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The Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program is dedicated to building community through
poetry by appointing and supporting an outstanding local poet as Poet Laureate for the city, sponsoring events that feature area poets and authors from outside the New Hampshire
Seacoast, and encouraging a love of poetry among people of all ages.

The Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program presents a variety of events throughout the year;
readings, celebrations, publications. These events are announced in the Portsmouth Herald
and the WiRE Magazine.

Please Note:

Next Poetry Hoot:  Feb. 1, 2012 7-9 pm
Ayanna Gallant & McKendy Fils-Aime
OPEN MIC:  please bring a poem (1 page) to read!

Upcoming Events:
Mimi White @ Green Drinks: 1/19/12, 7pm
6:30 networking, 7 pm speaker
Two Ceres St.
Burning with the Word:  2/25/2012
A Seacoast celebration of contemporary black poets

Did You Miss 100K Poets for Change?
Check out these videos of local poets reading
 

Wish You Were Where postcard gallery
 

 

 

 8th Portsmouth Poet Laureate

John-Michael Albert

Where is the Poet Laureate reading?
Local Writers at the Local Buzz:  1/28/12, 4-5 p.m.
Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry reading
more info

Meet the Poet Laureate
"Albert Named New Portsmouth Poet Laureate"
Recent essay by John-Michael Albert in The Wire
 A Poem featured in BookNotes New Hampshire
Haiku Project

Previous laureates' information can be found at http://www.pplp.org/FormerPoets.htm      

 

Andrew Periale, who was named poet laureate of Rochester, N.H., in April 2008, reads his work during the open mic portion of the Poetry Hoot in March 2007. Poetry Hoots are held the first Wednesday of the month from September to June at Cafe Espresso in Portsmouth.

 

 

The Poetry Hoot
The Poetry Hoot 2011-2012 season takes place on the 1st Wednesday of each month from September 2011 through June 2012 at Cafe Espresso in Portsmouth. Keep writing poems & check the calendar page for other poetry events in the region.

 

Read Poems!  Poems from the Hoot -  Where we review poems by PPLP Poetry Hoot readers such as SL Manning and other local poets.

 

 

 

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