Poetry Rocks!

Poetry In Person - The Fall Season Begins. Readers will include -

Pat Mottola, CT Poetry Society President, is the recipient of the prestigious CSCU system-wide Board of Regents Outstanding Teacher Award in 2019, as well as the J. Philip Smith Outstanding Teacher Award in 2021. She has published two books of poetry and her work has appeared in many journals. Former editor of Connecticut River Review, she also mentors Afghan women writers, and teaches art and poetry to senior citizens.

Artist and poet Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is the author of two books of poetry. His honors include a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry, a St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award in Literature, and nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets anthologies.

Also featured is Tovah Oslovich. They are a senior at Rockville High School And Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Half-Day Program. Tovah is on the graphics team of Journey 75, and an apprentice at the Nook Farms Writing Collaborative with the Creative Youth Workforce.

There is also an Open Mic.

A $5 donation is appreciated. Masks are optional.

Poetry Rocks is sponsored by Arts Center East and private donations. For more info, please email pegideitzshea@aol.com or go to www.artscentereast.org.