Slightly Off-Beat Poets 2024 Schedule & Locations
ROBERT EUGENE PERRY ORGANIZER/ EMCEE
ALL EVENTS ARE 1-4 PM ON SUNDAYS
DECEMBER 2023 WINTER BREAK
JANUARY 2024 WINTER BREAK
PLEASE BRING A SNACK TO SHARE & YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THE OUTDOOR EVENTS!
Donna Lange/ Brian Mosher 2/11/24
(Donna Lange’s house 59 Chase Road Thompson, CT (exit 50 off 395)
Steve Veilleux/ Robert Eugene Perry 3/10/24
(Steve Veilleux’s Home 112 Fabyan Woodstock Rd, N Grosvenordale, CT)
Tommy Twilight/ Fred Gerhard 4/14/24
(Steve Veilleux’s Home 112 Fabyan Woodstock Rd, N Grosvenordale, CT)
Curt Curtin/ Paul Szlosek/ Bill Tremblay 5/5/24 (1st Sun due to Mother’s Day)
(Deb Horan’s Backyard 15 Eddy St Webster, Ma)
Janet Aalfs/ Irena Kaci 6/9/24
(Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock, CT)
Eric Petersen (ESP)/ Robin Boucher 7/14/24
(Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock, CT)
Katie Elizabeth Walsh/ Tom Laughlin 8/11/24
(Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock, CT)
Joe Fusco/ Dina Stander 9/8/24
(Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock, CT)
Sara Letourneau/ Wayne-Daniel Berard 10/13/24
(Steve Veilleux’s Home 112 Fabyan Woodstock Rd, N Grosvenordale, CT)
Paul Richmond /Candace Curran (rescheduled 1st Sunday) 11/3/24
(Donna Lange’s house 59 Chase Road Thompson, CT (exit 50 off 395)
DECEMBER 2024 WINTER BREAK
JANUARY 2025 WINTER BREAK
Slightly Off-Beat Poets 2025 Schedule & Locations
ALL EVENTS ARE 1-4 PM ON SUNDAYS
Victor Infante/ Paul Szlosek 2/10/25
Karen Elizabeth Sharpe/ Michael Mcafee 3/9/25
Rebecca Hart Olander/ Mark Walsh 4/13/25
Karen Durlach/ Carlo Morrissey 5/4/25 (1st Sunday/ Mother’s Day)
Linda Wlodya/ Meg Smith 6/8/2025
TBA/TBA 7/13/25
TBA/TBA 8/10/25
Joshua Michael Stewart/ Nina Gross 9/14/25
TBA/TBA 10/12/25
TBA/TBA 11/9/25
DECEMBER 2025 WINTER BREAK
JANUARY 2026 WINTER BREAK
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BIOGRAPHY
Robert Eugene Perry is a native of Massachusetts, crafting poetry since the age of twelve. After much seeking and travelling he returned to his home state and discovered what it means to bloom where you are planted.
In 2007 he published his first novel Where the Journey Takes You, a spiritual allegory combining poetry and prose. This was followed by three collections of poetry: The Sacred Dance: Poetry to Nourish the Spirit in 2008, If Only I Were a Mystic, This Would All Come So Easy in 2011, and Surrendering to the Path released by Human Error Publishing in 2020, and Earthsongs a 50 poem/50 sketch collaboration with artist Ferol Anne Smith also released by Human Error Publishing in March 2022.
Perry hosted a poetry group for disabled individuals at the former New England Dream Center in Worcester MA, and has emceed the monthly Open Mic at Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster MA since May 2017.
He has had several poems published in Worcester Magazine (2021-2023), as well as Poetica Magazine’s Mizmor Anthology (2020), NatureCulture's Honoring Nature collection (2021), National Beat Poetry Foundation Remembering Jack Kerouac on His 100th Birthday (2022), Beat Style Love Poems (2023) and Natural Worlds (2023), Florence Poetry Society's Silkworm 16 (2023), Meat for Tea/The Valley Review's Boba Edition (2024), his poem Primal was a finalist in the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry, and his poem Heard Street/ Hadwen Park in Winter was a winner in the 2024 Poems in and out of Places sponsored by the Worcester County Poetry Association. His short story In the Company of Trees was published by WordPeace Journal (2021).
A metaphysical poet, he draws inspiration from nature endeavoring to reveal connections between our higher selves and the natural world. He is a devoted husband and father of two grown boys.