----------------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.
Activities of the Robert Frost Foundation in Lawrence Massachusetts, and nearby town organizations.
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Saturday, November 18, 2017
-------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.
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.
Saturday, November 4, 2017
---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...
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...
Thursday, November 2, 2017
----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
Wake the kids! Phone the Neighbors! Dot your eyes and tees!
Still open November, December, and into January:
FROST_PRIZE_RULES_HERE
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
----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 EST56 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) ?
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 EST56 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) ?
Saturday, October 28, 2017
-------------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
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
Thursday, October 26, 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
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
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
----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
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
Sunday, October 22, 2017
---------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
......
-----------------------------------
---------------------------
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
......
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Saturday, October 21, 2017
------------------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:
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:
(there is a nature connection)
-----------------------------------------
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:
....great stuff to inspire some writing...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
--------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
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.
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.
Friday, September 29, 2017
----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
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
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
Friday, September 22, 2017
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!
Thursday, September 21, 2017
You can also see the Frost Competition in the grand list
of writing contests at New Pages:
GRAND_CONTEST_LIST
Thursday, September 14, 2017
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
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
--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
MARK_SCHORR_TO_BE_OR_NOT
STEVEN_S_PULP_FICTION
MARY_ELLEN_D_WHERE_THERES_SMOKE
KENADINE_BOOGY_WOOGY_DEATH
PILAR_Q_THE_SPRING
TIM_C_HIS_TRUMPET
---LOCAL HISTORICAL POETS--
More On Robert Frost (Lawrence, Methuen, Londonderry, NH and Francinia, NH):
THE_WIKI
ACAD_OF_AMERICAN_POETS
AT_THE_POETRY_FOUNDATION
ROBERT_FROST_ORG_INFO_AND_POEMS
FROST_COLLECTION_AT_BARTLEBY
Anne Bradstreet, the first great American poet (March 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672)
...by a long shot!
ANNE_AT_THE_ACAD
ANNE_AT_POETRY_FOUNDATION
ANNE_BRADSTREET_ORG
ANNES_MOST_FAMOUS
John Geenleaf Whittier (assoc: Haverhill)
JGW_WIKI
JGW_POETRY_FOUNDATION
--BOOKS BY LOCAL POETS--
--------------------------------------
Linda Flaherty Haltmaier:
ANDOVER_POET_LAUREATE
BOOK__ROLLING_UP_THE_SKY
----------------------------------------
Matt Kraunelis:
MATTS_BOOKS
-----------------------------------------
Susan Lafortune:
TALKING_IN_MY_SLEEP
------------------------------------------
GREY COURT POETS:
SONGS_FROM_THE_CASTLES_REMAINS
-------------------------------------------
Jim Knowles:
GREY_BERET
REVIEW_OF_GREY_BERET
NIGHTHAWKS
TAHKI
PECULIAR_PAIR_A_DICE
FOUR_MASS_POETS_IN_ENGLISH_AND_DANISH
(Robert Frost , Emily Dickinson , Adelaide Crapsey , Jim Knowles)
---------------------------------------------
Helena Minton:
RAINCOAT_COLORS
------------------------------------------------
Tim Cremins:
THE_WAY_YOU_RUN_IN_DREAMS
--------------------------------------------------
Kathleen Aponick:
BRIGHT_REALM
------------------------------------------------
The Write Group:
WRITE_GROUP_ANTHOLOGY
-----REGULAR NEARBY EVENTS-------
------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------
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 ,
--------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------
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
FROST_FARM_POETRY
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NAME:
LOCATION:
PATTERN:
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:
LINKS:
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NAME:
LOCATION:
PATTERN:
DATE EXAMPLES:
WHAT IS IT?:
LINKS:
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
----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:
FROST_POETRY COMPETITION_RULES
(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
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