Event
Riverwood Poetry Series
The series takes place in person on the second Wednesday of the month from September 2025 through May 2026. Each night typically begins with a poetry reading featuring regionally or nationally known poets, followed by an open mic featuring readers with one poem (one page).
Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways will host Michelle Phương Hồ and Scott Frey on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 7pm.
There will be an open mic this month for the first ten poets who sign up.
The authors’ books will be available for purchase during the book signing & conversation, and beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks will also be available for purchase.
Free admission. Bring a friend!
Ample parking is available at Real Art Ways.
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Michelle Phương Hồ is the author of Bone Symphony, forthcoming from BOA Editions in Fall 2026.
Her work appears in Nat Brut, Ninth Letter, Poetry, Volume, and elsewhere. It has been recognized with the 2024 Ninth Letter Literary Award in Poetry, the 2024 BRINK Literary Journal Award for Hybrid Writing, and the 2020 Frontier Poetry Industry Prize. She received her MFA in poetry from NYU.
Born to Vietnamese refugees, she lives in New Haven, CT, where she gathers writers and artists for workshops, readings, and meals.
Scott Frey is a poet and educator who grew up in Western Pennsylvania and lives in Granby, CT. His book, Heavy Metal Nursing, won the 2023 Tampa Review Prize for poetry. His hybrid chapbook, Strange Vigil, was a winner in the Black River Chapbook competition and is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press this fall, 2025.
His work has been featured in journals such as Passages North, Bellevue Literary Review, The Adroit Journal, and The Missouri Review, where he was awarded the 2023 Perkoff Prize for poetry.
He teaches English at Pine Meadow Academy in Windsor Locks, CT. He and his wife also run a non-profit charity, The Charlotte Frey Foundation, whose mission is to help children with multiple handicaps and life-threatening illnesses improve their quality of life.
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About Riverwood Poetry Series
The Riverwood Poetry Series, Inc. is a non-profit arts organization committed to promoting and appreciating poetry in Connecticut. RPS, Inc. is invested in providing entertaining and thought-provoking programming while responding to the needs of our neighbors through community outreach and collaboration.
From their Facebook page: “The Riverwood Poetry Series has innovated many programs since our inception, all free to the public. We provide entertaining and thought-provoking poetry in a relaxed atmosphere.”
