A Newburyport student said that before Student Day at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival she had been excited that it meant a day away from school. But after the day, she felt the festival was “the coolest thing I’ve ever done during school hours. It was the best field trip ever!” The excitement carried over [...]
Archive | May, 2011
The scuttlebutt on the Mass Poetry Festival
For those of you who meant to attend this year’s Massachusetts Poetry Festival but didn’t, this story may make you despondent. You missed what many are calling a significant event. The response from attendees has drawn adjectives from “amazing” and “astounding” to Michael Mack’s statement: “You all have put Massachusetts at the center of [...]
Festival was a blast!
We hope you were in lovely Salem this weekend. Salem! – with its cobblestone streets and its open squares, its trollies with poets, its town hall filled with books and poetry magazines, its music, its fantastic museums brimming with poetry, its wonderful restaurants and its food, from elegant meals to just-right hotdogs. Who could have asked for [...]
Be in style!
Like the festival logo? Would you like to have a t-shirt as a souvenir memory of the day? Here’s your chance. Not only can you order t-shirts for men, women or children, you can order a festival tote bag or a festival mug. Support the festival and parade your love of poetry with any of these [...]
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