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).
Season Opener! Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways will host Sean Thomas Dougherty on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 7 pm.
There will be an open mic this month for the first ten poets who sign up.
The author’s books will be available to buy for book signing & conversation, and beer, wine, soft
drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase.
Bring a friend! Free of Charge. Ample parking is available at Real Art Ways.
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Sean Thomas Dougherty’s twenty books include The Dead are Everywhere Telling Us Things, winner of the 2021 Jacar Press Full Length Book Prize, and Death Prefers the Minor Keys from BOA Editions. His book The Second O of Sorrow (BOA Editions 2018) received both the Paterson Poetry Prize, and the Housatonic Book Award. His many awards include two Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Fellowships, the Established Artist Fellowship for Northwest Pennsylvania, a US State Department Fulbright Lectureship, and the James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review.
Dougherty teaches writing part-time for Western Connecticut State University’s Master of Fine Arts Program and works as a Med Tech and caregiver for people recovering from traumatic brain injuries in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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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.”
