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Rockland Public Library to host AIDS activist’s poetry reading
Acclaimed poet and AIDS activist Robert Carr will read his poetry, including poems from his brand new book, “The Heavy of Human Clouds,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Sept. 19, at Rockland Public Library. Carr is the author of three poetry collections. His work has appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review, Lana Turner, Maine Review, Massachusetts […]
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The Longfellow Garden Club of Portland celebrates 100 years
Appalled at the sorry state of the garden, a Portland socialite organized the club in 1924. It has maintained the garden at the historic Wadsworth-Longfellow House ever since.
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Read poems by Portland’s 2 new poet laureates
‘Love Letter to my ancestors,’ by Yashu Derisala and ‘STONECALL,’ by Signature MiMi.
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Portland names its next poet laureate and introduces a new youth role
There will be an inauguration ceremony in September for Michelle ‘Signature MiMi’ Tarshus, the city’s eighth poet laureate, and Yashaswini (Yashu) Derisala, its first youth poet laureate.
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Deep Water: ‘Freshet’ By Grace Sleeman
Maine Poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling
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Cafe Review spotlights ‘war and hope’ in Ukraine
The 35-year-old poetry and arts journal this summer features the works of 17 Ukrainian poets and 12 Ukrainian artists “that reveal the depth of the Ukrainian soul in these trying times.”
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Deep Water: ‘Marshpunk’ By Claire Parker
Maine Poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling
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Stories from Maine: A look back at Pulitzer-winning Midcoast poet
Maine has had many notable authors, writers and poets in its history, and one of the most remarkable of these literary figures was a friendly optimist, a largely forgotten, multitalented man from Harpswell who often wrote of the Pine Tree State, its people and Maine life. Robert Peter Tristram Coffin was born on March 18, […]
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Intertidal: Brunswick poetry stroll celebrates coast
While local students are on vacation from school this week, you can see what they worked hard to create in the months prior as you stroll through downtown Brunswick. Posters on several storefronts display poetry written by students across grade levels in celebration of National Poetry Month, which is the month of April. The posters […]