Save the Date! May 5th - The Annual CPS Poetry Blast!
- Watch this site for information- place, time and program coming soon
Winners of the Nutmeg Poetry Award for 2019
Lynn DeCaro Student Contest
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News: CPS expanding POP program to Southington Public Library
Christine Beck is expanding the Connecticut Poetry Poets on Poetry program to Southington Public Library. Bravo!
March 27 - Jane Kenyon moderated by Christine Beck April 10- Louise Gluck moderated by Luisa Caycedo-Kimura May 22 - Gwendolyn Brooks moderated by Kate Rushin Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm 2019 Connecticut River ReviewThe Connecticut River Review will accept submissions via Submittable from February 1 to April 15
https://connecticutriverreview.submittable.com/submit 
The 2018 Connecticut River Review is available and has been mailed to members in good standing of the Connecticut Poetry Society last August.
Order Copies If you would like to order one, they are $15 each. Please include $3 shipping for one copy, $5 shipping for two or three copies, and $10 shipping for four or more copies. Send a check made out to CPS to CT River Review, attn: G. Connors, PO Box 270549, West Hartford, CT 06127. It is also available through amazon.com . Persons who join CPS for $30 membership or $15 Students will receive a copy as well until supplies run out in which case they will receive a copy of 2019's book. Thank you to Suzanne Niedzielska for stepping up to sponsor the 2018-2019 Connecticut Poetry Society Nutmeg Award
In memory of Gladys Darby Join CPS CLICK HERE
Photo of the moderators of the POPs (Poets on Poetry) donating three books of poetry to Lina Osho-Williams of Hartford Public Library (not holding a book)
Nancy Clark Otter presents poetry of Muriel Rukeyser; Christine Beck presents poetry of Lorine Niedecker for moderator Jim Finnegan; Mark Sheridan presents poetry of William Blake. 
Poets on Poetry, Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St. Hartford Classroom 139, first floor (from front door, on left past restrooms) (NEW) 10-noon Made possible by The Connecticut Poetry Society and The Hartford Public Library. CPS donates a book of poetry by the poet under discussion to the Hartford Public Library. The events are free and open to the public. Membership in The Connecticut Poetry Society is encouraged. Dates and programs for 2019 Below are poets and facilitators who have volunteered to present. Poet Moderator Gerard Manley Hopkins --John Stanizzi ,September 29, 2018 Rumi--Mark Sheridan,October 27, 2018 Frederico Garcia Lorca- Kathleen McIntosh ,November 17, 2018 Jane Kenyon-- Christine Beck, January 26, 2019 Rainer Maria Rilke--Joe Senno, February 23 Nemir Matos-Cintron--Joseph Brockway, March 30 Louise Gluck-- Luisa Caycedo Kimura, April 27 Frank O’Hara--John Surowiecki, May 25 Rita Dove--Maria Sassi, June 29 IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE EMAIL LIST, CONTACT ME AND I WILL ADD YOU: Christinebeck90@gmail.com |
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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