Thursday, November 1, 2018

---Merrimac Valley poetry, All-Literation Nation and nearby----



Nov. 2nd, 7pm , Battlegrounds Coffee, Haverhill MA: Haverhill River Bards
    (feature Charles Coe , and open mic)

Nov. 5th, 7pm, Methuen Public Library: Grey Court Poets
           (reading/tune-up group: bring 10 copies of your poem)

Nov. 13th, 7pm, Cafe Azteca, Lawrence MA: Frost Hoot
         ( Feature: Jennifer Martelli , and open mic )
A fascinating interview with Jennifer:   RUMPUS_INTERVIEW

Nov.18th, 10:30am, Merrimac(MA) Public Library,  Merrimac Mic
    (open mic)

Nov. 21st, 6pm, Lawence Public Library, Fuerza!
     (open mic,  w/street beats)


Nov.27th, 7pm, No.Andover Public Library (Stevens Memorial), Tuesday4Poetry
    (open mic)


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And Nearby:

Nov.10th, 3pm, Newburyport Public Library: Powow Poets, Celebrating X.J. Kennedy


Beat Night at Portsmouth Book & Bar @ Portsmouth Book & Bar
Nov 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Nov. 17th, 6pm,     Zumi's Expresso/Cafe, Ipswich, MA
      (open mic)

Nov.27th, Amesbury Public Library,  6:00-7:30 pm 
   (feature Michael Casey., and Open Mic)

-----------------Rants, Raves and Features!-------------------------------------------------

Elizabeth Wolf (the Rattle award-winning gatekeeper at Merrimac Mic)
 is waxing enthusiastic abou Chris Warner's poetry workshop,
first Saturday of each month, 12 noon, 1 Water St., Haverhill,
    (the Center For Mindfulness).... in the River's Edge Building


Gayle Heney has Produced a "No Gas Poetry" video
    for local cable, and it is available  on YouTube as well!:
To Wit:

CLICK_FOR_NO_GAS_POETRY!




--------------------To Fall-------------------------------------------

it's fall again:
     don't miss this change, the show
the black and white is yet to be
     but what was green before
 must go









...so

go now, and walk beneath the cobalt skies
...hear winds among
    the husks and leaves that rush and sigh



breath in the pumpkin-smell
       from this year's ground

the grace of bark and snow
     comes soon, that sleek
        and cushioned sound

----JK, 2018