Nov 23, 2025 | Poet Laureate Happenings
The PPLP needs board members! Be a part of this amazing tradition of building community with poetry and support our Poet Laureate by joining the PPLP Board! We are looking for a Treasurer and Officers. Board Members are asked to attend monthly meetings and events...
Nov 22, 2025 | Poet Laureate Happenings, Poet Laureate's Corner, Publications
“Comfort Round” (clinical def.): A nursing procedure where a team of caregivers regularly check in with patients to provide care and assess their comfort. “Comfort Rounds” (poetic def.): An anthology where we give care back to our caregivers and hospital staff with...
Nov 1, 2025 | Poet Laureate Happenings, Poet Laureate's Corner
Thank you to everyone who attended Comfort Rounds: Round 3, both in-person and on Zoom! These centos were composed of your words by Lauren WB Vermette. We will soon be collecting submissions for the Comfort Rounds Anthology! Keep an eye on our website, and until then,...
May 20, 2025 | Events, Poet Laureate Happenings
Please join us on Saturday, May 31st, from 12 – 2pm at the Portsmouth Public Library’s Levenson Room for Comfort Rounds 3: Greeting Card Gratitudes, an afternoon of playing with short poems that leap off the page and into the heart. Registration for the workshop is...
Mar 30, 2025 | Poet Laureate Happenings, Poet Laureate's Corner
Thank you to everyone who attended Comfort Rounds: Round 2, both in-person and on Zoom! These centos were composed of your words by Lauren WB Vermette. Round 3 is coming soon! Keep an eye on our website and until then, happy...
Dec 21, 2024 | Poet Laureate's Corner
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. Round 2 on Zoom is coming soon! Keep an eye on our website and until then, happy...
Sep 15, 2024 | Events, Poet Laureate Happenings
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....
Jun 24, 2024 | Poet Laureate's Corner
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...
