The Poetry Society of Vermont, founded in 1947, is an association of poets and supporters who join in promoting an interest in poetry through workshops, readings, contests, and contributions to the society’s chapbook. Anyone may join the society, including high school and college students and non-residents of Vermont. We welcome both writers and appreciative readers.
MEMBERSHIP & DONATIONS
Two ways to join:
1. Sign up and pay, as well as make donations at:
https://poetrysocietyofvermont.submittable.com/submit
2. Contact membership chair, Sally Anne Reisner. Mail dues of $25 ($15 for students) to Box 1215, Waitsfield, VT 05673. Please include your name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Membership must be renewed annually by January 1. A list of members is available upon request.
Advantages of membership include participation in readings and workshops, opportunities to have poems published in the society’s chapbook, The Mountain Troubadour, feedback and comments on submitted poems, competition for awards, and fellowship with many appreciative readers and writers of poetry. Members receive a copy of the society’s journal, The Mountain Troubadour, published annually
President’s Choice Poem June,
2021
Rhythm of the Forest
We
walk the old logging road
high
along the forest’s eastern
slope,
where spring’s morning
sunlight
slants through bare
branches
of maple, oak, beech,
butternut
still tight budded
on
these frosty days of April.
The
forest floor warms under
last
year’s old leaves as violets
spring
beauties, trout lilies and
Dutchmen’s
breeches bloom
along
the old road where we
pause to
breathe in the miracle
of
newness from the old.
Late
spring the blossoms
will
have begun to fade, fruits
and
seeds form on the stems.
Grouse,
deer and mice feed
on the
berries and stems as
plants
return into the ground.
Again,
in late May we walk in
shadows
of the hardwood trees
unfurling
their summer leaves.
While,
deep in the earth, the
plants
take nourishment from
hardwood
roots to grow again
in
next year’s April’s sun: these
spring
ephemeral plants, living
in
rhythm with the forest trees.
Ann B.
Day
