Join the Poetry Society of New Hampshire (PSNH) on Wednesday, March 18th, 2026, at @gibsonsbookstorenh from 4:30-6:00 pm for an afternoon of poetry! Our headliner this month is NH State Poet Laureate, Jennifer Militello. An open mic follows her reading.
Poetry bears witness to the truth; it is unacknowledged legislator of our realities; it gives voice to the inarticulate suffering of the oppressed. Help us make sense of the turbulent and troubled world we share, and submit one of your poems.
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Come and cheer on NH's poetic youth at the state finals in Concord on March 6th!
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March 5: PSNH Virtual Series – A Generative Workshop with Shelby Coe
Date/Time
Date(s) - March 5, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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March 3: Poetry Nashua featuring Melissa Juchniewicz @ Nashua Public Library
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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PSNH will be hosting an virtual poetry vigil on February 25th at 6:30PM EST. This will be a vigil where we will provide space for all to share poems that help us process what is happening.
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Join Poetry Society of New Hampshire virtually as we celebrate and honor the legacy of Martin Luther King through poetry!
*** REGISTER at PSNH.org or by using the QR Code above ***
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Touchstone is Open for Submissions, now til February 28. Send us your best poetry and art! Details at psnh.org/journal .
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Help Poetry Society of New Hampshire continue our mission and purpose by providing us feedback through a short (we promise!) member survey. Hearing from as many of you as possible will assist us in prioritizing our activities for 2026.
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Tuesday October 7 at Poetry Nashua
Featured Reader David Banach, Open Mic, and Second Anniversary Celebration!
Nashua Library at 6PM
Interview with Portsmouth Community Radio Station WSCA with Joanne Casey and David Banach talking about the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and poetry around the state and sharing some poetry.
You can listen to the conversation and the poems at PSNH.org
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Today at 4:30 at Gibson's in Concord!
Tune in to WSCA 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio, this Thursday at 8 a.m. - PSNH will be talking NH Poetry with Larry and Kelly, the hosts of "Seacoast Currents"!
A POETRY WORKSHOP WITH ALA KHAKI TO EXPLORE POETRY AS AN
INSPIRATION AND VOICE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CHANGE
Date/Time: August 10, 2025; 10-4 pm
Place: St. Anselm College, Grappone Humanities Center
Poetry has been an instrument of defiance, resistance, and
revolution for millennia.
We are excited to share the results of our July Ekphrastic poetry contest on art from issue 67.1.
Winners:
First Place Winner
Cathy Thwing
Second Place Winner
Patrick Bradshaw
Third Place Winner
Beth Fox
Read and see them all here:
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Poets from the Poetry Society of New Hampshire will read some poetry from our June Ekphrastic Poetry Contest inspired by art from the Spring issue of Touchstone. There will be an open mic reading to follow.
Sunday July 27 at 3PM at Spring Hill Studio
in Sharon, NH
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We are excited to announce that on June 10-11, Poetry Society of New Hampshire (PSNH) will be participating in NH Gives! This 24-hour online event is an amazing opportunity to raise funds for poets and poetry in NH!
Check out our fundraising page here: www.nhgives.org/organization...
We loved the art from Touchstone Issue 67.1 so much we want to write about it!
Winners will be published in the Fall Touchstone issue and featured at an art exhibit and poetry reading on July 27 at 3PM at Spring Hill Studio in Sharon NH.
Artworks, Guidelines, and Submissions at psnh.org/ekphrastic/
The Spring Issue of Touchstone is out and we had a lovely time hearing some of the poets and artists read and talk about their work with some of the lovely people who were published in this issue. #poetrycommunity
The Zoom reading is next week!
We love the art in this issue of Touchstone. You will too!
The print journals are in the mail this week.
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Cover Reveal! The Spring 2025 issue of Touchstone is at the printers. We’re happy to reveal this issue’s cover with art by Cynthia Yatchman. @cynthiayatchmanart
“Fly” is a mixed media piece.
Cynthia Yatchman is a Seattle based artist and art instructor.
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Submitathon 5/25 4-5:30 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Come & submit your work for publication & explore where to publish! Bring a <50 word bio or have the info, have poems in Word & hopefully a Submittable or Duosuma account. If you're not ready to submit, come anyway!
Last Satirday’s PSNH Quarterly gathering. An intimate group of creative, talented poets.
Touchstone Readers Norah Smith and Sam Marcotte got to talk to NH poet Patrice Pinette about her new book Happiness is a Strange Bird and her poetic practice. They also got to talk about three poems from the new book. You can listen to the conversation and the poems here:
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Join the Poetry Society of New Hampshire At Gibson's Bookstore in Concord on Wednesday April 16, 2025, from 4:30-6:00 pm for an afternoon of verse. This month’s headliners are Mark Pawlak and Mary Bonina. An open mic follows their reading.
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Free Workshop with NH State Poet Laureate Jennifer Militello: Thursday, April 3, in the afternoon before her evening reading at Saint Anselm in the Greg Grappone Humanities Institute
Free, but Space is limited!
Registration Required.
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NH Poet Laureate Jennifer Militello will be reading at St. Anselm College next Thursday, April 3!
Big Thought Series: Poetry Reading
In Person
April 3, 2025 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Gregory J. Grappone Humanities Institute
Google Maps Location: t.ly/prmIL
More Info. at psnh.org/events/april...
Write a Poem a Day with PSNH in April for National Poetry Month!
Join us on a private server to share, stay accountable, and see what we’ve been writing!
Join us on Discord discord.gg/74Rj8FGjyB
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#NaPoWriMo
Ready for April? We have so much poetry in store for you for National Poetry Month:
Write a Poem a Day, Readings, Workshops, Open Mic's! Keep up with our schedule of events at psnh.org
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We got to chat with NH State Poet Laureate Jennifer Militello about her work as Poet Laureate and to listen to and chat about 3 poems. We also talked about her forthcoming work and the value of poetry in turbulent times. You can listen to the conversation and the poems here
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