Monthly Poetry Readings

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Amesbury’s Monthly Poetry Reading Series is hosted by Lisa Usani Phillips, Amesbury’s current Poet Laureate, in partnership with the John Greenleaf Whittier Home. During the summer, readings are held in the garden at the Whittier Home, 86 Friend Street, Amesbury, as well as broadcast virtually on Zoom.

Readings are broadcast via Zoom all year round.

Live poetry, every month

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About the Poet Laureate Program

Next Reading: Joey Gould

When: Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Where: JG Whittier Home & Museum, 86 Friend Street Amesbury, MA 01913 or Zoom

Joey Gould is a queer teacher whose poetry explores faith, grief, longing, birds, & human connection. They wrote The Acute Avian Heart (2019, Lily Poetry Review) & Penitent > Arbiter (2022, Lily Poetry Review). Their recent work, written as writer-in-residence at Sundress Academy for the Arts Firefly Farms in 2024, has appeared in Meow Meow Pow Pow, Solstice, & MEMEZINE. They write reviews as Poetry Editor for Drunk Monkeys, and have also placed reviews in Glass: A Journal of Poetry and the Sundress blog. They have aided in the planning & execution of both the Massachusetts & New York City Poetry Festivals, while leading poetry workshops in schools, libraries, & nursing homes across Massachusetts since 2011.

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