Poetry Society of Vermont
founded in 1947


Poetry Society of Vermont

“Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.”  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam



The Poetry Society of Vermont welcomes new members, both writers and appreciative readers.
Founded in 1947, PSOV is an association of poets and supporters who join in promoting an interest in poetry through meetings, workshops, readings, contests, and contributions to the society's journal, The Mountain Troubadour, which has been published since at least 1956. Anyone may join the society including high school and college students and non-residents of Vermont.




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Membership in PSOV


To join the Poetry Society of Vermont, mail dues of $25 ($10 for students) to:
Sally Anne Reisner 
Box 1215, 
Waitsfield, VT 05673  
If joining for the first time, please include your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email.  Membership renewals are due by January 1.  A membership list is available by contacting Sally: sallyreisner@madriver.com

Advantages of membership include participation in readings and workshops, opportunities to have poems published in the society's journal, The Mountain Troubadour, competition for awards, and fellowship with appreciative readers and writers of poetry.  Members receive a copy of The Mountain Troubadour annually.



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NATIONAL CONTEST NOW OPEN TO ALL


$1,000 prize will be given annually for the winning poem. Winner and four runners up published in Mountain Troubadour.  Submit three poems, maximum 40 lines each,  with $15 entry fee by February 1, 2019. Contest judge is Baron Wormser, past Poet Laureate of Maine.

 

You’ll need your credit card for payment.

Please have your three poems ready in one Word (.doc or .docx) document, with no names on the poems.

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Check Out Whale Road Review; it's a beautiful online journal.

PSOV Archives at the Vermont History Center

Barre, Vermont


www.vermonthistory.org


Poetry Society of Vermont

Records, 1947-

Doc 548-549, 582-583, MSA 405-406


Introduction

This collection contains the records of the Poetry Society of Vermont, a statewide organization that promotes public awareness of poetry. The collection was given to the Vermont Historical Society in December 2005 by the creating organization (ms. acc. no. 2005.10). It is stored in 4 document storage boxes and two flip-top archival boxes; it consumes 5 linear feet of shelf space.


Judith Janoo has a new chapbook from Finishing Line Press


https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/after-effects-by-judith-janoo/


“Judith Janoo brings the reader from despair, caused by war, into the hope for peace. The poet engages the reader with the warrior and those around him with poetic empathy and visual reality. ‘….the suffering of gentle/man made infantry man…’ in her poem ‘I Am From,’ leads us generations forward to a peace march, where a granddaughter reminds us in the final words of the final poem, ….it isn’t dangerous/to walk only to not say a word.’ Take the journey from war to the quest for peace in this elegant collection.”

         —Dianalee Velie, Poet, and author of five collections, most recently, Ever After.
BOOK k LEAF
Bookstore and Tea Shop
Writers
Read
Series
presents
Adventures
in
fact
and
fantasy
Kathleen
McKinley
Harris
and
Ray
Hudson
OPEN
MIC
for
all
writers
Thursday,
October
18,
2018
-­‐
6:00
PM
Kathleen McKinley Harris Ray Hudson
Kathleen McKinley Harris and Ray Hudson are two longtime friends who
have both published new books in 2018. Harris is a poet who celebrates the
pastoral Vermont of yesteryear. Earth Striders chronicles the evolution of a
young girl, whose love of horses and nature defines her life as she moves into
adulthood. Fear, love, tragedy and humor are interwoven in these living,
breathing poems that transcend time. In Ivory and Paper, Hudson’s
protagonist, Booker, a 13 year old from a Vermont farm enters the magical
world of the Aleutian Islands when he meets Anna, who is on a quest to return
an ancestral amulet. The spell-binding relic involves the new friends in a world
of myth and mystery.
All Writers are encouraged to share a brief piece of writing (5 min. max) at the Open Mic.
Come and enjoy this celebration of writing, book signings, conversation, and of course,
complimentary tea, coffee and sweets!
Book
&
Leaf
10
Park
Street
Brandon,
VT
802-­‐465-­‐8424
BOOK k LEAF
Bookstore and Tea Shop
Writers
Read
Series
presents
Adventures
in
fact
and
fantasy
Kathleen
McKinley
Harris
and
Ray
Hudson
OPEN
MIC
for
all
writers
Thursday,
October
18,
2018
-­‐
6:00
PM
Kathleen McKinley Harris Ray Hudson
Kathleen McKinley Harris and Ray Hudson are two longtime friends who
have both published new books in 2018. Harris is a poet who celebrates the
pastoral Vermont of yesteryear. Earth Striders chronicles the evolution of a
young girl, whose love of horses and nature defines her life as she moves into
adulthood. Fear, love, tragedy and humor are interwoven in these living,
breathing poems that transcend time. In Ivory and Paper, Hudson’s
protagonist, Booker, a 13 year old from a Vermont farm enters the magical
world of the Aleutian Islands when he meets Anna, who is on a quest to return
an ancestral amulet. The spell-binding relic involves the new friends in a world
of myth and mystery.
All Writers are encouraged to share a brief piece of writing (5 min. max) at the Open Mic.
Come and enjoy this celebration of writing, book signings, conversation, and of course,
complimentary tea, coffee and sweets!
Book
&
Leaf
10
Park
Street
Brandon,
VT
802-­‐465-­‐8424

Poetry in Bennington

Dead of Winter All-Genre Open Mic:

The Largest all-genre open mic in SW Vermont

Saturday, February 2, 7- 9 pm

Sponsors: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bennington & Bennington Area Arts Council

UUFB Meeting House, 108 School St

(lots of free street parking)

5 minute time limit, all-acoustic, no plug-ins… mic, sound, and piano provided

$3-5 donation; for more info, call Charlie Rossiter: 708-606-4673