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About Matt Kraunelis

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 Matt Kraunelis holds an English degree from Merrimack College in North Andover, MA and a law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston. He is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation.  He was formerly the Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Methuen, MA. He has also served as a government attorney and Methuen City Councilor. He is a founding member of the Robert Frost Foundation of Lawrence, MA, and formerly served as the Foundation’s Vice Chairman. He is also the founder of the Grey Court Poets, a Methuen based poetry-writing group.  Kraunelis has been writing poetry for over twenty-five years. His poems have appeared in The Merrimack Review, The Alternative Voice, The Bridge Review, MethuenLife Magazine and Romantics Quarterly. He is a winner of the St. Francis Institute Poetry Award, and was two-time finalist for Merrimack College’s Aherne Poetry Award. His poetry has been published ten times in the Eagle-Tribune as part of its Annual Spring Poetry Contest and he has finished as high as second place. He has performed featured readings at Merrimack College, the Haverhill Public Library, Borders Books, Nevins Memorial Library, Poetry Hoots throughout The Merrimack Valley and at Lowell Celebrates Kerouac events. His chapbook entitled Tackle Box is currently available to interested publishers.  Kraunelis also writes songs, speeches, essays and literary fiction. His artwork includes many mixed media pieces. He lives in Methuen with his wife, Dawn, son, Jack and daughter, Sarah. 

 

The Poetry Of Matt Kraunelis

 

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