----------------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    


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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) ?