Mike has been hanging around the poetry scene of Portsmouth and the Seacoast for twenty years. He has been participating in Beat Night for 18 of its 23 years and hosting and organizing it for the last 8. Mike had the honor of being the 11th Poet Laureate of Portsmouth from April 2017 to April 2019 and he is the founder of Hive Poetry Project,  Senile Monk Press, and Space Bee Studio.