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Read about her "Surprised by Joy" project
Photo by Don Clark/Seacoast Media Group Meet Elizabeth Knies Elizabeth Knies, current
Portsmouth Poet Laureate, is the author of The New Year and Other Poems;
Streets After Rain; From the Window; and White Peonies. She
taught ESL, writing, critical thinking and literature in New Hampshire, Maine,
Japan, Missouri, Colorado and Massachusetts, and has worked as a reviewer and an
editor. Her most enduring literary connection is with the Skimmilk Farm poets,
commemorated in Ken Browne’s documentary, “Mondays at Skimmilk: 30 Years of
Writers at Work.” She is currently developing her poet laureate project with
members of the PPLP board. |