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Freeport Folio, a poetry initiative by Freeport residents John Egan and Jonas Werner, creates space for poets of all backgrounds to share their work and connect through the power of language.

Some evenings stay with you. On April 30 at Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport, the room held three decades of Maine's Poet L...
05/03/2026

Some evenings stay with you. On April 30 at Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport, the room held three decades of Maine's Poet Laureate tradition.

Together on the same stage for the first time were Maine Poets Laureate Betsy Sholl, Wesley McNair, Stuart Kestenbaum, the current Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma and Maine Poet Laureate Elect Dawn Potter (who will assume the role in July 2026). Kate Barnes and Baron Wormser were honored with a candle lighting and readings of their work.

The poems carried us through marriage and grief, rhubarb and beauty salons. A letter to a Maine still one hundred years away. Cow faces pressed to farmhouse screens, the moon compared to a deadbeat roommate and a violinist who played through her own brain surgery.

In the conversation which followed, Betsy Sholl told us about the poetry teacher who refused to give her permission or take it away. When she asked him, "Can I write?" he said, "I don't know. Can you? Don't ever give that power to anyone else."

This evening was a shared dream of Khristina Kurasz of the Maine Arts Commission and Freeport Folio Co-founder Jonas Werner. It was brought to life by the Maine Arts Commission, Freeport Folio, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Professor Noel Thistle Tague of the University of Maine at Augusta and Maya Williams, former Portland Poet Laureate and 2025-2026 Maine Poetry Out Loud Coordinator.

The recording is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_51i0rCd2c Skip to any poet in the description on YouTube.

With thanks to:
Event Sponsor: Kennebec Savings Bank
Media Sponsor: Down East Magazine
Venue Sponsor: Meetinghouse Arts

Special thanks to Tom Pierce and the team at the Town of Freeport’s TV3 for filming, live streaming and brilliantly editing the event video.



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Note: Recording of the event was lightly edited for content.

There are no more in-person tickets left for this (free) event, but there will be a live stream on YouTube. Link in our ...
04/30/2026

There are no more in-person tickets left for this (free) event, but there will be a live stream on YouTube. Link in our bio and below!

04/22/2026

Poetry, community, live music. We are family.

Join us Saturday, April 25 at 7pm at Freeport Community Library for our Freeport Community Poetry Celebration for National Poetry Month.

Featured Poet Colin Cheney will be joined by Joseph Coleman, Maine Poet, and other local poets. Live music by Dominic Lavoie. Meet the winners of the Freeport Poetry Competition, featured in the Freeport Poetry Walk.

Free and open to all. Please reserve your spot at freeportfolio.org.

In partnership with
Freeport Community Library.

Thanks to our sponsors Bath Savings, Freeport Community Services Age Friendly Freeport Pownal Community

Maine Arts Commission
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance

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04/10/2026

Betsy Sholl’s poem "Bird Watching" from Rough Cradle (2009) read by Freeport Folio cofounder Jonas Werner.

National Poetry Month Freeport continues this Saturday with Freeport Folio & Freeport Community Library Present Open Mic Poetry with Featured Poet Betsy Sholl, Maine Poet Laureate 2006-2010.

Saturday, April 11 | 1pm
Freeport Community Library
10 Library Drive, Freeport Community Library

Bonus: There will be a special appearance by Meghan Rivard, 2026 Maine Poetry Out Loud State Champion, ahead of her trip to the National Finals in Washington, D.C.

Reservations and details at freeportfolio.org

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04/08/2026

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04/07/2026

An amazing event at the State House Friday. Emi Snyder’s poem brought down the house, see it here.

Thank you Lynn(e) Schmidt ❤️
04/05/2026

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