poetry
Celebrate Poetry Month with Patten Free Library’s annual park walk
For the third year in a row, the Patten Free Library in Bath has celebrated April’s National Poetry Month with a poetry installation in Library Park. What began as a social distancing program in 2021 has become an annual tradition looked forward to by the community and staff alike. “Each year, we install about 20 […]
Maine poet Richard Blanco among arts luminaries honored by Biden
The Maine poet and author receives a National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony.
Gov. Mills pushes the power of poems – and writes them, too
As governor, Janet Mills served on a committee that selected the state’s current poet laureate, Julia Bouwsma, and she restored poetry to inaugurations.
Read a few poems Gov. Mills wrote over the years
Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says poems ‘elevate our soul.’
Deep Water: ‘My Friend Tells Me About the Last Day at the Bass Shoe Factory,’ By Abbie Kiefer
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Brunswick celebrates ‘rockstar’ poet after pandemic hiatus
Brunswick’s annual Longfellow Days returns in February after a 2-year hiatus, offering locals the chance to celebrate one of the Midcoast’s most influential figures and to enjoy contemporary poetry.
Longfellow Days to celebrate famed poet after pandemic hiatus
Longfellow Days, a monthlong Brunswick celebration of the famed American poet who lived in Brunswick as a student and later returned to teach at Bowdoin College, returns in February after a two-year pandemic hiatus. Throughout February — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s birth month — Brunswick will host cultural events spread across town that explore the poet’s […]
Poems of female agency and survival anchor Cate Marvin’s fourth collection
Amid the harrowing themes, several poems center on loving mother-daughter bonds.
A friendship in life and words
An old friend takes stock of a new Wes McNair collection, which caps a decades-long career in poetry.