Bob Moore passed along this video  with his Coffeehouse announcement. It serves to inform his point of view.

Poets, Musicians, New Year’s revelers, resolution heeder’s and those that throw in the towel early after a serious January run:

The last year (the last decade) was a decade to remember (and to forget, if you know what I mean), and it’s time to look toward a New Year with the blessings and dreams that are only to be tapped by our imaginations.I think the operative sound bite for the last few years has been “moving forward”

“Moving forward” has been worked over, chewed,ruminated,digested, and it must be working its way through one of 4 stomachs by now(speaking from a bovine perspective). I’m afraid we’re probably spending more time on Facebook and Twittering and playing Call of Duty Black Ops, and our “moving forward” sense of direction is in serious question. So does the Nation have a prayer? It certainly needs one.

I wanted to let you know about two fine poets that are stepping up to the plate this Friday. One is the incomparable Lindsey Coombs, a performance poet who got her start in Delaware in 1999 when she was introduced to slam poetry. Lindsey’s writes and performs poems that speak from the heart (with a lot of spice and emotion thrown in). Many of her poems come from personal experiences. She shines a light on the subtle and the sublime. Lindsey runs a poetry coffeehouse in Deerfield, NH held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at The Lazy Lion Café. She has two chapbooks to her credit. See more about Lindsey below.

Bio for Lindsey:

Writing since high school, Lindsey discovered a crazy talented world of poets and poetry including a whole new world of slam poetry when she moved to Delaware in 1999. She soon became a featured poet, published two chapbooks and created “Between You & Me” a spoken word performance for Senior Residences. In 2006 Lindsey moved to NH where she discovered a whole new world of poetry and poets, began volunteering with Poetry Out Loud, and started 4th Tuesday Poetry at the Lazy Lion Cafe in Deerfield. She continues painting pastel portraits of people’s pets but loves sharing her poetry with anyone willing to listen.

Also featured is John-Michael Albert, a dynamic performance poet from Dover,NH. Mike has been in the poetry scene for years and his modus operandi is total immersion. Mike hails from his home state of Texas. He has a music background, is a composer of songs, radio scripts, and musicals, and has a wonderful singing and speaking voice.

He’s published many books of poetry,each poem demonstrating a total love of words. Mike writes poetry like a master chef works with ingredients in the kitchen to come up with special recipes, always with the element of surprise and an uncanny sense of humor.

Mike’s latest book of poetry is “Vivaldi for Breakfast” published by Moon Pie Press. See bio below and early photo (conducting a group at a younger age when he was working in Texas).

Bio for John-Michael from “Vivaldi for Breakfast”:

In the last ten years he has been a member of the board of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and Jazzmouth: Portsmouth Poetry and Jazz Festival,and a founding member of the poetry workshop and performance ensemble, Blood on the Floor. In addition to being invited frequently to read his own work, he has hosted monthly poetry readings, judged poetry contests, edited poetry anthologies, and written over twenty essays on poetry for publication. He is the editor of both The 2008 and The 2010 Poets’ Guide to New Hampshire, an anthology of 400 poems by 300 poets from across the last two centuries; and the author of Two-Ply and Extra Sensitive (Sheltering Pines Press), a collection of his published poems from 2000-2005; Apple Blossoms, Splinters and Flames (Sargent Press), a collection of poems on the theme of peace; Oh,Ethel! Did You See That?, a collection of humorous poetry; and Vivaldi for Breakfast (Moon Pie Press), a collection of his published poems from 2005-2009.

The First Friday Coffeehouse featuring poets John-Michael Albert and Lindsey Coombs

The First Unitarian-Universalist Society of Exeter

12 Elm Street (Parish Hall), Exeter, NH

Friday, January 7th

7:30 PM

Sign-up for performers starts at 6:30 PM.