National Slam Poets to Read at the Harlow Gallery on June 19‏

Hallowell, Maine - Slam poets Robin Merrill and Nate Amadon will perform Friday, June 19 at 7pm for the Harlow Gallery’s monthly Bookey Poetry Reading series.  Expect an energy-charged evening of poetry from these dynamic, national slam poetry competitors. This is not an evening for the faint of heart...!  Join us for a fun evening of poetry you’ll not soon forget. The Harlow Gallery is located at 160 Water Street in downtown Hallowell.  Refreshments are served and a $3 donation is appreciated at the door.


Robin Merrill is a writer/editor/poet from Madison. She is the author of several books, including two poetry collections (Moon Pie Press) and five children’s books (Scholastic Book Fairs). Her individual poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in hundreds of journals, including Stolen Island Review, The Café Review, and Spoon River Poetry Review. Three of her poems have been featured on The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor.  She is a 2013 recipient of an Emerging Artist Award from the St. Botolph Club Foundation of Boston. She represented Maine at the 2013 National Poetry Slam, the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam and will represent Maine at the 2015 National Poetry Slam in California this October. Visit her at robinmerrill.com.


Nathan Amadon is co-founder and co-executive director of Port Veritas. The Portland based nonprofit is now in its eighth year and this summer will send its 7th team of poets to the National Poetry Slam. Nate has represented Port Veritas and Portland Maine at 5 National Poetry Slam Inc. events, coached and co-coached six Port Veritas Teams. He has taught dozens of performance and writing workshops at schools across mid-coast and southern Maine and has been acting, writing and performing in Maine for the past 15 years.


The Harlow Gallery’s ongoing poetry reading series was recently renamed in honor of Ted and Ruth Bookey who recently retired from twenty years of organizing readings at the gallery.  The Harlow Gallery is the perfect setting to experience the spoken word at its very best! The Harlow Gallery is a membership based 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to connecting and celebrating art, artists and community  in downtown historic Hallowell since 1963. For more information about the Harlow Gallery or this event visit www.harlowgallery.org or call 207-622-3813.  For more information about The Bookey Poetry Reading Series, contact Jay Franzel at JayFranzel@yahoo.com.

Poetry Reading at the Blue Hill Library

Blue Hill, Maine - Poets Elizabeth Garber of Belfast and Thomas R. Moore of Brooksville will read from their new books at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday November 29th at 7:00 PM.

In True Affections: Poems from a Small Town Elizabeth Garber’s long-awaited third collection of poems continues her exploration of a life well-lived in Maine. The poems “delve into the precarious nature of our time and how necessary it is to love who and what we love, fearlessly.” Many of Garber’s poems are grounded in distinctive Maine moments in towns and on islands, and capture a variety of voices.

Elizabeth W. Garber's previous books of poetry are Listening Inside the Dance (2005) and Pierced by the Seasons (2004) and a chapbook The Mayor and Other Stories of Small Town Life (2007). Three of her poems have been read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer’s Almanac. She is currently working on two memoirs, The Architect's Daughter and A Last Great Love.

Thomas R. Moore's second book of poems, Chet Sawing, was just published this month. His first book, The Bolt-Cutters, published by Fort Hemlock Press in November 2010, was one of three Finalists in the 2011 Maine Writers and Publishers Competition. Two poems from The Bolt-Cutters were featured on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac in January 2011, and two are 2012 Pushcart nominees. His poem “Calving in Te Awamutu” won first prize in the Naugatuck River Review's 2010 narrative poetry contest, and his poem “Chet Sawing” won the 2011 Maine Postmark Poetry Contest. Moore taught English for 40 years in Iran, Turkey, Mali, and the United States. He lives in Brooksville.

 Books will be available for sale and signing. For more information, call the Library at 374-5515.

Wine & Poetry At The Good Tern April 13th

Wine & Poetry  At The Good Tern April 13th
Editor: David Mills

ROCKLAND, ME - Maine Poets Bob McLaughlin and Dave Morrison will read their poetry at a wine-tasting at the Good Tern in Rockland on Friday April 13 at 6:45 pm.  Admission is free and books will be offered for sale.

Bob MacLaughlin’s new book, FAULTY WIRING: the Alzheimer’s poems and other memories (Moon Pie Press),  reveals what one reviewer calls “the beauty and, yes, even the humor in subject matter we often try to hide from or place in a box of acceptable responses.” MacLaughlin, who lives in Warren, has been a newspaper sportswriter, magazine editor and advertising copywriter.

Dave Morrison’s most recent book is Clubland (Fighting Cock Press USA), a collection of poems about rock bars, written in verse.  Morrison’s poems have been featured in literary magazines and anthologies, and have been read on Writer’s Almanac.

The Good Tern Co op Food Market and Cafe is located at 750 Main Street in Rockland.  For information please contact Teisha Jones at 207-594-8822.