Piccola: The Lost Christmas Classic of Celia Thaxter
includes a BONUS study guide on "Little Piccola"
Poet Foss Spoke for the Common Man
Not just a one-hit-wonder poet, but a gifted and comic poet
The Poem That Saved Old Ironsides
Oliver Wendell Holmes was only 21 when his little verse went viral
Thomas Laighton was “Lord of the Isles” in 1860
A rare poetic peek at the enigmatic Thomas Laighton
On the Trail of Evangeline
Longfellow's fictional heroine lives on, sort of
Two Invalid Poets Found Friends in Portsmouth
Clara Lynn and James Kennard Jr. turned adversity into verse
Ode to Portsmouth on Her 400th
Delivered live before a large audience that looked bewildered
Paul Revere’s “Other Ride” Poem
With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Whittier’s Anti-Slavery Ode to New Hampshire
An overly optimistic reaction to the election of John Parker Hale
A Song for the Sons of Liberty (1766)
Top tune lyrics from the New Hampshire Gazette
The Last Poem of Caroline Jenness
A brilliant mind turned to poetry and pain