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.
May 3rd Hoot: Past and Future Poets Laureate
Join us for our Biennial Passing of the Quill Hoot, featuring immediate past laureate, Kate Leigh, and newly minted poet laureate, Mike Nelson.
Induction Ceremony for Mike Nelson
https://youtu.be/6YQ6BQJIG0Y
Portsmouth’s 11th Poet Laureate: Mike Nelson
Mike Nelson of Portsmouth, NH, is the 11th Portsmouth Poet Laureate. Nelson was named at a “passing of the quill” ceremony during the April 3 meeting of the Portsmouth City Council at City Hall in Portsmouth. Nelson, who grew up in New Hampshire, cut his poetry teeth...
April 5th Hoot featuring Past Poets Laureate
April is National Poetry Month! At the Portsmouth Poetry Hoot that means it's time for our Gala Poetry Hoot featuring all our Past Poets Laureate, including: Maren Tirabasi John Perrault Mimi White Elizabeth Knies Mark DeCarteret John-Michael Albert Kimberly Cloutier...
Poet Laureate Nominations Are Now Closed
Thank you to all who submitted nominations for consideration. Join us at the Portsmouth City Council meeting Monday, April 3 at 7 pm for the announcement of our next Poet Laureate!
March 1st Featured Hoot Readers: Tom Daley and Priscilla Turner Spada
In addition to his post at the Online School of Poetry, Tom Daley tutors beginning and experienced poets in person and by correspondence and teaches poetry writing at the Boston Center for Adult Education in Boston, Massachusetts and poetry and memoir writing at...
Youth Poetry at 3s –rescheduled for January 25th
Hello all, The weather continues to thwart Kate Leigh's final project performance, the Youth Poetry Reading at 3s, which has now been postponed until Wednesday, January 25th. Apologies to any who were looking forward to it, but we at the PPLP believe that it is better...
Youth Poetry at 3S — rescheduled!
Attention! The Youth Poetry Reading scheduled for today, January 17, has been moved to Wednesday, January 18, due to the storm. Please try to arrange to attend! I am so sorry for the delay, and grateful for 3S and their flexibility. Our kids were in rehearsal today...
February 1st Hoot Featured Readers
Megan Grumbling writes poetry, criticism and essays, and dramatic works, and serves as an editor, teacher, and writing mentor. Her collection Booker's Point, awarded the Vassar Miller Prize for Poetry, is forthcoming from the University of North Texas Press in 2016....
Rice Pudding Poetry Series
Rice Pudding Poetry Series to Feature Richard Foerster in a Program of Maine Poets Richard Foerster will be featured in the upcoming Rice Pudding Poetry Series on Thursday evening, January 26, in a reading that will celebrate the work of Maine poets. Foerster will...
