This coming Thursday marks a very special -- and unique -- Portsmouth Green Drinks, as former Portsmouth Poet Laureate Mimi White will be on hand to share some of her renowned verse, as well as her opinion on green issues, and what the Seacoast community can do going forward.

Things will kick off with networking and drinks at 6:00pm, with White taking the floor shortly thereafter.

Organized by GA Business Partner Tim Gaudreau of Tim Gaudreau Studios, Portsmouth Green Drinks offers area greenies a chance to come together and hear from local business leaders, academics, experts, and other community members.

For the past two years, Two Ceres Street -- another GA Business -- has played host to the monthly gathering, held on the third Thursday of each month.

Stop by and enjoy drink specials and engaging conversation, while Two Ceres' beautiful fire helps keep the winter freeze at bay.

Portsmouth's Poet Laureate from 2007-2009, Mimi White has worked in a variety of settings including schools, libraries, prisons, residencies for the elderly, and universities. Additionally, White has been a member of the faculty at the University of New Hampshire, Northern Essex Community College, and Lesley University.

White's work has been published in dozens of journals, including Poetry, Harvard Review, West Branch, The Seattle Review, Yankee and Rivendell. Her book of poems, "The Last Island" was published in 2008.