Lowell Poetry Network

Poetry on Stage

Featured Poet : Tom Daley

A Partnership Effort of the Chelmsford Public Library and the Lowell Poetry Network.
 

Performer and poet, Tom Daley will be present “Every Broom and Bridget—Emily Dickinson and Her Servants” on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 2:30 pm at The Chelmsford Public Library, Main Branch, 5 Boston Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824. 

All welcome — Free event.

Location: Chelmsford Public Library, 25 Boston Road, Chelmsford, MA

  For directions, go to the library’s website: http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/library_info/directions/index.html. Co-sponsored by the Lowell Poetry Network

In addition to his post at the Online School of Poetry (http://onlineschoolofpoetry.org/), Tom Daley serves on the tutorial faculty of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and has lectured on ekphrastic writing at Brown University.

Poetry Reading @ 119 Gallery

119 Chelmsford Street, Lowell, MA
Thursday, October 22, 2009

   7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
$3.00 admission includes light refreshments
 
Featured reader will be Kelley J. White, M.D.  Her collection of poems, Toxic Environment  (Boston Poet Publishing 2008) provides an insider’s view on life in an inner-city hospital.   Kelley serves as poetry editor for Schuykill Valley Journal of the Arts and is mother to three children. Her poem “Pandora” from her first collection, The Patient Presents, was read by Garrison Keillor on NPR’s Writers Almanac.
 
  (Thank you to Diana Saenz, editor of Boston Poet for details regarding Dr. Kelley’s work.)
                                              www.bostonpoet.com
 
An open mic will follow Dr. Kelley’s reading and a brief intermission. All are welcome to participate in the open mic.
 
Come read. Come listen.

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A Poem, A Dance, A Dream Within a Dream

Sunday, October 18, 2009

6:30 p.m. seating at the Athenian Corner Restaurant , 207 Market Street, Lowell, MA

Poe readings by Mark Schorr, Meg Smith, Eric Stanway, Anne Madigan Murphy and surprise guests. Special musical guest: Wisteriax. Oriental dance interpretation of Poe’s works.

Tickets $15 in advance.

Mail to Meg Smith, P.O. Box 8797, Lowell, MA 01853-8797

Please note: No need to make separate reservationss. We will make them for all our guests.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: Multimedia Exhibit

October 10, 11, 16. 17, 18

Art and poetry merge. See how poets and artists explore creative expression – in word and visual art. The exhibit will be on display at the ALL Gallery located adjacent to the National Park Service Center in Lowell, MA at 246 Market Street. The exhibit will run concurrently with the Massachusetts Poetry Festival.

Featured poets and artists whose works will be on display include: Jerry Beck, Billy Perrault, Marilyn Barr, Pat Emiro, The Peddler, David Ellis, Michael Truelsen, Ed Marshall, Patrick Pierce, Stephan Anstey, Diana Saenz, Ed Robinson, Anna Soria, Kate Hemenway, Elaine Seidel, Paula McCarron, and Brandi MacDolad in collaboration with Jessica Hosman.

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How to Successfully Revise a Poem

Workshop with Tom Daley

Saturday, September 26, 2009

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

$35 registration

A great opportunity to stretch those poetry skills. Registration is limited to 12 participants. Poets of all experience and skill levels welcome.

Tom Daley is a member of the faculty of the Online School of Poetry and serves on the tutorial faculty of Walnut Hill School for the Arts. He also teaches poetry writing at the Boston Center for Adult Education and at Lexington(MA) Community Education.

Register early!  Contact Janet Stevenson at janetize@aol.com for more information or to register.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

7:00 -9:00 p.m.

Reading at the 119 Gallery

119 Chelmsford Street, Lowell

$3.00 admission

Featured reader, Janet Stevenson followed by

 an open mic. All welcome. Come read. Come

listen.   Janet’s passionate about poetry –

and loves a poetry party. Admission includes

light refreshments. Sponsored by Lowell Poetry

Network. Special note of appreciation to Walter

Wright, Executive Director of 119 Gallery.

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Hello Everyone,
I am pleased to announce that Lowell Poetry Network will be hosting a monthly open-mic reading at the 119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St.,
Lowell, MA. Poetry meets art. Thank you Walter Wright.

Date: February 26, 2009
Time: 7:00 till 10pm

Our featured poet is Susan Edwards Richmond. The attached file
is the LPN flyer with a listing of Susan’s published collections.
For a fee of three dollars, join us for coffee and a lite food fare.
You will enjoy Susan’s poetry.
Bring a poem and bring a friend. Open mic to follow.
You can email me: JANETIZE@aol.com
See you then,
Janet Stevenson

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Feb. 5, 2009

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TOM SEXTON READING  NOV. 2, 2008

Tom Sexton will be reading from his collection of poems, “A Clock with No Hands” (Adastra Press 2007) starting at 3:00 p.m. at the Mogan Cultural Center, 40 French Street, Lowell. A reception and book signing will follow at 4:00 p.m. The public is welcome to attend this free event which is being sponsored by the Lowell Poetry Network.

About Sexton:
Sexton grew up in Lowell during the 40’s and 50’s. His poems reveal memories of waitresses, laundry workers, the rag man, landlords,pool sharks, nuns and priests —and of himself and his family.
A graduate of Lowell High (Class of ‘58), Sexton studied at Northern Essex Community College and Salem State College. From 1970-1994, he taught creative writing at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. For ten years, he served as poetry editor of Alaska Quarterly Review. Sexton’s honors include being named Poet Laurete of Alaska and chosen as one of the Distinguished Alumni of Lowell High.

Reviews

Paul Zimmer of The Georgia Review says : “His language is clear, without tricks or fancy moves, yet his directness is powerful, and the effects of human.”

Doug Holder, Founder of Ibbetson Street Press says, “Thonton Wilder would be an admirer of this collection. Sexton acts like the narrator of Wilder’s “Our Town”, bringing out the flavor, the workers, the old factories, the canals, of this down-at-the-heels, old mill city. I think readers who live in Lowell, as well as readers who never been near the banks of the Merrimack River could appreciate the poetry. Like all quality work it has that ‘universal” sensibility.”