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POETS ON POETRY-A Brief Into to Poetic Meter

Poets on Poetry (POP) Series
 A Brief Introduction to Poetic Meter
A talk and discussion led by
ANNIE FINCH
Monday, May 19, 7pm ET via Zoom
 In this Poets on Poetry session, Annie Finch will share her tips for awakening the magic of poetry by hearing, reading, scanning, and writing in a variety of poetic meters. Bring your meter questions and lines of poetry to share for feedback.
Zoom Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/psn6tyfp
Annie Finch is a poet, writer, translator, speaker, teacher, and performer whose work centers on feminism and earth-based spirituality. She has published seven books of poetry, most recently Spells: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan University Press). Annie’s books for poets, scholars, and poetry lovers include An Exaltation of Forms, The Body of Poetry, and A Poet’s Craft (all from University of Michigan Press)  and Villanelles and Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters (both from Random House/Everymans Library). She is also editor of Choice Words (Haymarket), the groundbreaking anthology of literature about abortion. Educated at Yale, University of Houston, and Stanford University, where she earned her Ph.D, she has lectured at universities including Berkeley, Harvard, Toronto, Delhi, and Oxford. Annie’s work has been shortlisted for the Yale Series of Younger Poets and the National Poetry Series and received the Sarasvati Award and the Robert Fitzgerald Award for lifetime contribution to the art and craft of Versification. 
Explore more at: https://anniefinch.com/

Ekphrastic Poetry-Spring 2023

Click here to view the results from our Exphrastic Event at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Spring of 2023
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Contact us by email ctpoetryline@gmail.com

​Connecticut Poetry Society Contest Page can be found at this LINK
​To Enter go to https://connecticutriverreview.submittable.com/submit

Lynn DeCaro Winners Announced

Terry Blackhawk has announced the winners of the 2025 Lynn DeCaro Contest. Click here to view the winning entries. 

Connecticut Poetry Society
​Mission Statement

​The Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS), an affiliate of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of poetry. 

Our mission is to welcome a diverse and inclusive community of poets to share thoughts, ideas and poems with one another through chapter meetings, education, and events. At our core is the idea that we demonstrate the deepest part of our humanity through interacting with each other and sharing experiences through poetry.

CPS publishes Connecticut River Review, a national journal of poetry, and encourages all poets in writing and publishing their poetry. Our group has a long tradition of excellence in publishing the work of poets from Connecticut and around the nation. We currently offer four major contests each year, monthly open microphone events, and educational discussions of poetry through our Poets on Poetry series. 

We welcome all poets to join CPS! For more information, browse through our website or contact us at ctpoetryline@gmail.com.