Poetry Society of Tennessee

EST. 1953

Category: Program

September 2023 Program

In this program, KB Ballentine discusses word choice and provides ways to work with verbs to power up our poetry. Be ready to write, or bring along some work to revise.

August 17, 2023
August 2023 Program

In this program, Abby N. Lewis will share methods to identify themes in your poetry upon which to build chapbooks.

July 11, 2023
Professor’s Corner Invites Members to Summer-Fall 2023 Session

Professor’s Corner has invited all NFSPS members to join in a literary discussion group that meets 4th Mondays for four months at 7pm Central time. Summer and Fall 2023 sessions will be devoted to ecopoetry, defined as poems about our relationship to nature and the environment. Participants will explore selected poetry from The Ecopoetry Anthology (Trinity…

July 7, 2023
Poetry Society of Tennessee Celebrates 70 Years on June 15

On June 15, 2023, the Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) will hold a virtual celebration from 7:30-9:30 pm Eastern / 6:30-8:30 Central in honor of its 70th anniversary.

May 26, 2023
66th Annual Poetry Festival

PST’s 66th Annual Poetry Festival has been scheduled for April 15, 2023, featuring a poetry workshop and poetry reading.

March 5, 2023
March 2023 Program

In this program, Julie E. Bloemeke talks about how we can expand the reach of our poems by calling up sensory elements. Prompt included.

February 24, 2023
February 2023 Program

In this workshop, Rita Sims Quillen focuses on prompts centering around experiences of our youth to create narrative poems.

January 23, 2023
January 2023 Program

In this session, award-winning poet, author and editor Pauletta Hansel will discuss the development of a poetry manuscript.

December 17, 2022
December 2022 Program

In this talk, Andrew Lee Butler discusses the ways Poetry gets in the way of our poetry. Come prepared to reflect on what you think you shouldn’t write poetry about.

November 20, 2022
November 2022 Program

In this talk, Blue Ridge native and award-winning poet Matthew Wimberley engages with the responsibilities of the writer when engaged with the particulars of place.

October 25, 2022