Please note that face masks must be worn for the duration of the program.

Join us for an afternoon of poetry with the Powow River Poets! Readings are free, accessible, and open to the public. The poets reading this month are Chris O’Carroll and Al Basile. Come early to sign up for open mic!

Chris O’Carroll is author of The Joke’s on Me and the newly published Abracadabratude. He has been a Light magazine featured poet, and has poems in The Great American Wise Ass Poetry Anthology, among others. A member of Actor’s Equity, he has performed widely, doing everything from Shakespeare to stand-up comedy.

Al Basile is a songwriter, singer, and cornet player in the blues world, where he has 18 solo albums and 8 nominations for Blues Music Awards. He is a poet and playwright, with three books of poetry and several verse audio plays. His 2019 play Flash Blind won a silver award from the HEARnow national audio drama festival. He is the host of the online poets-in-conversation show Poems On.

Poets wanting to attend virtually should email the Powow River Poets at PowowRiverPoetsReadings@gmail.com by November 13th.

The Powow River Poets, based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, are active promoters of poetry in New England.