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Emily Dickinson Out Loud! July 18th Brunswick

Monday, July 18th, 7 PM Gulf of Maine Books, Brunswick
Emily Dickinson Out Loud!

Marion Jeffery reads the poems of Emily Dickinson. Marion is performing in The Belle of Amherst, a play based on the life of Emily Dickinson, at Centennial Hall in Harpswell, July 12 - July 26. She will share an evening of Dickinson's poetry with the great folks at Gulf of Maine.

Maine Poetry Out Loud Finals now Onlinie

The 2011 Maine Poetry Out Loud Finals are now online, thanks to the Maine Arts Commission. I had the joy of being able to serve as a judge for the competition and can tell you these young people did a great job. Well worth listening to the poems.

 

New Blog for Remembering Maine's Island Poets

We've started a new blog that is dedicated solely to news about the October 7th day-long, 36-poet event "Remembering Maine's Dead Poets"

You can go there for the map of the trip, to sign up to read a poem, and to get times and locations of the 5 different reading locations: Harpswell, Nobleboro, Camden, Blue Hill, Mt. Cadillac.

Historic "Remembering Maine's Island Poets" Announced

On Thursday, October 7th, a day-long, 5-stop "Remembering Maine's Island Poets" series of community readings will take place up the coast of Maine, starting at sunrise in Harpswell and ending at sunset at Cadillac Mountain.

Visit our new blog for the event and check out the map of the route and the schedule of the 5 community readings that will highlight the lives and work of 36 Maine poets.

Participants are welcome to sign up to read a work from one of their favorite past poets of Maine poets by e-mailing maine (@) deadpoes {dot} org. Blog readers can make comments with suggestions for poems to be read that day (they all will have something to do with the "Islands" ie., fishing, shipbuilding, sailing, vacationing, the coast, storms, etc.)

Sardine Songs Extravaganza: Belfast, 8-21

You won't want to miss the great all-day event of song, poetry, and praise for the Sardine, happening in Belfast on Saturday, August the 21st.

Check out the list of events, speakers, and songs at the Sardine Songs & Herring Hymns Blog