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
Letter from Carol Milkuhn PSOV Archivist
Dear PSOV Member: Let me begin by extending three invitations. The first is an invitation to visit our newly designed website. When the home page appears, click on “About” and then on “Archives”—and so enter the world of our Archival Collection. Here you will find a history of the PSOV, detailing the struggles of those…
Found in the Archives
Voices of Winter so much sparrow songin the shape of bush — falling snow creak of bare limbagainst bare limb — another raven pelting sleet —the only sound a “shush-sh-sh” ~ Elizabeth Hazen Winter Voices is a collection of haiku by former PSOV member Elizabeth Hazen, published in the 2007 Poetry Society…
PSOV CELEBRATES 75 YEARS
A RETROSPECTIVE BEGINNINGS A cursory review of poetry societies across the country reveals that 32 have their beginnings in—or at least now are attached to—the National Federation of State Poetry Societies organized in 1959. At least 30 are affiliated with the Academy of American Poetry’s Poetry Coalition and can be found at poets.org. The Poetry…
Vermont Poet Laureate
In 1961, Vermont established a state poet laureate position, which is currently held by Mary Ruefle, who was appointed to a four-year term in 2019. Ruefle is the author of over a dozen full-length poetry collections, the most recent of which is Dunce (Wave Books, 2019), which was longlisted for the National Book Award in…
PROFILE Ann B Day
Ann B. Day with daughter Deb and grandson Haven Backlit by a late-winter glow and surrounded by books and poetry magazines, Ann Bemis Day, at 92, the oldest member of the Poetry Society of Vermont, recently talked to The Mountain Troubadour about her writing, life, and PSOV, of which she’s been a member since 1959.…
First of a Kind
History of The PSOV, 1947-2023 On May 15th, 1947, at the Hotel Vermont in Burlington, Mary Newton Baldwin witnessed the birth of a long-cherished idea: the creation of The Poetry Society of Vermont. Long a believer “that there ought to be a statewide organization for poetry,” Baldwin had begun preaching her gospel in 1946 at…