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The Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program
is dedicated to building community through
poetry by appointing and supporting an outstanding local poet as Poet Laureate for the city, sponsoring events that feature area poets and authors from outside the New Hampshire
Seacoast, and encouraging a love of poetry among people of all ages.

The Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program presents a variety of events throughout the year;
readings, celebrations, publications. These events are announced in the Portsmouth Herald
and the WiRE Magazine.


Read about the Release Party:

The Wire, 5/12/2010
Foster's, 5/8/2010

Poet Laureate Project: 2009-2011

Wish You Were Where: The Postcard Project
A fun way to correspond with an artist and create one-of-a-kind collaborations!  (more)

What's Next?    9/28/10 - Auction!  Purchase original art & poetry at affordable prices!!
How Many Postcards??
191 and counting!!
Mark DeCarteret introduces the project More than 280 people attended!
Belinda Braley shares a postcard poem John Ferguson participated in more than 20 postcard collaborations!

read more about the project here

Mark DeCarteret named seventh Portsmouth poet laureate

PORTSMOUTH — A man well-known for his passion for teaching and writing poetry will be the city's seventh poet laureate. Mark DeCarteret will serve for the next two years as the public face of poetry in the community and create a project that supports the mission of the Poet Laureate Program, which is "building community through poetry." Read more here.


 

Andrew Periale, who was named poet laureate of Rochester, N.H., in April 2008, reads his work during the open mic portion of the Poetry Hoot in March 2007. Poetry Hoots are held the first Wednesday of the month from September to June at Cafe Espresso in Portsmouth.

 

 

The Poetry Hoot
The Poetry Hoot 2009-2010 season continues Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 at Cafe Espresso in Portsmouth. Keep writing poems & check the calendar page for other Hoot nights in the region.

 

Read Poems!  Poems from the Hoot Where we review poems by PPLP Poetry Hoot readers such as Rosemary and other local poets.

 


 

 

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