The Poetry Hoot
Neil English speaks to another rapt Poetry Hoot
crowd at
Cafe Espresso in Portsmouth.
When:
The first Wednesday of each month* at 7:00 PM. Get there
early to get a good seat.
>> Next hoot date:
Wednesday,
September 4th, 2013. To
kick off our 2013 -14
Poetry Hoot season, our
September featured readers are Terry
Farish and Jennifer
Militello.
A great season is in store. Below is the complete
calendar from this year's Hoot.
We'll leave it posted for a time as a view of the year-in-review.
We will publish (email) and post (website) the 2013 -14
season roster of featured readers
mid-June to mid-July, as plans become complete.
The Poetry Hoot meets at Cafe Espresso restaurant at 738 Islington Street
in the 800 Islington Plaza, Portsmouth, NH. Get Map
Directions to the Poetry Hoot at Cafe Espresso:
Starting at the Portsmouth Public Library, go south on Islington Street, through several sets of lights.
Keep left, on Islington St., at the lights by the CVS pharmacy. Soon thereafter, turn left into 800 Islington Plaza.
Get Map. Cafe Espresso is in the row of stores on your left. There is ample parking in front
of the cafe. Coffee and light refreshments can be purchased at the cafe. Handicapped accessible.
Hoot Format:
There are two featured readers and an 'open mike' immediately following, so bring
your poem
and be ready to read. While at the hoot, submit a poem to "Poems from the
Hoot" Please limit your poem to 1 page
or approx. 2 minutes. Please: no announcements from the podium. We have a
new Calendar listing page
for you to announce your upcoming events. See below for listing of upcoming featured
hoot readers.
| 2012-2013 Hoot Night | Featured Readers: |
|
Wednesday - September 5, 2012 |
Bob Crawford | Midge Goldberg |
| Wednesday - October 3, 2012 | Grace Mattern | Dr. David Coursin |
| Wednesday - November 7, 2012 | Mimi White | Terry Farish |
| Wednesday - December 5, 2012 | Colin D. Halloran | Kyle Potvin |
| Wednesday - January 2, 2013 | ||
| Wednesday - February 6, 2013 | Susan A, Roberts | Andrew Merton |
| Wednesday - March 6, 2013 | Wendy Mnookin | Rev. Anne Fowler |
| Wednesday - April 3, 2013 | Gala Hoot | Past Poets Laureate |
| Wednesday - May 1, 2013 | John Michael Albert | Kimberly Cloutier Green |
| Wednesday - June 5, 2013 | Jeff Friedman | Bill Doreski |
See more regional Poetry
events - at the NH Writer's Project Literary Calendar.
Do you like to Hoot ??
Bring along a poem and read it at the PPLP 'open mike' immediately following the featured
readers.
Please limit your poem to one page - 2 minutes.
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