| Deployed by author Suellen Wedmore Poet Laureate emeritus for Rockport, Massachusetts Wednesday October 17, 2007 at 7pm in the Brenner Room of the Rockport Public Library. Call (978) 546-7323 for more information. |
Suellen Wedmore, Poet Laureate emeritus for the small seaside town of Rockport, Massachusetts, has been published in Green Mountains Review, College English, Phoebe, Larcom Review, The Cancer Poetry Project, and others. Her work has been awarded first and second place in the 2000 and 2004 Writer’s Digest rhyming poem contests, respectively; first place in the Byline Magazine Literary Contest; and first place in the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum annual writing competition. After 24 years working as a speech and language therapist, she retired to enter the MFA Program in Poetry at New England College and graduated in July, 2004. |