The PSOV Archives are housed in a collection at the Vermont History Center in Barre, Vermont. The collection contains the complete 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). For more information, contact the Vermont History Center at www.vermonthistory.org.
For a list of poems published in The Mountain Troubadour: PSOV Troubadour Index 1948 to present
Read: Poetry Society of Vermont PDF Early Records
History – NewsPosts
Poem from the Archives
from the Mountain Troubadour 2008 Winter Storm Wind whips billions of snowflakes Into rolling white-outs in the moonless Night. It whines in cracks, Tears at pine and brittle ash, Etches frost-art on window panes, Roars around the porch corner, Strips fields down to frozen stubble. Turns snow drifts into icy Ocean waves spilling across the…
Happy New Year!
poem from the archives Winter Gardens When faltering years are falling leaves, And once-brown hair is snow, Give me the deep, unsleeping faith That winter gardens know. by E. Dorcas Palmer, 1962 (reprinted in The Poetry Society of Vermont, Second Harvest, 1982)
A Few Words About The Peach Award
by Carol Milkuhn Again, the days I spend doing research in Barre can have surprising results. Last summer I came across an article on the life of Arthur Wallace Peach, the first President of the PSOV. Written by Charles Morrissey for the Vermont Sunday Rutland Herald-Times Argus in 1986, the article focused on Peach’s legacy—a…
A Few Words about Our Summer Contests
by Carol Milkuhn On a visit to our archives in Barre, I spent an afternoon browsing through scrapbooks, file folders, and old Troubadours. As I turned pages, I found many references to the history and origin of our Summer Contests. Since we are now focused on entering those contests, let me share some of what…
Visiting the Archives
As the new PSOV Archivist, it was with great pleasure (and fun) to meet with Carol Milkuhn, former PSOV Vice President and long time PSOV Archivist and Maggie Eaton our new PSOV Vice President, this past Wednesday at the Vermont History Center in Barre, Vermont. The PSOV Archives are housed in a collection at the…
History of our Journal
William Halvosa A founder of the poetry journal we know as The Mountain Troubadour If you visit Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont, you will discover an unusual monument—a monument composed of twin beds attached to an elaborately carved headboard. Sculpted out of Vermont granite, this memorial was designed in 1953 by William Halvosa, an early…