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Poet Laureate Happenings
Submissions for the Comfort Rounds Anthology are now Open!
We are seeking poems to support and uplift Medical Professionals* and welcome your musings, anecdotes, and words of kindness.
Comfort Rounds: Round 3 Centos
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.
Comfort Rounds are back!
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.
Comfort Rounds: Round 2 Centos
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Diannely Antigua Awarded Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets!
We are so proud of Poet Laureate Diannely Antigua! "I am beyond delighted to announce that I’ve been awarded 1 of 23 Poet Laureate Fellowships by the Academy of American Poets! I’ve spent most of the morning in tears of absolute joy and bewilderment thinking of the...
Bread & Poetry Interview with Diannely Antigua
On this two-part episode, we break bread with host and poet laureate of your hearts Diannely Antigua and talk about casabe, ars poetica, the Dominican Republic, and what the first year of being poet laureate has been like. Johnathan Riley, former guest from Episode 1,...
Bread & Poetry Interview with Sara Deniz Akant and Adrienne Raphel
On this two-part episode of Bread & Poetry Podcast, Diannely breaks bread with dynamic poetry duo Sara Deniz Akant and Adrienne Raphel. They talk about braided breads, twin language, and the complexity of memory. As always, send us your poems inspired by the...
