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SUMMARY:Tate House Presents Poetry in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Tate House Museum Presents “Poetry in the Garden” with M
 ichael Bove and Suzanne Simmons. Portland--- Tate House Museum is offeri
 ng a Poetry Reading in our beautiful backyard and colonial garden with t
 wo published New England-based poets\, Michael Bove and Suzanne Simmons.
  Join us on Thursday July 13 for a reception and reading from 6:15-8:00 
 pm. Cheese and refreshments will be served and guests offered a sneak pe
 ek at the 1755 Tate House from 6:15- 7:00 PM\; poetry reading will comme
 nce 7:00- 8:00 pm. All attendees will receive a coupon for 50% off a Tat
 e House guided tour that can be used during our regular open season. Com
 e meet and hear these fantastic poets and enjoy refreshments on the Tate
  House Museum. Entry is free and open to the public of all ages! Please 
 bring your own chair or blanket to 1270 Westbrook Street in Portland on 
 July 13.\n\nMike Bove is the author of four books of poems: Soundtrack t
 o Your Next Panic Attack (forthcoming 2024)\, EYE (forthcoming 2023)\, H
 ouse Museum (2021) and Big Little City (2018). His work has appeared in 
 journals in the US\, UK\, and Canada. He was winner of the 2021 Maine Po
 stmark Poetry Contest and a 2023 finalist for a Maine Literary Award in 
 poetry. He is Professor of English at Southern Maine Community College a
 nd lives with his family in Portland\, Maine where he was born and raise
 d. Many of his poems explore nature\, memory\, and New England life\, pa
 rticularly in Maine and the city of Portland.\n\nSuzanne Simmons’ poem
 s\, essays\, and photographs have appeared in the New York Times\, The B
 altimore Review\, Rattle\, Miramar\, Fifth Wednesday and numerous other 
 journals. In 2020 her poetry chapbook In September They Draw Down the La
 ke\, was published by Alexandra Quarterly Press. She holds an MFA in poe
 try and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In May of 2023
  she appeared in an episode of the World Channel’s Stories From the St
 age\, and she is currently finishing a manuscript that she began in Grub
  Street’s Memoir Incubator in 2022.&nbsp\; She’s been a chef\, a tea
 cher\, and a business owner\, and raised two children on a family farm. 
 Visit her at www.suzannesimmons.net\nPlease check our website and SM in 
 the advent of rain.\n\nFMI: Holly Hurd\nhkhurd@tatehouse.org\nTate House
  Museum\n1267 Westbrook Street\nPortland ME 04102\n207-774-6177
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LOCATION:1267 Westbrook Street\, Portland\,  Maine  04102\,  US
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