NH Poetry Society - Poetry, the Antidote to Political Fatigue and Cabin Fever

Poetry, the Antidote to Political Fatigue and Cabin Fever 

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire will host a reading by Maudelle Driskelle on Saturday, January 28th at Noon in the auditorium of the Manchester City Library, 405 Pine Steet, Manchester, NH   03104.

Maudelle, an award winning poet and founding editor of the Atlanta Review, is the Executive Director of the Frost Place in Franconia, NH.  Prior to her reading, at 11AM, members of the society will read their work. All are welcome. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information contact the society at poetrysocietyofnh@gmail.com or call 603-332-0732. To learn more about the society or learn what is happening in the poetry world, visit us on the web at www.poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org or visit our Facebook page.

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The Poetry Society of New Hampshire is a non profit  membership organization dedicated to the promotion of poetry. The society publishes the quarterly journal The Poets’ Touchstone, sponsors poetry contests and hosts poetry readings and workshops. The society also publishes anthologies, most recently The 2010 Poets Guide to NH and The Other Side of Sorrow, Poets Speak Out About Conflict, War and Peace (winner of the 2005 IPPY Bronze Award), and the occasional chapbook.  Our latest anthology on the issues of ageing is looking for submissions.  www.poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org

NH Poetry Society - Poetry Contest for College Students

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire coordinates several contests for students in elementary school, high school and college. Winners receive prizes and are published in the Society’s quarterly magazine The Poets Touchstone.

The elementary and high school contests are limited to New Hampshire students, but the college contest is open to undergraduates anywhere.

For complete guidelines visit the website www.poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org, or send a self addressed stamped envelope to the PSNH, 31 Reservoir Road, Farmington, NH   03835. Please indicate which contest you would like guidelines for.

The deadline for the College Contest is January 30th. March 31st is the deadline for the other student contests. 

NH Poetry Society - You Must Remember This: Poems about Aging and Memory - Call for Submissions

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire is collecting poems about aging and its issues to be published in an anthology tentatively called You Must Remember This: Poems about Aging and Memory. Certainly memory and its difficulties—sometimes manifested as Alzheimer’s or dementia—will be frequent themes in this anthology, but the aim is for a more expansive look at the process of aging and its effects on others. The Poetry Society of New Hampshire seeks new, unpublished poems in English from poetsaround the world. Submission is free, but is limited to three poems per poet. All selections and most significant editing decisions will be made by September 1, 2012. For complete guidelines, please send a SASE to the Poetry Society of New Hampshire, 31 Reservoir Road, Farmington, NH   03835 or request them via email from the Poetry Society at Poetry Society poetrysocietyofnh@gmail.com 

 

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The Poetry Society of New Hampshire is a non profit, membership organization dedicated to the promotion of poetry. The society publishes the quarterly journal The Poets Touchstone, sponsors poetry contests and hosts poetry readings and workshops. The society also publishes anthologies, most recently The 2010 Poets Guide to NH and The Other Side of Sorrow, Poets Speak Out About Conflict, War and Peace (winner of the 2005 IPPY Bronze Award), and the occasional chapbook. http://www.poetrysocietyofnewhamspshire.org

Poetry Reading in Manchester, NH

Poetry Society of New Hampshire Reading  

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire will host a reading by Becky Sakellariou and Charles Pratt on Saturday, October 29th, at 11AM in the auditorium of the Manchester City Library, 405 Pine Steet, Manchester, NH   03104. Prior to their reading, at 10AM, members of the Society will read their work. All are welcome. The event is free and open to the public.

Both authors have recent books published by Hobbebush Books in the Second Granite State Poetry Series.

 

For more information contact the society at poetrysocietyofnh@gmail.com or call 603-332-0732. To learn more about the society or learn what is happening in the poetry world, visit us on the web at www.poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org or visit our Facebook page.

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The Poetry Society of New Hampshire is a non profit  membership organization dedicated to the promotion of poetry. The society publishes the quarterly journal The Poets’ Touchstone, sponsors poetry contests and hosts poetry readings and workshops. The society also publishes anthologies, most recently The 2010 Poets Guide to NH and The Other Side of Sorrow, Poets Speak Out About Conflict, War and Peace (winner of the 2005 IPPY Bronze Award), and the occasional chapbook.  www.poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org

NH Poetry Society Reading at the Frost Place, Franconia

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire will be reading in the Henry Holt Barn at the Frost Place, 158 Ridge Road,  Franconia, NH, on July 17th from 2:00 to 3:30. The lineup includes: Sylva Boyadjian-Haddad, Walter Butts, Neil English, Patricia Frisella, Cote Laramie, Dudley Laufman, Maura MacNeil, Rodger Martin, Kyle Potvin, S Stephanie and Parker Towle. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information contact the Poetry Society at poetrysocietyofnh@gmail.com or call 603-332-0732.

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The Poetry Society of New Hampshire is a non profit, membership organization dedicated to the promotion of poetry. The society publishes the quarterly journal The Poets Touchstone, sponsors poetry contests and hosts poetry readings and workshops. The society also publishes anthologies, most recently The 2010 Poets Guide to NH and The Other Side of Sorrow, Poets Speak Out About Conflict, War and Peace (winner of the 2005 IPPY Bronze Award), and the occasional chapbook. http://www.poetrysocietyofnewhamspshire.org

The Frost Place is a nonprofit educational center for poetry and the arts based at Robert Frost’s old homestead, which is owned by the town of Franconia, New Hampshire.  http://www.frostplace.org