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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.   And, check us out on Facebook!


Next Poetry Hoot:  June 6 2012 7-9 pm
Kimberly Cloutier Green & Gerry Duffy
OPEN MIC:  please bring a poem (1 page) to read!


Ambushed by Poetry
: Brick Project  
Going on now through September in downtown Portsmouth!!
Project Overview

Read Article

Post on Project's Facebook page

Wish You Were Where postcard gallery
 

 

 

8th Portsmouth Poet Laureate

John-Michael Albert

Meet the Poet Laureate
John-Michael Albert's Web site
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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