About The Poets Corner
Writing is a journey of discovery, an exploration of our world and our understanding of it. Yet it is often a solitary endeavor.
The Poets Corner was created to give us opportunities to make it a communal experience as well.
Reading, writing, and listening to poetry or prose is a way for us to come together in conversations that foster connection.
The Poets Corner fosters community among writers and readers interested in poetry and short prose. Based in midcoast Maine, The Poets Corner serves this community with readings and other offerings of interest.
Founded by Meg Weston and Kathrin Seitz in June of 2020.
For more information contact thepoetscornermaine@gmail.com
Screenshot of July 2021 Open Mic reading, featuring a musical performance by Elvis & the Mopes.
Screenshot of poet Ellen Bass and founder Meg Weston on The Poets Corner.
Screenshot of December 2020 readers on The Poets Corner. Clockwise from the top right: poet John Paul Caponigro, co-founder Meg Weston, co-founder Kathrin Seitz,
Screenshot from Ekphrastic Poetry reading (a collaboration with Page Gallery) in November 2023.
Screenshot of August 2020 readers on The Poets Corner. From the top left: co-founder Kathrin Seitz, administrator Gabrielle Attra, poet Eric J. Evans, second row from left: photographer/writer Judy O’Dell, essayist/journalist Peter Imber, co-founder Meg Weston, bottom row: author Phuc Tran, writer/actor Lucinda Ziesing.
Screenshot of reading from the anthology Essential Queer Voices in U.S. Poetry : 100 Poets for our Present and Future. From left to right, top to bottom: Meg Weston, Founder/Director TPC, Chris Nelson, Founder/Editor Green Linden Press, and poets: Rick Barot, Ellen Bass, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Charif Shanahan, and Richard Blanco.
About our Founders
About Kathrin Seitz
Kathrin Seitz is a writer, editor, producer and professional coach who spent thirty years as a creative executive in the publishing, television, film, animation and toy industries in Los Angeles and New York City. As a coach, she works with private clients around the country and conducts Method Writing Workshops (jackgrapes.com ) in Midcoast Maine, New York City and Florida.
Her writings have been published in Evergreen Review, Lear's Magazine, Onthebus, Method Mad (a magazine she created with her students), The Herald Gazette and Maine Home+Design. Kathrin received an MFA in Fiction at Spalding University (Class of 2015) and is finishing a novel. View full resume. For more about Kathrin and her coaching business see www.kathrinseitz.com
About Meg Weston
Meg founded The Poets Corner along with Kathrin Seitz to bring community to the often solitary yet transformational experience of writing poetry and prose. Meg recently retired from her position as President of Maine Media Workshops + College, where she established The Writers Harbor program to complement media arts curricula in photography, filmmaking, and book arts.
In parallel to a successsful career in business and media, Meg Weston has had a lifelong fascination with volcanoes. She’s traveled around the world pursuing her desire to witness the power of the earth in its processes of destruction, creation and transformation. Meg completed an MFA in Creative Writing from Leslie University in 2008, with an interdisciplinary emphasis on creative non-fiction and photography. Over the past ten years she has studied poetry, especially under the guidance of inaugural poet, Richard Blanco. Meg is now focused on writing, teaching, and engaging with other writers, artists, and creative thinkers. Visit Meg’s website at www.volcanoes.com. Meg’s forthcoming poetry collection, Magma Intrusions, is due out Sept. 2023 from Kelsay Books.
About our Advisory Board
The Poets Corner Advisory Board comprises a number of writers and lovers of poetry and prose who bring their expertise and enthusiasm to the planning and future of The Poets Corner. Our Advisory Board members are as follows:
