-----------NORTH ESSEX ALL-LITERATION NATION-----FEB 2018 EVENTS---------

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Had a great January!   I got to bring the frog clickers to Fuerza (dry weather beat applause),
     and Isabell got an awesome PA system for the MAY ALL-LIT exent! The hoot went well
   and I got a great report on how the Powow reding went.
  Don't forget to check out the Frost Prize at:      https://robertfrostcontest.blogspot.com/
 Winners will be bally-hoo'd at the May 12th festival , among other features!
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So...to the FEB schedule:

GREY COURT POETS (share and comment on poems)
   MONDAY , FEB 5th , 7PM : METHUEN PUBLIC LIBRARY


FROST HOOT  (Feature:  J.D. SCRIMGEOUR) + (and open mic)
    Tuesday ,  FEB 13th , 7pm , at Cafe Azteca in Lawrence 

FUERZA (all open mic, genl.po and city beats)
   WEDNESDAY , FEB 21st , 6:30 (or a bit beyond) , LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY


MERRIMAC MIC (all open mic , partcipation trinket/prize!)
   SUNDAY , FEB 25th , 10:30am , MERRIMAC(MA)  TOWN LIBRARY


TUESDAY4POETRY (open mic ,  performance po. accents!)
   TUESDAY , FEB 27th , 7PM , NORTH ANDOVER PUBLIC LIBRARY


HAVERHILL RIVER BARDS  (they have Feb off)




-----------NEARBY FRIENDS' EVENTS-----------------------------------------

IPSWICH , at ZUMI's COFFEE SHOP, IPSWICH, MA  (open mic)
   SAT , FEB 17th , 6-8pm

POWOW RIVER READINGS (2 features, 10-person-limit open mic)
    (THEY HAVE FEBRUARY OFF)
    SATURDAY , 3PM , NEWBURYPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY

AMESBURY:   (can't find po events at Amesbury Library site:
                 can someone send info to frostnewsline.blogspot.com ?)


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I just got the arwork for the Facebook page from Jessica....looks nice!

----Reports------------

---The Friost Hoot this past tuesday was fun....
    Grey Court Poets were the feature, and there was still time for the open mic.
    There were a few tribtes to Mark Schorr,.
    I shoulda taken more notes.....Tom Wylie sets a good example as correspondent..



I have a report on Saturday's Powow reading from Tom Wylie, who also
   popped up for the first time at the Frost Hoot....
Due to the freezing water forecast, I chickened out, but Tom made it:

---- Tom says:---------------------------------------------------------------

Funny man poet Chris O'Carrroll  enthralled us with a dozen 

or more poems of an eclectic nature.  But all very funny!! 

 He began  with "again today," a sad yet humorous vignette about 

his mother's dementia, and his dealing with her complete inability to

 recognize him "again."  Then on to "Burn this Poem," 

"My Pussy Hat," "Father Willy," and a series of one liners in

 "Resolutions," on how to prepare himself for 2018.

   Really, a very poetic and entertaining reading.

And, he will be guest poet for the Haverhill River Bards on Friday, April 6th

David Davis, Poet in Residence at the Joppa Flats Audubon 

Center, read all of his short poems in his recently published 

"Joy Poems," after telling us it takes 18 minutes to read the book. 

 But each was slowly and beautifully delivered as he described his main

 companion, "Joy," as she accompanied him on his daily activities with 

a constant reminder to allow each day to have 5 full minutes of joy.

  Not 4:40, or 2:39, but a full 5 minutes.  Each short poem was 

in some small way connected to this goal, and part of his 20 year struggle 

with living and being treated for prostrate cancer. 

 Davis has a warm and inviting reading voice that filled the 

room with poetic enjoyment.

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Thanks, Tom!

A reminder:

    The Robert Frost Poetry Prize is still in play, with a deadline of March 15, 2018.

   details are all here:

FROST_PRIZE_RULES

----January 2018 Poetry Events in and near N. Essex All-Literation Nation-----------


---------------"In The Nation"-------------------


January 9, 7pm , Cafe Azteca, in Lawrence MA:   
 Frost Hoot
   ---Feature: the Grey Court Poets  --and-- an open mic


January 17, 6pm(things start a little later) Lawrence Public Library:
  Fuerza!
     ---All open mic , multi-lingual multi-style


January 23, 7pm , North Andover Public Library: 
  Tuesday4Poetry
    ----Open Mic , with performance poetry breaks


January 28, 10:30am , (town of)Merrimac Public Library:
    Merrimac Mic 
    ----Usually all open mic


-----------------nearby--------------------


Jan.13, 3pm , Newburyport Public Lib:
    Powow River Poets
    Features: C.O'Carrol + D.Davis
     Open-mic .... 10-person limit.



---JK