We are continuing to plan this year’s poetry festival, and we have some exciting developments to share. Last year’s festival was exclusively in Lowell. This year we will not only have an even larger presence in Lowell, with more programs and activities and poems, but we are also planning kick-off events on the evening of Thursday, October 15 in Boston, Worcester, Amhearst, and the Berkshires. Then on Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17, everything shifts to Lowell for two exciting days of activity. On Sunday, October 18, there will be a closing event in Cambridge and possibly other locales. Join our email list or check back here for more details as we continue to develop the Festival schedule.
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POEM OF THE MOMENT:
by Frank Bidart
What none knows is when, not if.
Now that your life nears its end
when you turn back what you see
is ruin. You think, It is a prison. No,
it is a vast resonating chamber in
which each thing you say or do is
new, but the same. What none knows is...
Read the complete poem here.
Or hear Frank Bidart read Saturday afternoon at the festival in Salem.
Or study this poem as part of Common Threads--a National Poetry month celebration.
MORE ON THE MASS POETRY FESTIVAL
- Festival Announcements
- New Addition to Saturday Headliners
- The MPF Schedule of Events Is Now Online!
- The Festival Needs Your Help — Volunteer!
- Bidart, Collins and Dunn Headline Sunday Afternoon at MPF
- Small press fair: a place to discover and share
- Friday night headliners for MPF: Pinsky, Jackson and Dietz
- 2012 Massachusetts Poetry Festival–April 20-22
Local Poetry Events
- The Poetry Session At O'Shea's more » on May 17 2012 19:00
in 05:57 hours. - Greater Brockton Society For Poetry And The Arts more » on May 19 2012 14:00
in 2 days and 00:57 hours. - "The Mixi N' Music" more » on May 24 2012 18:30
in 7 days and 05:27 hours. - Poetry At The Main St Cafe more » on May 30 2012 18:30
in 13 days and 05:27 hours. - Poet's Corner Open Mic more » on May 31 2012 19:00
in 14 days and 05:57 hours.
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Food for Festival Thought: Stephen Dunn and Frank Bidart (Sunday Poets) on PingPong and Hollywood
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