Jeri Theriault will visit South Portland Public Library on April 29.
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Vermont capital springs to life through poetry each April
Montpelier, the smallest capital city in the country, goes all out for National Poetry Month.
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Brunswick celebrates 12th annual Poem in Your Pocket Day
Brunswick businesses are encouraging people to pick up poems for the town’s annual Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 27.
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Brunswick UU church to host night of poetry
For National Poetry Month, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick is exploring the way that poetry is used in resistance. The church invites those inspired by resistance to hear a night of poems and perspectives. The free night of poetry performances is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at 1 Middle St. in Brunswick. […]
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Temporary Splendors: Two new poetry collections embrace the transitory
Claire Millikin’s ‘Elegiaca Americana’ and Ellen Taylor’s ‘Homelands’ tackle similar themes in quite different ways.
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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 […]
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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.
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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.
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Read a few poems Gov. Mills wrote over the years
Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says poems ‘elevate our soul.’