June 12: Hyla Brook Reading Featuring Alfred Nicol and Robert Crawford

The series, held at the Frost Farm located at 122 Rockingham Rd (Rt 28), is free and open to the public. An Open Mic follows the readings, and all audience members are invited to share their work.

Alfred Nicol’s collection of poems, After the Carnival, was published this spring by Wiseblood Books. His first book of poems in 2004, Winter Light, was chosen forthe Richard Wilbur Award. Nicol’s translation of the lyrics for “Sing the Triumph of the Lord” were used for the official anthem of International Eucharistic Congress convened in 2021 by Pope Francis in Budapest. His work has been called “an essential addition to the history of modernist poetry.”

A winner of the Richard Wilbur Award, Robert W. Crawford was Derry’s first Poet Laureate.  He has a number of popular collections, and his sonnets have twice won the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award. His poems have appeared in many national journals.  Crawford co-founded the Hyla Brook Poets, and is a long-time member of the Powow River Poets of Newburyport, Mass.

Under the leadership of Robert W. Crawford, Frost Farm Poetry’s mission is to support the writing and teaching of metrical poetry. The Hyla Brook Poets started in 2008 as a monthly poetry workshop. In March 2009, the monthly Hyla Brook Reading Series launched with readings by emerging poets as well as luminaries such as Maxine Kumin, Sharon Olds, Marilyn Nelson, and Richard Blanco. From there, the Frost Farm Poetry Prize for metrical poetry was introduced in 2010, with the Frost Farm Conference beginning in 2015.

For further information, visit www.frostfarmpoetry.org or facebook.com/HylaBrookPoets or twitter.com/HylaBrookPoets.