Poetry Express
2022 Poetry Express sites
May 10, 2022 | News & Announcements, Poetry Express
MaineTransNet featuring Maya Williams Exploring themes of gender euphoria, what a world would look like without gender, and peace for trans people through Maine poetry. Maine Correctional Facility Using the power of Floetry to tell stories and build community. University of Maine at Fort Kent featuring Valerie Lawson Celebrating Acadian culture through poetry… Read more
Host Poetry Express
Feb 22, 2022 | News & Announcements, Poetry Express
Poetry Express is a collaborative poetry performance program of the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine State Library aiming to bring poetry and poets to your community. Programs should take place between April and October 2022. In this program community members select Maine poems, learn to perform those poems in a workshop with a featured… Read more
New Poetry Express sites
Mar 12, 2021 | News & Announcements, Poetry Express
We’re thrilled to be offering Poetry Express in 2021 to a cohort of five organizations throughout Maine! Special National Poetry Month Poetry Express Kick Off: A special National Poetry Month event featuring a collective of poets including MHC staff, partners, facilitators, speakers & friends: Samaa Abdurraqib, Jan Bindas-Tenney, Cait Vaughan, LaLa Drew, Samara Cole Doyon,… Read more
Poetry Express on WERU
Aug 13, 2019 | News & Announcements, Poetry Express
We’ve partnered with WERU Community Radio to broadcast recordings of selected Poetry Express readings! Tune in every Thursday morning at 8:30 am or visit the station’s archives to hear past airings. Poetry Express is a collaborative program with the Maine State Library, bringing Maine poetry and poets to communities. We partner with a local public… Read more
