ROCKPORT – The library will host a poetry reading every Thursday during April in honor of National Poetry Month.

Here is a listing of readings.

Thursday, April 7 - Dave Morrison
Dave Morrison is a writer of novels, short stories, poetry, and many notes on scraps of paper. After years of playing guitar in rock & roll bars in Boston (the Trademarks and True Blue) and NYC (the Juke Savages), he currently resides in coastal Maine. Dave's poetry and short stories have been published in FRiGG, Thieves Jargon, Rattle, Void, Rumble, Mad Hatters Review, Juked, Laura Hird, Psychopoetica and other fine magazines, and three collections of poetry and two novels have been published by JukeBooks.

Thursday, April 14 - Rockport Poet's Corner Reading
Members the Poets Corner, the poetry group that meets twice monthly at the Rockport Public Library will be reading poems from their new Chapbook. Members of the group include George Chappell, Jim Ostheimer, Jon Potter, Bill Eberle, Trina French, Eileen Hugo and Paul McFarland.

Thursday, April 21 - Kristen Lindquist
Kristen grew up in the Camden-Rockport area and received her MFA in poetry from the University of Oregon. She also worked many years at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference in Vermont. Her poetry and other writings have appeared in such venues as Down East, Bangor Metro, the Camden Herald, and various anthologies. She has published a chapbook, INVOCATION TO THE BIRDS, and a full-length collection, TRANSPORTATION. Three of her poems were read by Garrison Keillor on NPR's The Writers Almanac. An avid birder and naturalist, Kristen writes a monthly nature column for PenBayPilot.com.

Thursday, April 28 - Togus Poet's Group
Mike Madore is a Vietnam Veteran, a painter and a member of the Togus Writers Group. He will read his poem, "Breakfast Helicopter," and discuss its visual companion, "The Last Mountain," his painting of soldiers leaving the combat field for the last time by helicopter, and, encouraged by his team, easily dropping burdens along the way.

Jessica Eaton, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer, served in various sea and shore commands, both statewide and overseas. After retiring from the military, she attended college and taught language arts in central Maine. She now devotes her time to reading and writing. A member of the Togus Writers' Group, she enjoys expressing herself through poetry and short fiction. She is publishing her first book of poems. She lives in Winslow.

Roland Watier is of French Canadian ancestry, a Vietnam veteran, professional storyteller, master woodcarver, and member of the Togus Writers Group. He lives in Union.

Roberta Record is a professional caregiver of veterans and a member of the Togus Writers' Group. She lives in Augusta.

George S. Chappell served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He is the founder of the Togus Writers' Group, a retired newspaper writer and editor, and an author of two books of poetry. He holds a creative writing degree from Goddard College in Vermont. He lives in Rockland.