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PPLP is a volunteer organization which is supported by your generous donations. Now, you can easily donate online by clicking on the button below!



 
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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.

Mark DeCarteret named seventh
Portsmouth poet laureate

PORTSMOUTH — A man well-known for his passion for teaching and writing poetry will be the city's seventh poet laureate. Mark DeCarteret will serve for the next two years as the public face of poetry in the community and create a project that supports the mission of the Poet Laureate Program, which is "building community through poetry." Read more here.

 

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 2009-2010 season begins at Cafe Espresso in Portsmouth. Keep writing poems & check the calendar page for other Hoot nights in the region.

 

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

 

We need your help
It’s that time of year again for the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program to embark on our annual appeal for donations. We thank all of our friends who have supported us in the past and hope you can support us again. Special thanks to those who tried to send us donations and had them returned due to a snafu at the post office. We appreciate your patience! The correct addresses to send donations is

Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program
PO Box 1196
Portsmouth, NH 03802

 

 

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