-----ANOTHER LAWRENCE OPEN MIC---------

FUERZA! 

  Mixed...Spanish/English Cultura and language!
  young (but open)
  ....a bit more slam-style....so bring your throat drops!
So FAR:
   WED  DECEMBER  13th .... 6pm
   WED  JANUARY (2018)  17th .... 6pm

At.....Lawrence MA Public Library,

  For more information please contact
  Yaneris Collado @ 978-208-9843 or
   colladoyaneris@gmail.com

-----------IMMINENT HOOT!-------------------

We will have two featured poets and an open mic
   at the December 12, 2017 Frost Hoot.
    (at Cafe Azteca, 7pm--9pm ,
     180 Common St, Lawrence, MA 01840)

Here are the bios of the featured readers:

Gayle C. Heney is a former North Andover 2-term Poet Laureate.
She is the award winning producer and host of the TV series
Write Now. She is the editor of the poetry anthology Songs
from the Castle’s Remains and Lois Sargent’s Leaf Sorrow
Tree Strong, which will be published by early 2018. Her poems
have appeared in Moments Falling Open, MethuenLife, The
Underground Movement, and Northern Essex Community College’s
Peace Poetry Contest chapbooks. Gayle Heney has taught poetry
at the Peabody Essex Museum, libraries, senior centers,
schools, Essex Art Center, Rolling Ridge Conference Center,
 Salem Arts Festivals, retirement communities,
  Cape Ann Museum and MA Poetry’s Student Day of Poetry.


A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Joy Gonsalves
earned a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the
University of Florida and spent the first few years
of her career teaching Introduction to Literature,
Poetry, and Composition at various schools and universities,
including our own Northern Essex.  She is the recipient of
an Individual Artist Grant from the KY Foundation for Women,
a Walker Scholarship from the Fine Arts Work Center in
Provincetown, and a Cave Canem (pronounced KAH-ve KAH-nem)
felllowship.  Her poems have appeared in Verse, Mosaic,
The Independent, Crab Orchard Review, and other journals.
A wife and mother of three children, Joy currently
homeschools her two youngest.  She will be reading
from a series of poems inspired by her childhood,
 which is the setting for her first (and forthcoming)
  full-length collection. 


Remaining time will be divided for the open mic quantity,
   and we will be trying out a timer to assure that
   run-ons don't wipe out our time for announcements.

See you there!

---------LOCAL POETRY PUBLISHERS AND SHOPS----------------

On the holidays, don't forget to get paper treats or treat yourself!


Haverhill:    PEAR TREE PUBLISHING
              20 South Porter Street
             Haverhill, MA 01835
             http://www.peartreepublishing.net/
               ....book publishing for authors

Haverhill:  ANABIOSIS PRESS , journal Albatross
          (environmentally-oriented poetry, publishing)
         http://www.anabiosispress.org/index2.html
         rsmyth@anabiosispress.org
       
Andover:  Andover Book Store
         74 Main St, Andover, MA 01810

Lawrence:   El Taller  (en Engles: The Workshop)
             Cafe featuring a menu of coffee, breakfast,
            sandwiches & Mexican fare, plus shelves of books.
             275 Essex St, Lawrence, MA 01840
            (Cuisine is fresh modern Mexican...yum)

----DECEMBER GOINGS ON-----------------------



-------------In the All-Literation Nation-----------------

DECEMBER  4th, GREY COURT POETS
            At the Nevins Library , 7PM-9pm
            Read 1 poem and bring 12 copies for others to comment on
           (or just come and see)

DECEMBER 12th ,    FROST HOOT
      At Cafe Azteca in Lawrence MA, 7PM--9pm
      Features:    Gayle Heney   and Joy Gonsalves

DECEMBER 17th,  MERRIMAC MIC
     In the Merrimac Public Library, 10:30am  (Sunday)

( Tuesday4Poetry will resume in January)
      At the N.Andover Public Library , 7-9pm

(Haverhill River Bards events resume in March)



--------------------Nearby Towns------------------

(Powow River readings resume in January: see 2018 schedule below)

David Davis / Joppa Flats reading ...

Joppa Flats Audubon Center at 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, Massachusetts.

(3rd Saturdays , 6-8 pm)
 Zumi's Espresso
40 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938

----------------ATTENTION: MANY SCHEDULED EVENTS----------------

Busy weekend...
At Merrimac Mic Today:


Folks are circulating alright!
    attendees from the Haverhill scene, some Powows, some
    from Amesbury, Andover, and the Merrimac area were there.


------upcoming Events to report

------Got a Powow River Poets Reading Schedule from Toni Treadway
     (all events at Newburyport Public Lib, 94 state st, at 3pm)
    --Jan.13: C.O'Carrol + D.Davis      --March 3: J.Matos + RP Espaillat
    --May12: N.Shapiro + D.Kimball    --Jun.2: F.Osen + M.Cantor
    --Sept.8: C.Chandler + J.Najarian  --Oct.13: celebrating X.J.Kennedy

-----Schedule Firming up for Haverhill River Poets
     (all at 7pm, BattleGrounds, 39 Washington St, Haverhill, MA )
      ----March 23rd , April 6th , May 4th , June 15th)
         (features not settled yet)

----- At the Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main Street:
        Nov 28   6:00 PM Poetry Open Mic Night

----Art&Poetry by Ann McCrea will be at the Tiny Gallery,
     Newburyport UU Church, Dec.10th, 12-4pm (reception)
     collages/ornaments/cards/books/haiku+collages



-----Tuesday4Poetry is coming up, at the North Andover
      Public Library, 7pm, November 28th...(4th tuesday)



--------------AND------------------------
Tell a friend, wake the kids, and phone the neighbors!
The Robert Frost Poetry contest is on until
     February 15 (2018)  !
See guidelines at:
    https://robertfrostcontest.blogspot.com/
Most importantly, this is a mail-in....no submishmash or other way,
   just paper and envelopes....so read the directions,
   and bring out your best.

-------DECEMBER HOOT SOON-------RIVER BARDS RESTARTS MARCH---------

New on the Newsline:

.................
......Went to the Powow River reading way out in Neburyport.
A bit far afield but a great event.
Deborah Warren was as quick-witted as ever, and
Juster was quite the character.   I didn't have time to do
a poetry/music sync-up with Warren's "Elizabeth's Dress"
and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky", but I did have a lot of fun with
my "Ode To A Falling Tree" and Jan Hanford's "Delirious".
The next Powow reading will be January 13th, 3pm,
    at the Newburyport Public Library..............


..........Heard from   Tom Wylie   
that the River Bards will be running the next series
of features/open-mics in Haverhill starting in March!
  He's still working out the features..........


.......Reminder:  tomorrow morning (11/19/2017, 10:30am)
    there will be another Merrimac Mic in the Merrimac Mass.
    Public Library.  Bring your rain hat and a smile.....
    ....snack donations for the snack table welcome.....little waters, too........

.....Tuesday4Poetry will be on the 4th Tuseday, November 28th, at 7pm,
      in the North Andover Public Library...all open mic!

.....The next Frost hoot is December 12th, at 7pm,
     at Cafe Azteca in Lawrence, MA
     We may need to control the time more tightly at the open
      mic....I believe the last open mic reader used up more
      time than the featured poet.  Almost ran out our time and
      nearly blocked final announcements.    It will be tighter if we have two features.

---LAST RIVER BARD SHOW FOR A WHILE-----


Charles Coe  was an awesome feature.
We got the open mic underway while he was lost in Haverhill...
He made up ground quckly, with awesome recollections,
some blues singing, and even playing (one of many) 
his didgeridoo !    There were spirited and heartfelt pieces
all around, and it was a family thing at times.
There was a little tike dancing to the didgeridoo,
a group of high-schoolers, a sing-a-long where I got to do
a Beatles accent thing, Some folk playing by Susan (ne) LaFortune's
new husband, and maybe a convert to visit the Grey Court Poets.
(coming up this coming Monday!)

There will be a gap, and they will start things up in spring some time,
Tom Wylie tells me.   Maybe they can get some hosts to share the duty
sometimes, make a monthly thing of it.
Tom seemed excited about maybe  having a combined-groups activity
   some day.  Haverhill might be a good option, since there is an active
   night scene and some community arts space coming on line...

----REMINDER: ROBERT FROST PRIZE: POETRY COMPETITION----

Wake the kids!   Phone the Neighbors!   Dot your eyes and tees!

Still open November, December, and into January:

FROST_PRIZE_RULES_HERE

----NOVEMBER 2017 NO.ESSEX SUMMARY!----------------------

What's coming right up ?    Check it out....


FRIDAY...NOV.3...
.AT BATTLEGROUNDS IN HAVERHILL...7pm
Tom Wylie says...Charles Coe is the feature...and there is the usual open mic..

MONDAY....NOV.6 
(FIRST MONDAYS)...NEVINS LIBRARY...METHUEN...7pm
....Grey Courts Poets....read your poem and share critique....

TUESDAY....NOV.14th...
   (2nd Tuesdays)...CAFE AZTECA...LAWRENCE...7pm
....Frost Hoot, feature: Jennifer Jean (pronounced 'jawn', Cajun-style)...
...and open mic.

SUNDAY, NOV. 19th   (correct?.....to dodge the holiday?)
, .MERRIMAC MIC Sun 10:30 AM EST · 56 W Main St, Merrimac, MA

TUESDAY, NOV. 28th, 
      Tuesday4Poetry,  No. Andover Public Library, 7PM    


------------------------------------------
A little further down the road:

Next Powow River readings: Nov. 18: Michael Juster and Deborah Warren
Exact Details not given at official site...says to contact them for details:
ASK_POWOWS_FOR_DETAILS 


Ipwich Poetry Group usually has open mics at Zumi's Coffee Shop in Ipswich
but I cannot see a Nov.2017 event yet.    Monitor their site; 
IPSWICH_POETRY       or could someone 
please send me information (at frostnewsline@gmail.com) ?    

-------------THE IMPORTANCE OF MARK SCHORR---------

It was great to see the plaque to Mark Schorr
being dedicated at the Lawrence Public Library,
and to see Natalie Schorr's appreciation of all
the people in the room.

The thing is, most of the people in the room have,
over the years, received Mark's direct personal
interest, support, consolation and consultation, as citizen poets.
This is in the true spirit of the 'hoots' he loved so much.

Whether it was helping many of us
'involuntary/natural' poets on making our books, or
cajoling various people to step through the fear and
write and stand and present,
or shuttling and phoning around to promote poetry
in general,  he was developing just about everyone.

You can't teach or mentor a poet per se;
you have to take an interest in what gets each one going,
what they need and when, and wait for the harvest.
I was fumbling around for words like 'father' or 'friend'
or 'leader', but nothing quite fit.  I like to think that
he was a "gardener", and I try (in my own way)  to
do something like that live, to spur on the flavors I find
 at the hoots.  People find themselves, and explain themselves,
 at this events and through poetry. There is some ancient purpose.

So...it's no wonder Natalie was lifted a bit by all of us
at the Frost ceremony and reading....
She was looking out across a garden Mark tilled and fed.
We personally grow on poetically, to this day.

So, even though I develop my own sometimes crazy flavors,
I am always thinking of how to make hoot events about
you, whoever you are, and how we can find the best
you've got.  The "All Literation Nation" idea adds the concept
that we can all move around and spur each other on.

Refining the discovery and expression of true, original,
deep thoughts has never been more important than now.
What Mark Schorr did for all of us should happen so much more
often everywhere. People running events  all around us
can be gardeners, too.  They already know the awesome
characters and words that show up on their shores.

Maybe this was the rich village life talking around the fire
that we are missing these days...people growing each other.
It all starts with taking a personal interest in our neighbors,
if Mark's example holds true. Poets are needed now, not to
forget all Mark's past activism.
Let's grow a nation.

  ----JK , 2017

-----------------COMMUNITY READ, READERS---------------

The Robert Frost Foundation
Will be having a community read at:

   Lawrence Public Library
   51 Lawrence Street,
     Lawrence, MA

October 27th , 7:00 PM

In the library's first floor auditorium.
   Community artists and leaders will share poetry that points the way,
     that answers the question,   that tickles the funnybone
    or makes you tap your feet.
Admission is free.

READERS

Leida Mane, Lawrence High School
James Mora, Lawrence High School

Karen M. Kline, former Poet Laureate, No. Andover
Jessica Valentin, Lawrence Public Library
Yulissa Nunez, Lawrence High School
Renee Hopkins, Lawrence Arts House
Joe Andrade, of MArket Basket
Linda Flahrety Haltmier, Poet Laureate of  Andover
Susan Smith, Robert Frost Foundation
Natalie Schorr, Phillips Academy Emerita
Doug Lowney, Real estate appraiser
Phil DeCologero Pres. of N. Andover city council
Amita Kiley, Lawrence History Center
Harry Durso, Andover HS emerita
Jurg Siegenthaler, Community Activist
Marie Petto, Animal Control Officer, North Andover
Jessica Sanchez, Executive Director, Robert Frost Foundation

Kenadine - Poets Laureate, North Andover,
with the N. Andover Center for the Performing Arts Tap Team

----GREAT STUFF AT Tuesday4Poetry--------------------------------------

Fun open mic in the N.Andover library tonight...

Mark Bohrer, Gayle Heney, Ken D., myself, Helena Minton, Geoffrey,
   Doug Lowney (hes rotating stock...different ones tonight than at Merrimac,  and more...

I got more practice on the "All Literation Nation" rap,
and revived "Neon Love" to warm up for tomorrow's
   to-do at Merrimack College  (Rogers Center,  12:30 pm).

Reminder:  This Friday (10/27) in the Lawrence Public Library
6:30 : dedication to Mark Schorr, 3rd floor, in the Frost Room
7:00 : The annual community read  (luminaries reading favorites or their own,
                 a Kenadine Jazz Fantasia tapdance students show!)

---JK

---------AND ON TO THE MERRIMAC MIC!--------------------------

The most far-flung corner of the All-Literation Nation,
but surprisingly quick to get to.   I went to the open mic today
 (Sunday) at the Merrimac Public Library, 10:30am..
Just past Haverhill on 495, Rte.110 ...3 miles or so...and there you are.
Isabel VanMerlin says the November and December open mics will be
  3rd Sundays, not 4th Sundays, so as to avoid clashing with the holidays.

Quite an assortment of talent, including 3 Powows (from Newburyport)
Here is their schedule:
2017_POWOW_POETS
They have readers any a limited open mic (10 poets)..
The readers in November are:
Nov. 18: Michael Juster and Deborah Warren

I got to do my "All Literation Nation" rap again, and I tossed in
an impromptu/ad-hoc piece with audience call-n-response called
"I'm On My Way, But I'm Not There Yet", riffing on Isabel's message
 to the early birds.  That was a lot of Existential fun.  There was some
  awesome high eloquence, philosophy, and a great quasi-rabbinical piece.
  Given the awesome acoustics, high rafters, Sunday timing, and food treats,
  it was almost like "Sunday got ta meetin' time"......
  And Doug Lowney was another waderer there.....as usuall, quite entertaining.

 
COMING RIGHT UP:    Tuesday4Poetry, this tuesday, 7pm !!!
    (thanks for reminding me Gayle ....  my calender didn't have it yet)

And...I have to whip up audio loops for Wednesday's performance of
   "Neon Love"  (to be added to the All-Literation rap) at 12:30 Wednesday
   , Merrimac College (N.Andover) .    CJ will be there, and Gayle, but not sure
    who else.  Dang, that's a big stage!

---JK

-----------------------------------

You can comment, by the way, without signing into anything.

It doesn't appear right away, but I moderate it.....to eliminate...Nigerian lawyers,
  Moldovan Brides, Indian virus spammers, Russian trolls....that sort of thing)...

I'm hoping to run a few contests with that....
C'mon....it's easy...it's just a blog!   You might have to recognize street signs
   or words in a Captcha pop-up....that's all.


--------------------------
ALSO:
      I got a flyer from AMESBURY_POETRY_NIGHT....
      Last Tuesdays of the month..
      It's at the AMESBURY_PUBLIC_LIBRARY
...but Wednesday this time around:
      They have a feature: Son Rivers, Wednesday, Oct 25, at 6pm
     ......
-----------------------------------


---------------------------

------------------GREAT TIMES AT HAVERHILL/BATTLEGROUNDS!------------------

Had a great time at the Haverhill River Bards,
listening to Tin Cremins read and doing
the "All Literation Nation"  rap/po to help
embrace Haverhill into this little 'local nation'

---------------------------------------
I ran into Richard Smyth of
   Anabiosis Press (in Haverhill),
who has a journal and a chapbook contest there.
Here are the links to help you visit:

WHAT_IT_IS_GUIDELINES/CONTENT

(there is a nature connection)

AN_ISSUE_OF_ALBATROSS

CHAPBOOK_CONTEST

-----------------------------------------

I'll be doing a literal/entertainment feature at Maerrimac College this

    coming Wednesday ..... C.J.Mose will be there too.

  I'm hoping to revive my audience-volunteer special poem/music looper

    "NEON LOVE" .... featuring notes by "Beach House"...

   If you haven't heard them, here are a couple of their "Dream Pop" style songs:

BH_10_MILE_STEREO

BEACH_HOUSE_SPACE_SONG

BEACH_HOUSE_BEYOND_LOVE 

....great stuff to inspire some writing...

   

--------NORTH ESSEX  ALL - LITERATION  NATION!-------------------




A collection of hoots, open-mics, events, and critique groups
   that often share faces  from within a convenient drive:

Haverhill: 
               Creative Haverhill /  River Bards features+open mics
Check them out at:
       https://www.facebook.com/Creative-Haverhill-114502241966463/
        https://www.facebook.com/BattleGroundsCoffee/
       (RIVER BARDS FEATURE/OPEN-MIC)  https://www.facebook.com/events/1259088164237632/
Coming up:   
     7pm feature (Tim Cremins) and open mic at BattleGrounds, October 20th, 2017

-----------------------------------------------------------
Lawrence: 
            Robert Frost Foundation Events + Hoots
            Hoots on 2nd Tuesdays, 7pm, at Cafe Azteca 
Check them out at:
          https://www.facebook.com/RobertFrostFoundation
           https://frostnewsline.blogspot.com/
           (poetry competition!)  https://robertfrostcontest.blogspot.com/
           https://www.facebook.com/TheCafeAzteca/

-----------------------------------------------------------
Merrimac:
         Merrimac Mic ,  open mic
        4th Sundays , 10:30am , Merrimac Public Library, Merrimac, MA
  Check them out at:
        https://www.facebook.com/merrimacmic/
-----------------------------------------------------------
Methuen:
            The Grey Court Poets .....meet/read/critique/workshop
            1st Mondays, at 7pm, Nevins Library, Methuen, MA
Check them out at:
         https://www.facebook.com/GreyCourtPoets/
-----------------------------------------------------------
North Andover:
         Tuesday4Poetry, all open mic plus Kenadine performances!
          4th Tuesdays , 7pm, Stevens Library, North Andover, MA
Check them out at:
         https://www.stevensmemlib.org/
-----------------------------------------------------------


SEND YOUR NEARBY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO:
                                    frostnewsline@gmail.com


CHECK FOR NEARBY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT:
                                     frostnewsline.blogspot.com

-----------------COMMUNITY READ---------------

The Robert Frost Foundation
Will be having a community read at:

   Lawrence Public Library
   51 Lawrence Street,
     Lawrence, MA

October 27th , 7:00 PM

In the library's first floor auditorium.

   Community artists and leaders
will share poetry that points the way,
     that answers the question,
    that tickles the funnybone
    or makes you tap your feet.

Admission is free.

----2018 Robert Frost Poetry competition has begun!----

To enter, check this out:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES

Poems should be postmarked  between
                  September 1 (2017) and  February 15 (2018)
                   to be considered for the yearly award.


History of the Frost Prize:


Frost Foundation Poetry Prize: history

2016. [ No competition]
2014. "Roadsiding Hay" by Franklin Zawacki
2013. "November Guest" by Alfred Nicol
2012. [No competition this year.]
2011. "Constellation" by Sally Albiso
2010. "The Great Disappointment" by Adam Tavel
2009. "Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle
2008. "Double Wedding Ring" by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck
2007. "Henry Jones of Wales" by Barbara Adams
2006. [poem] by Rob Smith
2005. "The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body" by Susan Somers-Willett
2004. "To do to Beans" by Megan Grumbling
2003. "Aristaeus" by Ned Balbo
2002. "Sheepdog Trials at Bleanau Feistenog" by Deborah Warren
2001. "First Light" by Vivian Shipley
2000. "Overheard" by Len Krisak
1999. "Echolation" by Diane Thie
1997. "Visiting Frost's Grave" by Patricia Fargnoli

.......UPDATE ON THE  RIVER BARDS..........
   
 at   Battle Grounds Coffee Company,
39 Washington street, Haverhill, Massachusetts 01832

I went to the event ( Friday, September 29th,  from 7pm to 9pm..
Awesome....very nice Coffee shop, right on the main drag in Haverhill,
     good PA equipment and hosting, some great local flavor, and some
     familiar faces were there ...T.Cremin and S.Lafortune..
I had heartburn when I got there, and their
      whole-wheat / ricotta / crisp-pear-slice / honey open sandwich
       was a miraculous fix.....they have various pastries and treats there.  

Richard Smyth is rallying the series.  They don't have a regular monthly
     schedule, there are two more in this series!

OCTOBER 20th, another reading/open-mic, featuring our friend
     Tim Cremins  (also at the Battle Grounds, a peacable place)

NOVEMBER 3rd another reading/open-mic, featuring   Charles Coe
     (also at the Battle Grounds)



--------------------------"
The River Bards are back with three events this fall
 at our favorite downtown coffee joint!
 Come down to Battle Grounds Coffee Company on
 Friday, September 29th to hear our featured poet,
 Elizabeth Wolf! After Elizabeth's segment, 
the mic will open up to anyone else who would like to share.
 All ages/abilities welcome! Sign ups are first come first
 served on the night of the event. Readings should be limited to 3-5 minutes each.
---------------------------"

RIVER_BARDS_FACEBOOK

Other important Frost / nearby / Internet links:



FROST_AT_WILLIAMS
   (Williams College / Prof. Stephen F. Brumberg   on Rodert Frost:)
    ...some fascinating philosophy and politics from the poet's POV!
   FROST_WILLIAMS_TUTORIAL
   (more and more interesting)
Thanks, Karen K!


And we have the first web interlink across the continent,
    Rick Lupert's organization in LA!
 A rather large and well-run place, with weekly call-ins, podcasts,
   a huge contest with sponsors...awesome.
RICK_LUPERT   <---Yes, it even has some wresting with the Torah!
PSH_CONTEST_HUB   <----the PSH prize hub
POETS_OF_THE_WEEK    <----and a feature for their busy crowd!
Thanks, Rick!

You can also see the Frost Competition in the grand list
    of writing contests at New Pages:

GRAND_CONTEST_LIST

2018 Robert Frost Poetry competition has begun!

To enter, check this out:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES

Poems should be postmarked  between
                  September 1 (2017) and  February 15 (2018)
                   to be considered for the yearly award.


History of the Frost Prize:


Frost Foundation Poetry Prize: history

2016. [ No competition]
2014. "Roadsiding Hay" by Franklin Zawacki
2013. "November Guest" by Alfred Nicol
2012. [No competition this year.]
2011. "Constellation" by Sally Albiso
2010. "The Great Disappointment" by Adam Tavel
2009. "Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle
2008. "Double Wedding Ring" by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck
2007. "Henry Jones of Wales" by Barbara Adams
2006. [poem] by Rob Smith
2005. "The Effects of Light on a Woman's Body" by Susan Somers-Willett
2004. "To do to Beans" by Megan Grumbling
2003. "Aristaeus" by Ned Balbo
2002. "Sheepdog Trials at Bleanau Feistenog" by Deborah Warren
2001. "First Light" by Vivian Shipley
2000. "Overheard" by Len Krisak
1999. "Echolation" by Diane Thie
1997. "Visiting Frost's Grave" by Patricia Fargnoli

---------tbd---------------

--OTHER POETRY ORGANIZATIONS--


Mass Poetry:
This is a busy organization run mainly out of Salem and Boston Mass.
MASSPO
They have a yearly festival in May, in Salem:
MASSPO_FESTIVAL
....and keep an extensive list of events statewide..
MASSPO_STATE_EVENTS


With the many colleges in Worcester, the local scene
is quite busy, with hundreds of open mics per year.
Here is one local organization:
W_C_P_A
Their contests require local current or former residence:
WCPA_CONTESTS
MAny open mics are listed individually, but here are a few:
WCPA_VENUES

There is a lot of activity around the Colleges near
Northampton Mass:
NORTHAMPTON_PO
AMHERST_PO_FESTIVAL
UMASS_MFA


Newburyport is a busy hub:
NBPT_EVENTS
And is home to the Powow River Poets:
POWOWS

Porstmouth NH has the busy hoot the Frost hoots were modeled after:
PORSTMOUTH_HOOTS

-----FROST/NEARBY VIDEO----

FROST_READING

PILAR_QUINTANA_2011

MARK_SCHORR_ON_PROSE_POEMS


MATT_K_TACKLE_BOX

JIM_K_ROAM


FROST_READS_AFTER_APPLE_PICKING

JANUARY_ONEIL_2017

ROAD_NOT_TAKEN_HDFROST_RECITAL_2016_WETHERBEE_POETRY_BEE

AWESOME_SAGE_DOES_STOPPING_BY_THE_WOODS

MEGAN_GRUMBLING_ANNOUNCES_2009_PRIZE

RAY_LANDRY_PEAPOD_MAGIC


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---LOCAL HISTORICAL POETS--

More On Robert Frost  (Lawrence, Methuen, Londonderry, NH and Francinia, NH):

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Anne Bradstreet, the first great American poet (March 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672)
    ...by a long shot!
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John Geenleaf Whittier (assoc: Haverhill)
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--BOOKS BY LOCAL POETS--

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Linda Flaherty Haltmaier:
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Matt Kraunelis:

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Susan Lafortune:
TALKING_IN_MY_SLEEP

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GREY COURT POETS:
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Jim Knowles:
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NIGHTHAWKS
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(Robert Frost , Emily Dickinson , Adelaide Crapsey , Jim Knowles)


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Helena Minton:
RAINCOAT_COLORS

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Tim Cremins:
THE_WAY_YOU_RUN_IN_DREAMS

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Kathleen Aponick:

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The Write Group:

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-----REGULAR NEARBY  EVENTS-------


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NAME:        Robert Frost Hoot
LOCATION:  Cafe Azetca , 180 Common Street ,  Lawrence , MA
PATTERN:            Second Tuesdays,  September thru Jume, skip December :  7pm
DATE EXAMPLES:
       Septemberr 12,2017
       October 10, 2017
       November 9, 2017
       January 9, 2018
       February 13, 2018
       March 13, 2018

       April 10, 2018
       May 8, 2018
       June 12, 2018
WHAT IS IT?:   Featured Reader Plus open microphone
LINKS:   SOMOS_LAWR
               cafe_azteca
               FROST_FACEBOOK  
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NAME:   Grey Court Poets
LOCATION:   Nevins Library, 305 Broadway, Methuen MA 01844
PATTERN:   First Mondays , all year , 7pm

DATE EXAMPLES:
    October 2 , 2017
    November 6 , 2017
    December 4, 2018
    January 1, 2018
    February 5, 2018
WHAT IS IT?:    Poetry  Share/Read/Critique  workshop
LINKS:   NEVINS_LIB , GREY_COURTS ,
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NAME:   Tuesday 4 Poetry
LOCATION:  Stevens Memorial Library , 45 Main St., North Andover
PATTERN:    Forth Tuesdays , all year
DATE EXAMPLES:
      September 26 , 2017
      October 24 , 2017
      November 28 , 2017  (check)
      December 26 , 2017   (check)
      January 23, 2018
      February 27 , 2018
WHAT IS IT?:    Open Hoot , Readers have 5 minutes each
LINKS:  STEVENS_LIB , STEVENS_FACEBOOK

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NAME: Merrimack Mic
LOCATION:  Merrimack Public Library, 56 W Main St, Merrimac, MA
PATTERN:  4th saunday of the month , 10:30am
DATE EXAMPLES:
    Sept. 24 , 2017
    Oct 22, 2017
    Nov 26 , 2017
    Dec 24, 2017 (call/check)
    Jan 28 , 2018
 WHAT IS IT?:  Sometimes a feature, always an open microphone
LINKS:
MERR_MIC_FACEBOOK
MERRIMACK_LIB


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NAME:  Ipswich Poetry Open Mic
LOCATION:  40 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938  ,  6-8pm
PATTERN:   Third Saturdays
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:   Feature and poetry open mic
LINKS:
ZUMIS_COFFEE_HOUSE


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NAME:   Frost Farm Poetry
LOCATION:  
PATTERN:122 Rockingham Rd (Rt. 28), Derry, NH.
DATE EXAMPLES:   Asst:   (see links)
WHAT IS IT?:   featured readers
LINKS:
READING_SERIES
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NAME:
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PATTERN:
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----EVENTS ARTHER AFIELD-------------

(poetry events from now to haloween 2017)


Subject: poetry readings thru Halloween [7]
From our friend

Daniel Bouchard
Senior Production Coordinator                        
The MIT Press Journals                       
One Rogers Street
Cambridge MA 02142-1209

bouchard@mit.edu

To wit:

Thursday, September 14, 7 pm
Caroline Smith
Grolier Book Shop
Plympton Street
Cambridge


Saturday, September 16, 2 - 5 pm
Regie Gibson and Leylani Moniz
Brockton Library Poetry Series
Driscoll Gallery, Main Branch
Brockton Public Library
204 Main Street
Brockton


Saturday, September 16, 3 - 5 pm
Wendy Sloan and James B. Nicola
Powow Poetry reading series
Newburyport Public Library
94 State Street
Newburyport


Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Louise Berliner, Zachary Bos, Lucinda Bowen, Polly Brown, Heather Corbally Bryant, Helen Marie Casey, David Davis, Linda Fialkoff, Lynn Horsky, Terry House, Lawrence Kessenich, Joan Kimball, William Lenderking, Moira Linehan, Greg Loweberg, Deborah Melone, Franny Osman, Dawn Paul, Cheryl Perreault, Mary Pinard, Joanne DeSimone Reynolds, Susan Edwards Richmond, Hilary Sallick, Georgia Sassen, bg Thurston
Plein Air Poetry Walk
Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio
38 Eldridge Rd
Harvard


Sunday, September 17, 2 pm
Natalie Shapero and Dan Tobin
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline


Tuesday, September 19, 7 – 8:30 pm
Arvind Mehrotra
Poetry Center
Smith College, Northampton


Tuesday, September 19, 7 pm
Richard Waring, Ben Berman, and Clara Silverstein
Newton Free Library
330 Homer St.
Newton


Thursday, September 21, 5:30 pm
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Saturday, September 23, 2 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Mattapoisett Public Library
7 Barstow Street
Mattapoisett, MA


Saturday, September 23, different times
3rd Annual New Hampshire Poetry Festival
readings, talks and workshops with Gregory Pardlo, Oliver de la Paz, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Michael Dumanis, Elizabeth Powell, Richard Waring, Eileen Cleary, Robbie Gamble, and Barbara Helfgott Hyett, and others
Manchester, NH


Sunday, September 24, 4 pm
Lisa Breger, Moira Linehan, Carla Schwartz, and others
Art on the Trails exhibit closing Ekphrastic Poetry Reading
Beals Preserve, Route 30 (opposite Chestnut St)
Southborough, MA


Sunday, September 24, 6:30-9 pm
Richard Waring, Charles Coe, David Gullette, and others
A Celebration of Leonard Cohen
In Song, Dance, & Poetry
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville


Monday, September 25, 12 pm
Joanna Klink and Monica Youn
Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University
Cambridge


Monday, September 25, 5:30 pm
Anne Waldman
Granoff Center
154 Angell St.
Providence


Tuesday, September 26, 7:30 – 9 pm
Jessica Jacobs and Nickole Brown
Alumnae House Conference Hall
Smith College, Northampton


Wednesday, September 27, 6:30 pm
Richard Hoffman, Fred Marchant, and Jill McDonough
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Kerri French, Jennifer Militello, and Sarah Sweeney
Trident Booksellers and Cafe
338 Newbury St.
Boston


Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm
Michelle Hoover, Patricia Horvath, and Sam Witt
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge


Thursday, September 28, 7 pm
Tribute to Marc Widershien
Music by D'Anna Fortunata, Greg Hall
Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic
120 Poplar Street
Roslindale


Thursday, September 28, 7:30 pm
Wendy Drexler and Susan Donnelly
Cervena Barva Press Studio
At The Arts for the Armory
Basement, Room B8
191 Highland Avenue
Somerville


Saturday, September 30, 9 am - 5 pm
4th Annual Haiku Gathering at Wild Graces
Featuring Stanford M Forrester, Jeannie Martin, Brad Bennett and Hannah Mahoney
Jamie Lowe on the Japanese Shamisen.
111 Nottingham Rd.
Deerfield, NH


Saturday, September 30, 4 pm
Jim Dunn and John Mulrooney
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge


Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Michael Holley, Gish Jen, Barbara Lynch, Stuart Weitzman, and Lawrence Summers.
introduced by Robert Pinsky
Favorite Poem Project Reading
Tsai Performance Center
685 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston University


Monday, October 2, 7 pm
Fran Lunney, Karen Sharpe, and Open Mic
Workshop for Publishing Poets: PoemWorks
Newtonville Books
10 Langley Rd.
Newton


Tuesday, October 3, 7 pm
Gail Mazur and Lloyd Schwartz
77 Nason St.
Maynard Public Library
Maynard


Wednesday, October 4, 7 pm
Susan Donnelly, Wendy Drexler, and Holly Guran
Suffolk University Poetry Center
73 Tremont Street
Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd floor
Boston


Wednesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.
Preston Hood and Dorothy Shubow Nelson
Gloucester Writers Center
126 East Main Street
Gloucester


Thursday, October 5, 5:30 pm
Frank Bidart
Moris Gray Poetry Reading
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Harvard University


Wednesday, October 11, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge


Thursday, October 12, 5:30 pm
Gregory Pardlo
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Thursday, October 12, 6 pm
Lillian Yvonne Bertram, Susan Barba, Michael Franco and Andrew K. Peterson Set Two (7:15pm): Adrienne Raphel, Jennifer Tseng, Jon Woodward and Carol Weston
Boston Originals Series
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge


Friday and Saturday, October 13-14
Forrest Gander, Cole Swensen, Evie Shockley, Simon Pettetk, Kate Rushin, Michael Heller, Pamela Stewart, Joseph Donahue, Timothy Liu, Basil King, Martha King, Gerrit Lansing, and Joseph Massey
First Annual Festival of Major American Poets
Pioneer Valley Poetry Productions, Inc.
Co-sponsored by the Amherst College English Department
Fayerweather Hall
Amherst College
Amherst


Saturday, October 14, 2 - 4 pm
Susan Donnelly, Miriam Levine, Steven Ratiner, Cathie Desjardins, Ruth Lepson, Julia Lisella, Kathleen Aguero, and Denise Bergman
Lyons Hearing Room (2nd floor)
Arlington Center for the Arts Open Studios
Arlington Town Hall
730 Mass Ave
Arlington


Saturday, October 14, 3 - 5 pm
The Powow River Poets celebrate Rhina P. Espaillat
Powow Poetry reading series
Old South Church
29 Federal Street
Newburyport


Sunday, October 15, 1 pm
Michael Daley, Kevin Gallagher, Gloria Mindock, Tim Suermondt, Susan Cook Thanas, and Pui Ying Wong
12th Poetry Showcase in conjunction with 50th Juried Annual Art Show
Plymouth Center for the Arts
11 North St
Plymouth


Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Kimiko Hahn and Krysten Hill
Brookline Poetry Series
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St.
Brookline


Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Robert Pinsky and Stephen Dobyns
introduction by David Blair
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Norman Fischer and Michael Franco
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville
$5


Monday, October 16, 7 pm
Nicole Terez Dutton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge


Monday, October 16, 8 pm
David Ferry
introduced by Gail Mazur
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Monday, October 16, 8 pm
John Skoyles and Matthew Olzmann
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
Fanny Howe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 56-154
Access via 21 Ames Street
Cambridge


Tuesday, October 17, 7 pm
David Blair, Fred Marchant, Dean Rader
Suffolk University Poetry Center
3rd Floor, Sawyer Library
73 Tremont Street
Boston MA


Wednesday, October 18, 2 pm
Jill McDonough
Campus Center Building - Café East
Middlesex Community College
591 Springs Road
Bedford


Wednesday, October 18, 6 pm
Filip Marinovich and Mitch Manning
Occupy Poetics: Reading and Activist Think-Tank
Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Room 330
Harvard University, Cambridge


Wednesday, October 18, 6:30 pm
Steph Burt and Dean Rader
Reading and Discussion
Cambridge Public Library Community Room
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Wednesday, October 18, 7 pm
Elizabeth Willis
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Thursday, October 19, 7 pm
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Thayer Public Library
798 Washington Street
Braintree, MA


Friday, October 20, 7:30 – 9pm
Robert Hass
Weinstein Auditorium
Smith College, Northampton


Saturday, October 21,
Georgia Sassen
Ancient and Contemporary Women of Harvard: Poems in their Voices
Sponsored by the Harvard Cultural Council
Harvard Public Library
5 Pond Rd
Harvard MA


Monday, October 23, 8 pm
Stuart Dischell and Kelle Groom
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Tuesday, October 24, 6 pm
Susan Howe and Susan Stewart
Introduction by Prof. Stephanie Sandler
Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library
Harvard University, Cambridge


Wednesday, October 25, 6 pm
Kathy Fagan
Rabb Room
Tufts University


Wednesday, October 25, 7 pm
Paul Keineg, with translations read by Rosmarie Waldrop
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Thursday, October 26, 6:30 pm
Myronn Hardy and Miller Oberman
Main Lecture Hall
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge


Thursday, October 26, 7:30 pm
Mark Doty and Tomas Unger
The Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Series
Photonics Center, 8 St Mary's St
Colloquium Room, 9th floor
Boston University
Boston


Saturday, October 28, 4 pm
Ben Mazer and Stephen Sturgeon
Outpost 186
186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Square, Cambridge


Sunday, October 29, 3 pm
Patricia Pruitt: A Celebration
with readings by Michael Franco, Ruth Lepson, Isabel Pinto Franco, Ros Zimmermann, Ed Barrett, Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, Lisa Bourbeau, and Ed Foster
The Press Room
90 Oxford Street
Somerville


Monday, October 30, 7 pm
Renee Gladman
McCormack Family Theater
70 Brown St.
Providence


Monday, October 30, 8 pm
Dennis Nurkse and Karl Kirchwey
Blacksmith House Poetry Series
56 Brattle Street
Cambridge
$5


Tuesday, October 31, 7:30 – 9 pm
Steve Bradbury
Helen Hills Hills Chapel Sanctuary
Smith College, Northampton






The 2017 Robert Frost Poetry Award competition has begun:

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