Paul Richmond

Paul Richmond has been name Beat Poet Laureate of Massachusetts by the National Beat Poetry Foundation headquartered in Wolcott, Ct. for 2017 to 2019. In Sept, Paul will be named U S National Beat Poet Laureate for 2019 -2020. Paul's is best described as political, deadpan and wryly humorous delivered in his own style.

He has been called, Assassin of Apathy – power of words / humor - on the unthinkable, the unsolvable, to analyze to digest to give birth to creativity and hope

Richmond has performed nationally and internationally on stages from the Austin International Poetry Festival, in Austin TX, to Gödör Klubban at the Jazzköltexzeti est in Budapest, Hungry. His work has been published in four books, in journals, magazines, anthologies and poetry collections.

Richmond hosts and promotes monthly and annually spoken-word poetry events & festivals; the Greenfield Annual Word Fest(GAWFEST.org) many venues, writers, during the multiple day festival, now the Great Falls Word Festival, in Turners Falls, MA. and the “Word Stage,” at the North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival in Orange, MA, and Greenfield Third Tuesday.