Jazz and poetry are close, there”s no question about it. Jazz musicians feel poetry in every song they play.

Larry Simon, Guitarist and composer, is the man who organizes this four-day event, beginning on April 20th.

This is the second edition of this festival that unites music and words getting a fantastic result.

The place? Several locations at Portsmouth, NH.

The full list of activities:

Thursday, April 20

TRADITIONAL JAZZ JAM

5-6:30 p.m., the Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 431-5186

A whole night of jazz and poetry kicks off the festival starting with Larry Garland and River City Jazz

SPECIAL EXPANDED BEAT NIGHT

7 p.m., the Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 431-5186

Live, improvisational music by Larry Simon and Groove Bacteria accompanied by the poetry of some of the best New England performance poets

JAZZMOUTH FILM SCREENING

9 p.m., the Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth

A rare screening of the Beat film, “Pull My Daisy” with …

It”s April and that means it”s National Poetry Month.

Organized and promoted by the Academy of American Poets (www.poets.org), this event brings Americans the possibility to celebrate poetry for a whole month.

Let”s learn more about it, reading this excerpt from the AAP website:

What is National Poetry Month? National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets as a month-long, national celebration of poetry. The concept was to increase the attention paid-by individuals and the media-to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our poetic heritage, and to poetry books and magazines. In the end, we hoped to achieve an increase in the visibility, presence, and accessibility of poetry in our culture. National Poetry Month has been successful beyond all anticipation and has grown over the years into the largest literary celebration in the world.

Who designated it? The Academy of American Poets has …

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