Tuesday April 2, 2019 5:00 reception 6:30 open poetry reading April is National Poetry Month and the Belfast Free Library is celebrating with an exhibit and an open reading. The creative work of Marjorie Arnett and twenty-seven poets come together in an Ekphrastic Exhibition, “Painter Read More »
Poetry
Robert Burns Night
The Maine Celtic Celebration hosts a Robert Burns Night on January 26, 2019, at the United Farmers Market of Maine, at 18 Spring St. in Belfast. The event starts with a traditional scotch tasting from 4:00 – 5:30 pm, followed by an evening of food Read More »
Found: Belfast’s new Poet Laureate
“Poetry as a genre—like the other arts such as music or painting–has the capacity to hold space for things that are disturbing, difficult, strange, challenging and political. Life on this planet is complicated. The best poems reflect, represent and comment on these complications without trying Read More »
Apply for or Nominate next Belfast Poet Laureate
The City of Belfast, as it does every two years, is searching for a local poet to serve as Belfast’s Poet Laureate. The successful applicant will be Belfast’s 10th Poet Laureate. Belfast has had a poet laureate, an official city designation, since 2007, when then Read More »
Artist Interview with poet Michelle Menting
Michelle Menting is the author of Leaves Surface Like Skin, a full-length collection of poetry. Read More »
Maine Poetry Movers and Shakers
Annual Belfast Poetry Festival October 14, 2017 Read More »
BCC Member Michelle Menting releases new book of poetry, ‘Leaves Surface Like Skin’
Michelle Menting is the author of the full-length poetry collection, Leaves Surface Like Skin (Terrapin Books, September 2017), and two poetry chapbooks. Read More »
Join us for a Big Day in Belfast! Lots to do on October 14
Fantastic and colorful happenings converge! Read More »
Submissions now open for the annual Maine Postmark Poetry Contest
The Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, a statewide competition, is happening again this year in conjunction with the 13th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival and is open for submissions until August 1. Read More »
Belfast looks for its next Poet Laureate! Will it be you?
Belfast is searching Waldo County for its next Poet Laureate to fill a two-year term beginning January 1, 2017. Applications for the position are now being accepted until Friday, December 16 by the Poet Laureate Search Committee. For the first time, poets from any town Read More »