Join us as four regional poets present their work outside our new location, 72 East Main Street in Webster, to maintain social distancing. This event is free and the audience should bring their own chair. Refreshments will be available at the café and there will be an “open mic” slot after the intermission as time allows. To sign up, call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com.

Featured will be National Beat Poet Laureate for 2020, Paul Richmond. Richmond was Beat Poet Laureate for Massachusetts during 2017-2019, and he is a member of the political funkadelic band “Do It Now.” Candace Curran, twice named as Western Massachusetts Poets’ Seat Laureate, will also read, as will published author/poets Robert Eugene Perry of Dudley, and Woodstock resident Karen Warinsky. Warinsky was a finalist in the 2013 Montreal International Poetry Contest. Perry’s new book is titled “Surrendering to the Path,” and Warinsky’s is “Gold in Autumn.” Both are available at Booklovers’ Gourmet and signed copies will be available that evening.

Topics will include mid-life, nature, spirituality, politics and the humorous side of life. Richmond, Warinsky and Perry are all published authors through Human Error Publishing, and Ms. Curran is represented by Haley’s of Athol, MA.