsored a contest himself for several years and made his beautiful home the Cardinal Inn available for our board meetings, and for workshops. Our organization and particularly our executive board will greatly miss him.
Michael is a retired orthodontist and with his wife Nancy owns and operates A Cardinal House bed and breakfast in Glastonbury, CT. Dr. Lepore is the author of Forgotten Heroes: Poems for and about Veterans of the Vietnam War, Vietnam Voices: Echoes of the Vietnam Experience, and the award-winning Moral Injury: A Vietnam War Journey of Moral and Spiritual Confusion, all published by Grayson Books. Upon graduation from the University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Lepore received a commission in the U. S Navy Dental Corps and served his active duty attached to Headquarters, 2nd Marine Division at Camp LeJeune, NC. He is Treasurer of the local Veterans' Service Commission and Paymaster of the Peter P. Monaco Jr. Detachment of the Marine Corps League where, through his poetry, he helps to raise funds for the Marines Helping Marines, Wounded Marine Program, for the combat troops returning from the Iraqi and Afghanistan conflicts.  Mark Sheridan
Mark Sheridan has taken over as our treasurer and is settling into that position. Many of our members know Mark from his many outstanding presentations as part of our POP (Poets on Poetry) series at the Hartford Public Library, the Southington Library, and other Connecticut Poetry Society events.
Mark spent twenty-five years as a Managing Director with JPMorgan & Co, living and working as an investment banker on four continents. He then earned a PhD in Modern History & Literature from Drew University. He taught at-risk inner-city high school students in Newark and Elizabeth, NJ for five years; and has dedicated himself full-time to studying and writing poetry for the last five years. 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
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CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY 2017 Al Savard Memorial Poetry Contest
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Happy Holidays! CPS 2017 Party Photos
The Connecticut Poetry Society held its annual holiday party December 10th at the Butterworth Hall, University of Hartford. A group of about 50 poetry loving people attended. The main presentation was very well received as four society members read and commented on the poetry of four major poets who passed away recently.
The poets presented John Ashbury- by Julia Paul, Derek Walcott by Pat Mottola, Richard Wilbur -by Christine Beck , and C.D. Wright by Ginny Connors.
We also had our traditional Open Mic, Free Door Prizes and a book exchange.
The poets presented John Ashbury- by Julia Paul, Derek Walcott by Pat Mottola, Richard Wilbur -by Christine Beck , and C.D. Wright by Ginny Connors.
We also had our traditional Open Mic, Free Door Prizes and a book exchange.
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