Building Community Through Poetry
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.
Established in 1997 by local arts organizers and writers, the program brings people together to celebrate the written word and the talents of local and visiting artists.
Comfort Rounds: Round 1 Centos
Thank you to everyone who attended Comfort Rounds: Round 1 both in-person and on Zoom! These centos were composed of your words by Lauren WB Vermette.
PPLP: Comfort Rounds Workshop
Join Portsmouth Poet Laureate, Lauren WB Vermette for a new workshop series: “Comfort Rounds”
“Comfort Rounds” is a series of generative poetry workshops where we give care back to our caregivers and hospital staff with the gift of our words.
Elizabeth Knies
Dear friends, our friend and former poet laureate of Portsmouth Elizabeth Knies has passed away. Liz first came to New Hampshire in 1965. A master's degree in English Language and Linguistics from UNH (1985) served as a passport for two and a half years of teaching in...
Bread & Poetry Interview with John Murillo
On this episode, we break bread with poet, professor, and disgruntled Lakers fan John Murillo and talk about no-knead bread, lob passes, and Yusef Komunyakaa. Listen on Simplecast John Murillo is the author of the poetry collections, Up Jump the...
The Next Poet Laureate!
The Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program is excited to announce that Lauren WB Vermette will be our 14th poet laureate of Portsmouth! Come to the town hall on May 6th at 7pm to see the passing of the quill from outgoing Laureate Diannely Antigua to Lauren and be a part of...
Poetry Workshop with Diannely Antigua!
Happy national poetry month! Diannely is so excited to be offering another FREE poetry workshop this month with the help of her bestie Alexandra Halaby who is a phenomenal poet and artist. So come join us Saturday, April 27th from 12-2 PM at the Portsmouth Public...
Bread & Poetry Interview with Carly Joy Miller
On this episode, Diannely breaks bread with poet, educator, and foodie Carly Joy Miller and talk about cinnamon swirl bread, allusions, and Sandra Lim. Carly Joy Miller is the author of Ceremonial (Orison Books, 2018), selected by Carl Phillips as the winner of the...
Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival
Diannely has been the Nossrat Yassini Poet in Residence at UNH and she's looking forward to reading at their inaugural poetry festival. It’s a weekend of poetry, readings, panels, workshops, and even a poetry carnival. You won’t want to miss out! April 12-14th! It’s...
Bread and Poetry interview with Ben Bacote
This Special Episode is a live recording of the event Love & Resistance: Poetry & Conversation, Latinx Voices that took place on el Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), November 2, 2023. The event was in collaboration with NH PANTHER whose mission is to...
The PPLP is making a book!
As Diannely's term as poet laureate of Portsmouth draws to a close we are making a book with poetry from the community inspired by all the amazing work she has done with the Bread & Poetry Podcast, her work with marginalized communities, and workshops. Here's a...
