We are excited to announce NEPC member Thomas DeFreitas's poem "A Blessing for Kat" appears in the latest issue of Nixes Mate Review, published Thanksgiving 2025. It is Thomas's début appearance in Nixes Mate! Read the poem on this post or online here: https://loom.ly/biBGvWQ

Join NEPC Member Jason O’Toole on Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 7 pm for Beat Night at the Press Room, where he will read alongside Portsmouth Poet Laureate Lauren WB Vermette. Two standout voices sharing new work in an intimate setting.

Join us on Dec 6th for "Finding Warmth Under the Waning Moon," which brings together four remarkable poets—Jody Stewart, Rosa Lane, Lynne Potts, and Emily Ferrara. Details and registration: https://loom.ly/5RagBgc

This Friday, join us for a night of poetry with José Enrique Delmonte, Shira Zohara Dickey, Rhina P. Espaillat, and Juan Matos, presented by the New England Poetry Club at Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Cambridge (and on Zoom). | Dec 5 | 7 PM ET | https://loom.ly/rmGMVNo

Somerville poet John Pijewski speaks about his upcoming Collected Father in an interview with NEPC board member Doug Holder. Read it here: https://loom.ly/magDMnk

NEPC Member David P. Miller's poem "Themes w/ Variations," a response to paintings by Philip Guston, was published in The Ekphrastic Review on November 20. You can read it here: https://loom.ly/KMfHj9U

NEPC Member Kymm Coveney's translations of Mónica Ojeda's poetry appear online and in the November issue of World Literature Today. https://loom.ly/uOZzBNk

This weekend! 🎤 Join us Saturday, Nov 22, for an evening of poetry with Linda Haviland Conte, Jenny Grassl, and Scott Ruescher—presented by the New England Poetry Club. A celebration of voice, vision, and verse. ✨ 🔗 Learn more: https://loom.ly/vSEPzyM

NEPC member, Carla Schwartz's poem, "Knotweed Triolet," has been curated in the lovely new anthology, "The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and other Natural Wonders," Paloma Press, 2025. Get it now at https://loom.ly/3K5ybi0

NEPC member Ralph Culver is excited to announce three poems in the Fall 2025 issue of The Main Street Rag (https://loom.ly/n4tAVqM), two poems posted at Modern Literature on 10/20/25 (https://loom.ly/9GC709Q), and two haiku/senryu in the October 2025 issue of Chrysanthemum (https://loom.ly/OGEnwaE).

Tomorrow! Nov 18, 7 pm ET. Join us for an NEPC and Beehive Poetry reading hosted by Arlington Poet Laureate Jean Flanagan, featuring Krysten Hill & Heather Treseler with intros by NEPC President Steve Rapp. Free & open to all—arrive early for open-mic signups! Details: https://loom.ly/_yY_E9s

NEPC member Carla Schwartz’s poem “For Hummingbirds Who Prefer Red” appears in the Fall issue of Blue Unicorn (https://loom.ly/272c_9o). Catch her reading on Nov 18, 6:30 PM at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts with Amada Maffei. Open mic after. Register @ https://loom.ly/XdPZHiA

Reminder TOMORROW - Join us for the 2025 New England Poetry Club Contest Reading online Nov 16 at 1 pm ET — hear this year’s winning poems and celebrate outstanding voices in New England poetry. 📅 Details & RSVP: https://loom.ly/xIYvE3Q

NEPC board member Lynne Viti wants you to know about Finding Warmth Under the Waning Moon, a poetry reading featuring Lynne Viti, Cynthia Bargar, Stephen Haven, and Steven Cramer — followed by an open mic and wine + cheese reception. More info: https://loom.ly/jsRVhkM

Congratulations to NEPC member David Gullette, whose poem MALPRACTICE INSURANCE FOR POETS was published in issue #36 of the New Ohio Review!

NEPC board member Doug Holder interviews poet Jim Dunn, who recently led a Beacon Hill walking tour of John Wieners’s old haunts to celebrate the reissue of Behind the State Capitol: Or Cincinnati Pike. Read the full piece: https://loom.ly/vOH2SM4

NEPC Member Stephen Haven will read from The Flight from Meaning (Slant Books, 2025), with Rosa Lane reading from Called Back (Tupelo Press, 2024), on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Mack's Backs Books in Cleveland Heights, OH, at 5:00 pm. For more info, see: https://loom.ly/orZobnM

Mark your calendars! Red Letter Live! 2 — Sat Nov 8, 1–2:30 pm at Robbins Library, Arlington. Featuring Regie Gibson, Dzvinia Orlowsky, and Red Letter founder Steven Ratiner, with music by Rick McLaughlin. Free with reception after. Learn more at: https://loom.ly/Y2JUnDM

Mark your calendars! NEPC Member Leticia Priebe Rocha will host "Celebrating Voices of Diaspora: Poetry Reading & Open Mic," an in-person event on November 15 at 5:30 p.m. EDT. It will take place at The Foundry. The event is free, but please RSVP at https://loom.ly/MiKhyIg.

Join NEPC & the Worcester County Poetry Association for a reading at the historic Salisbury Mansion! 📚 📅 Nov 9, 3 PM | 📍40 Highland St, Worcester Featuring Linda Carney-Goodrich, Steven Ratiner & Elaine Reardon. Free & open to all! Learn more: https://loom.ly/JnxrATs

Join Ridgefield Poet Laureate Emerita Barb Jennes for Protest & Praise: 250 Years of American Poetry — Session Two, exploring voices from the Suffrage era through the Civil Rights Movement. 📅 Tuesday, Nov 4 | 7:00–8:30 PM ET | Online 👉 Register here: https://loom.ly/fR9fM_Y

NEPC Member Gary Whited will be reading in person with McKendy Fils-Aime on November 20 at 7 pm at the Rozzie Reads Poetry & Open Mic venue, at Roslindale House, 120 Poplar Street in Roslindale, MA. The event is free and accessible. See the attached flyer for all the details!

📝 NEPC board member Doug Holder interviews poet Matthew Johnson, finalist for the E. E. Cummings Poetry Prize, about nostalgia, sports history & faith in his work. Read the full interview 👉 https://loom.ly/_AzUn60

Join us on Nov 16th, 1 pm ET for the 2025 New England Poetry Club Contest Reading — hear this year’s winning poems and celebrate outstanding voices in New England poetry. 📅 Details & RSVP: https://loom.ly/xIYvE3Q

TOMORROW, NEPC Member Stephen Haven & Rosa Lane will read in person from their new books of poetry on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 7:00 PM CT, at Prairie Lights Bookstore, 15 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa. Check it out if you are in the area!

NEPC Member David Banach's "How to be Good" was published by Bee Monk Press and is available now. This is the poet's first book! Congrats David! Get your copy here: https://loom.ly/UMarQlQ

NEPC Board Member Doug Holder interviewed the late poet Jennifer Martelli, an NEPC member who passed away recently and was well-loved by the poetry community. Check out this wonderful interview: https://loom.ly/9cqIBP8

We are proud to announce that NEPC Member Max Heinegg, the current Poet Laureate of Medford, was nominated for a 2025 Boston Music Award for Spoken Word! Congrats Max! You can see a full list of the nominees at https://loom.ly/FJhpmEU

Poets Stephen Haven & Rosa Lane share their work across the Midwest this week 🌙 📍 Oct 20 – Cedar Falls, IA (Univ. of Northern Iowa, 7 PM) 📍 Oct 22 – Minneapolis, MN (Milkweed Books, 7 PM, https://loom.ly/UYQm9A4) 📍 Oct 23 – Rockford, IL (Inscape Collective, 6–7:30 PM)

Join Pulitzer Prize–winner Lloyd Schwartz for A Master Class in Reading Your Work Aloud. 📅 Sun, Oct 26, 2:30–4:30 pm 📍 First Church, Cambridge Free & open to all—bring a short poem if you’d like feedback! Learn more at: https://loom.ly/Rtc3QiE

NEPC & the Poetry Society of Vermont came together for The Collaborative Poet — a day of readings, workshops & community in West Brattleboro. Poets left inspired and connected—proof that when we gather, poetry thrives. 💫 Read more: https://loom.ly/txZkp3U

NEPC Member Ivy Schweitzer's “Dividing Rivers,” published by Finishing Line Press, is available now. This is the poet’s first book! Congrats Ivy! Purchase a copy here: https://loom.ly/BnkaRsE

Join us Oct 20, 8–9 pm at the Blacksmith House Poetry Series ✨ NEPC Board Member Nidia Hernández (The Farewell Light) reads with Askold Melnyczuk (The Venus of Odesa). 📍56 Brattle St, Cambridge. More info: https://loom.ly/JX6jsFo

Join Ridgefield Poet Laureate Emerita Barb Jennes for a special 3-part online series exploring poems that reflect the struggles and triumphs of our nation—sessions on Tuesday: 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, online via Zoom. Register here: https://loom.ly/1_YaiOE

✨ Calling all young poets of Boston! The City is searching for its next Youth Poet Laureate — a young artist, performer, and leader ready to use poetry to uplift youth voices and inspire change. Learn more at: https://loom.ly/07Y-d1E

Here is a recap of all the excellent news from NEPC members in September 2025! https://loom.ly/XpBjpnM - Remember, if you are a NEPC member, you can submit your news on our website and get your own mentions! We love learning what everyone is up to!

A new interview with poet and translator Richard Fein is now available on the Internet Archive, conducted by NEPC Board Member Doug Holder in Fein’s Cambridge home. Listen here: https://loom.ly/0gqb0_E

NEPC member Vijaya Sundaram is hosting an Open Mic for Poetry and Original Song on October 23 at 7 p.m. EDT at Arts Collaborative Medford, 162 Mystic Avenue #1, Medford, MA 02155. The Feature Poet on October 23rd is Toni Bee. Suggested donation: $5-10. All are welcome.

Congratulations to NEPC member Jason O’Toole, winner of the 2025 Amy Lowell Prize for his poem Astropastoral (The Second Pentacle of the Sun)! Read more: https://loom.ly/ubtovRg

Congratulations to NEPC Member Paula J. Lambert for releasing "Terms of Venery, Revised," published by Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. The book is available now at: https://loom.ly/52lfL-s This is the poet's fifth book.

NEPC Members Carla Schwartz and Jennifer Jean will read poems for Boston Yetzirah (to a general audience) at a home in Arlington, MA, on Saturday, October 4, 4 PM. You must register in advance to receive the address. The registration form is here: https://loom.ly/Twbg66A

The New England Poetry Club is excited to announce this year's winners of our poetry contests! Here they are: https://loom.ly/7aQsEIY There will be a winners/finalists reading on Sunday afternoon, November 16 (exact time TBA). Watch our website and social media for more details!

NEPC member Roberta Batorsky is publishing her debut poetry collection, Perihelion, with Prolific Pulse Press this October. She’s looking for reading opportunities—connect with her here: https://loom.ly/qvJcA5M

Join NEPC Member Margery Hutter Silver, who will read from her debut poetry collection Light in Dark Spaces. 📖 October 1, 7 PM 📍 Porter Square Books, 1805 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA Celebrate the launch of her first book at this reading!

Join online for the first Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners reading of the fall! Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7:00 PM (ET) Featuring: Terry Blackhawk, Charlie Chase, Mike O’Leary, River Ripa, and Versatile Poetiq Register here: https://bit.ly/3JFPb5X

NEPC member Stephen Haven will read in person from his new book of poems, The Flight from Meaning (Slant Books, 2025), with Rosa Lane and Mark Irwin, at the Crane Public Library, Monday, September 29, 7:00—8:00 PM. Learn more at https://loom.ly/IpKLzHk

NEPC is thrilled to share that member Catherine Strisik’s 4th book, Goat, Goddess, Moon (Holy Cow! Press), is out now! Order: https://loom.ly/o1c4zwo Catch her live reading Dec 4 at Gloucester Writers Center!

NEPC Member Benjamin Rozonoyer will read in person on Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. EDT from his debut poetry collection, The Beaver Pond at the Wayside Gallery of Fruitlands Museum. Event information: https://loom.ly/4UIkNYY Book purchase: https://loom.ly/oWxSEEo

NEPC Member Richard Fein is proud to announce a new book of poetry titles, The Polish Dream Machine, now available from Box Turtle Press in New York.

NEPC member Stephen Haven is pleased to announce two new publications! "Roadside Portals" appeared in 2025 in Vox Populi: https://loom.ly/xNy7Mto "Salem, Easter," selected from his book, The Flight from Meaning (Slant Books, 2025), appears in Verse Daily: https://loom.ly/5Lw0Nno