Too green the springing April grass, Too blue the silver-speckled sky, For me to linger here, alas, While happy winds go laughing by, Wasting the golden hours indoors, Washing windows and scrubbing floors. Too wonderful the April night, Too faintly sweet the first May flowers, The stars too gloriously
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In 1967, New Hampshire established a state poet laureate position, which is currently held by Alice B. Fogel, who was appointed to a five-year term in 2018. Fogel is the author of A Doubtful House (Bauhan Publishing 2017).
In 2017, Mike Nelson was named the poet laureate of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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| Reading Series | Eagle Pond Authors' Series at Plymouth State College | New Hampshire |
| Colony | The MacDowell Colony | New Hampshire |
| Writing Program | New England College Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry Program | New Hampshire |
| Writing Program | University of New Hampshire Graduate Program in English Language/Literature/Writing | New Hampshire |
| Landmark | The Frost Place | New Hampshire |
| Conference | Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching | New Hampshire |
| Conference | Frost Place Poetry Seminar | New Hampshire |
| Literary Magazine | Amoskeag | New Hampshire |
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Village Book Store | New Hampshire |
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Williams Bookstore | New Hampshire |
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No gate, no main entrance, no ticket, no ranger. Not far
From where Frost once raised chickens and ill-fated children, near
Where the Old Man’s glacier-hewn face though bolstered to
Its godlike roost by rods and turnbuckles slid
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