open mic
poetry series
Next Freeport Folio | January 17th 1pm
Freeport Community Center
53 Depot St. Freeport, ME
Featured Poet | Carol Willette Bachofner
Rockland Poet Laureate Emerita
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January 17, 2026 Open Mic Event
Featured Poet | Carol W. Bachofner
Rockland Maine Poet Laureate Emerita
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Carol Willette Bachofner Statement on Poetry
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Carol Willette Bachofner, poet, photographer, and watercolorist, served as Poet Laureate of Rockland, Maine from 2012 -2016. She is the author of 8 books, most recently Every Place I Look, women with embers at their feet (Main Street Rag, 2025) Bachofner's poetry has appeared in numerous journals, such as Prairie Schooner, The Connecticut Review, The Comstock Review, Cream City Review, as well as in the following anthologies, Dawnland Voices, An Anthology of Writings from Indigenous New England (University of Nebraska Press, 2013), Enough!(Littoral Books 2020) and Wait (Littoral Books 2021). Carol says: Poetry is a living thing, always evolving but never losing sight of its parentage, its legacy. To learn more, visit https://carolbach.substack.com
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ANNOUNCING
Maine Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl (2006-2010) will be our Featured Poet for our National Poetry Month Freeport Folio Open Mic Event on April 11th 1pm at Freeport Community Center.
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