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Grey Court Poets Quick Facts
About Us: The Grey Court Poets is a grassroots Methuen-based poetry writers group
that seeks to enhance Methuen’s growing cultural community by providing an outlet for creative people living in and
around the Methuen area. The mission of the Grey Court Poets is to provide a forum where people can learn about poetry, have
their writing constructively critiqued, work on poetry reading skills, and share and provide resources such as websites, books,
magazines and other poetry-related material. The Grey Court Poets also strive to be a major part of Methuen’s cultural
community by sponsoring and taking part in public readings, workshops and literary festivals in and around the Methuen area.
Meetings: Regular meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Study Room
at the Nevins Memorial Library 305 Broadway, Methuen, MA. http://www.nevinslibrary.org/ On occasion, readings and events will
be held at other Methuen venues such as Borders Books, Grey Court Park and the Methuen Music Hall.
What To Bring:
If you have a favorite book, website, magazine or writing resource, you are encouraged to bring it to the meeting. The first
portion of each meeting is devoted to resource sharing and news from the world of poetry & writing. The second portion
of each meeting is devoted to reading original work and gaining constructive feedback on poems that are presented. Please
bring at least twelve copies of the piece you’d like to share. You can collect the copies when you are finished.
The level of feedback you receive is up to you. If you don’t have a resource or poem to share, please still attend.
Just bring a willing ear and an open mind.
Membership: Membership is open to poets of all levels and styles. Poetry
fans that do not write, but are eager to learn about poetry and would like to be kept informed of literary happenings are
invited to join as well. You need not be a Methuen resident to join the Grey Court Poets.
Patron Poet: Our patron
poet and guiding spirit is former Methuen resident and Methuen school teacher Robert Frost who famously said: “I had
decided that I was up to no good at Dartmouth, so I just went home to Methuen.”
Further Information: If you
are interested in joining the Grey Court Poets mailing list or would like further information, please send an email with your
contact information to:
greycourtpoets@live.com
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