ROCKPORT POETRY OPEN MIC SAVE THE DATE ROCKPORT POETRY OPEN MIC Wednesday, December 9th @ 7pm on ZOOM WATCH FOR THE LINK SOON Featuring Deborah Ramos Deborah Ramos grew up in Ocean Beach, a small beach community in San Diego. She is the author of from the earthen drum of my body and is currently working on her second collection. Deborah’s poetry has appeared in Sage Woman, Rattlesnake Press, Border Voices, Dancing Goddess, National Beat Anthology, Fuck Isolation and more. Her creative life includes traveling, writing, exhibiting her art and photography. Pre-pandemic, Deborah hosted readings at the Poetry Bench in Balboa Park, but now, enjoys hosting her open mic on Zoom, which includes an array of poets from across the globe.

Haverhill's River Bards are a group of local poets with a passion for shining a light on poetry, prose, spoken word, and other literary arts! Twice a year the Bards, along with Creative Haverhill, present a once a month poetry series usually at HC Media’s downtown location. Due to the pandemic, the Fall 2020 series will be held on zoom as a virtual poetry and open mic night (register below for zoom login info). The November poetry night will be featuring Bob Whelan, followed by open mic readings. These events are family-friendly and open to the public! You can sign up for an open mic spot through zoom chat once you've logged in. Also, this will be recorded and then aired on Channel 22 through HC Media. Be sure to register by clicking the link below to get to the registration site. This is how you will get emailed the ZOOM link to attend. The sign up for the open mic is on that night as you log in at the beginning of the program. A splendid time is guaranteed for all! https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativehaverhill.org%2Fprograms%2Ffall-poetry-november%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3tVBPWHsiul7o8sywLSGExtpkIjWZ4ggSxouMsSqrvFm6aA_hH9HfHQ3Y&h=AT15YNc1XEOXSyw4beVrQQikf-EZkQmpBP11Ie5vQ1p-T9z4c9Oc2Exuo4i_oqSx-2PtcKkAdiFqTCBFTku9w8lVX2GwV4A6BnuKMd_TBGN2rz83QjlkH37YYOPU6IiTrNTTKIVigAs01zXOyg&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT33OjhDerndrW8VwrKTxZSUSn1DkeroZKJMXIEgMapwFQhFG6PtK8XAZlsS7kRM1-1eKM9tAYQBheqvr_3Oyb5GhmFap8tk12NgPacN1v9-xeM6C9aJMKsbJ7pIVtfdl7c5y32u_RuLUbTs5NkSMIyRQrUOfrRMBpe0jtpq_LR5cDHEQL5KkGu7QCAqrTgBvs0Wh_5YXbNKHdP9pYRyXml8EMvvia9z8GvCBz4Mdmf2dS2wcx0

The November Open Mic features James R. Scrimgeour Professor Emeritus at Western Connecticut State University. He has served as Editor of Connecticut Review and has published ten books of poetry and a critical biography of Sean O’Casey. He was one of five Connecticut poets featured on a CBS poetry blog and is now Poet Laureate of New Milford CT. He currently conducts poetry programs in libraries, both in New Milford and in Rockport MA, where he and his wife spend much of their time. His most recent book, Voices of Dogtown: Poems Arising Out of a Ghost Town Landscape (Loom Press, 2019), was listed as a “must read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Look for the upcoming link on Rockport Poetry Facebook Page.