LEWISTON — Maine’s former poet laureate, Wes McNair, will present his latest work, “The Unfastening,” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, in Callahan Hall of the Lewiston Public Library. It is free and open to the public. His latest work is a collection of poems of sorrow and hope and joy. Copies will be available for […]
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Poet laureate McNair speaking at Rumford library
RUMFORD — Maine poet laureate Wesley McNair will read his “Poems of Love and Hope” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at the Rumford Library. It marks McNair’s third reading at the library and the third anniversary of the Fourth Thursday Poetry group’s beginning. Light refreshments will be served at an informal reception following the reading. Fourth Thursday is […]
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Maine Poet Laureate kicks off new poetry initiative at Mt. Blue High School
FARMINGTON — For three minutes, Robert Frost’s acclaimed 1922 poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” was transformed from a regular poem to an amalgamation of written word, spoken word and hip-hop performances. Poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc began by reading the opening lines of Frost’s poem, and after a minute, hip-hop artist Eric Axelman dove […]
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Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair speaks at the Great Falls Forum
LEWISTON — An attentive and appreciative audience heard Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair speak on “The Words I Chose” at the Great Falls Forum on Friday in the Lewiston Public Library. McNair told of family struggles from early years without a father and recent years when his mother passed away. Throughout his talk, he suggested […]