Midcoast Poetry Calendar

 

Midcoast Poetry Readings

 

 

Past Readings      current readings

April Poster      February Poster

 

 

  • Sunday  April 19      1:00 ‑ 3 p.m.
  • MPJ Book Celebration Volume 3!
  • Thomaston Public Library  60 Main St, Thomaston Maine

    Join us as we celebrate the publication of the Midcoast Poetry Journal Volume 3. Contributors will read poetry from the journal, and all are welcome to join in at the open mic. to follow. Free and open to all.

    Midcoast Poetry Journal Volumes 1, 2, and 3 will be available for sale.

 

 

Wednesday  April 8

  3:00 ‑ 5:00 p.m.

Workshop: Craft a Journal of Your Own with Len Germinara.

 

Please register on Herring Gut Coastal Science Center’s Nature Poetry & Bookbinding web page. Thank you.

  Look for the red  Register Here button at the bottom of the page.

 

  • 6:00 ‑ 7:00 p.m.
  • Nature Poetry at  Herring Gut Coastal Science Center

         Herring Gut Coastal Science Center  59 Factory Rd. Port Clyde

    Calling All Poets!     Celebrating Earth Month & National Poetry Month
  • We will also have a poetry reading featuring the Herring Gut poets in the Midcoast Poetry Journal, followed by an open mic. Bring your favorite nature poems to share. Poets of all ages welcome.

      Event poster

 

 

  • Monday  April 6      6 ‑ 7:30 p.m.

    Coastal Verse: Poetry at  Pascal Hall
        86 Pascal Ave. Rockport
    Poetry Series - first Monday of every month

    Featured Poet  Olivia FitzPatrick is a Thomaston-based poet whose work centers on queerness, intimacy, and the emotional weight of ordinary spaces. They are debuting a new chapbook – int3rrupted. Copies will be available for purchase at the reading.

    Spotlight Feature  Sarah Oktay is the executive director of the Herring Gut Coastal Science Center and holds a doctorate in chemical oceanography from Texas A&M University, Galveston. Her first chapbook, Sifting Light from the Darkness was published in 2020 and she has another chapbook in the works.
    Open Mic. to follow. Free admission and open to all.

    Midcoast Poetry Journals will be available for sale.

      Event poster.

 

 

  • Monday  March 2      6 ‑ 7:30 p.m.

    Coastal Verse: Poetry at  Pascal Hall
      Poetry Series - first Monday of every month

    Featured Poet  Jean Anne Feldeisen:  Jean Anne Feldeisen is a 76-year‑old grandmother from New Jersey living on a farm in Maine. A retired psychotherapist, Jean Anne had her first poem published at age 72 in SPANK the CARP and more published in The HOPPER, The RavensPerch, Neologism Poetry Journal, Thimble Literary Magazine, Rising Phoenix Review, Eunoia Review, Mockingheart Review, Bracken, and The Fairy Tale Magazine, among other publications and anthologies. Main Street Rag published her first chapbook, Not All Are Weeping, in May 2023. In fall of 2023, she and her friend, Argy Nestor, self-published their collection of poetry and art, Catching Fireflies. Jean Anne’s first full poetry collection, South Jersey Sand, was released by Kelsay Books this year.

    Spotlight Feature  Mary Jane Martin. Mary Jane Martin started taking poetry seriously after joining the Moody Mountain Writers, a group that went on to publish their one and only chapbook, Stone In My Pocket, in 2007. Since then, she’s had the privilege of reading her poetry with several awesome local poets. Today she writes with the talented poets of the Thomaston Public Library Poets’ Corner.
    Open Mic. to follow. Free admission and open to all.

    Midcoast Poetry Journals will be available for sale.

      Event poster.

 

 

  • Sunday  February 22      1:00 ‑ 3 p.m.
  • MPJ Book Celebration Volume 1 & 2!
  • Thomaston Public Library  60 Main St, Thomaston Maine

    Join us as we celebrate the publication of the Midcoast Poetry Journal Volumes 1 and 2. Poet contributors will read poetry from the journals and from their other work.

    All are welcome to join in at the open mic. to follow. Free and open to all.

    Midcoast Poetry Journal Volumes 1 and 2 will be available for sale.

      Event poster.

 

 

  • Monday  February 2      6 ‑ 7:30 p.m.

    Coastal Verse: Poetry at  Pascal Hall
      New Poetry Series - first Monday of every month

    Featured Poet  Carol Willette Bachofner:  Carol Willette Bachofner is an American poet of Abenaki descent. She currently resides in Rockland, Maine. She is the co‑founder and editor of the online literary journal, Pulse, established in 1997. Her substack is here.

    Spotlight Feature  Zachary Cole. His blog is here.
    Open Mic. to follow. Free admission and open to all.

    Midcoast Poetry Journals will be available for sale.

      Event poster.

 

 

  • Saturday  January 24      1:30 ‑ 3 p.m.
  • MPJ Book Celebration Volume 1 & 2!
  • Waldoboro Public Library, 958 Main St, Waldoboro Maine

    Join us as we celebrate the publication of the Midcoast Poetry Journal Volumes 1 and 2. Poet contributors will read from the journal and all are welcome to join in at the open mic. to follow. Free and open to all.

    Midcoast Poetry Journal Volumes 1 and 2 will be available for sale.

      Event poster.

 

 

  • Tuesday  January 13      6:30 ‑ 8:00 p.m.
  • Wintersong: A Midcoast Gathering of Voices
  • Skidompha Public Library, Porter Hall (entrance in the back), 184 Main St, Damariscotta

    Midcoast Poetry Calendar, River Company Theater, and Skidompha Library are delighted to host this evening of poetry. Join us as we celebrate the Midcoast Poetry Journal and the vibrant voices of our region.

    Open Mic. to follow. Bring a poem you wrote or a poem you love. Free admission and open to all. Refreshments in the Lobby.

    Midcoast Poetry Journal Volumes 1 and 2 will be available for sale.
      Event poster

 

 

  • Monday  January 5      6 ‑ 7:30 p.m.

    Coastal Verse: Poetry at  Pascal Hall
      New Poetry Series - first Monday of every month

    Featured Poet  Maya Stein  Belfast Poet Laureate Emeritus, poet, writing facilitator, and creative adventurer.

    Spotlight Feature  Charles Brown  award winning poet.

    Open Mic. to follow. Free admission and open to all.

    Midcoast Poetry Journals will be available for sale.
      Event poster.

 

 

 

 

 

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