Straw Dog Writers Guild is sponsoring a reading of Compass Roads on Thursday, May 24 at the Jones Library in Amherst, MA. Pioneer Valley Poets read poems about the Pioneer Valley. Join us.
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The Quabbin Writers Will Read Saturday in Amherst

The Quabbin Writers Salon will read on Saturday April 21 in the Amherst Room of the Jones Library in Amherst at 3 pm from their anthology, Microbursts. Come join us.
Mass Poetry “Poem of the Moment”
I am very grateful that Mass Poetry has used one of my poems for “Poem of the Moment.” It will be up until April 17. Check it out:
Join Straw Dogs Writers Guild at a Reading of Compass Roads on Sat. April 14 at 4 pm

From the Nicaraguan Poet Francisco de Asis Fernandez

Anunque el cuerpo se marchite
Hay un misterio que sobrepasa mi llanto y mi sobriedad.
¿Qué esconden las tinieblas? ¿Qué disrazan las sombras?
Cuando era niño lloraba
No entendia la noche
Que tiene un dulce aroma de tierra pisada por las pajaros,
Y ahora no entiendo la muerte,
Aunque sepa que es cuando la luz se abre en el infinito
Y los ojos dejan de llorar.
Although the body may fade
There is a mystery greater than my weeping and my sorrow.
What does darkness hide, what do shadows disguise?
When I was a boy I used to cry.
I did not understand night
With its sweet aroma of earth softly trodden by birds,
and now I do not understand death,
although I am aware that it is when light opens to infinity
and eyes cease weeping.
Festival Internacional de Poesia Grenada, Nicaragua Poetry is Alive and well in Central America
Quabbin Writers Salon Launches Microbursts in Easthampton




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Here’s our review from Steve Pfarrer in Hampshire Life:
http://www.gazettenet.com/Book-Bag-14133622
Look for more readings by this prolific group.
Quabbin Writers Launch Microbursts on December 9 in Easthampton
Joie us for the launch of Microbursts – the Quabbin Writer’s Salon’s Debut Anthology –
on Saturday, Dec. 9, 3:30 pm at White Square Books, 85 Cottage St., Easthampton, MA.
Epi Bodhi
D. Dina Friedman
Marianne Gambaro
Kathryn Holzman
Jane McPhetres Johnson
Eileen P. Kennedy
Maureen Solomon
Quabbin Writers Read at Great Rapids Spoken Word Festival last Saturday night
Great Falls Word Festival
The Quabbin Writers Salon of Western Massachusetts will read at the Great Falls Word Festival at 6:30 pm, Saturday, October 14 at the Harvest Restaurant in Turner’s Fall.
They are reading for the first time from their newly published Anthology, a collection of poetry and prose that explores nature, love and the labyrinths of lives fully lived. Members of the Quabbin Writer’s Group have published widely in literary magazines and books. but this is our first collaborative effort and include Epi Bohdi, D. Dina Friedman, Marianne Gambaro, Kathryn Holzman, Jane Johnson and Eileen P Kennedy. Join us for the reading and the rest of this wonderful festival, which will run October 12-15 in Turner’s Falls.






