Poetry Society of Tennessee

EST. 1953

A blog by poets for poets in Tennessee and beyond.

It’s Time to Shine

Exciting News: Our Community is Growing! Share Your Writer Bios and Check Out Our Members! We Want to Feature You Hey there, amazing members of the Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST): it’s your time to shine! We want to know more about you and your poetic journey. Share your writer bios with us, and we’ll…

July 27, 2023
Memphis Celebrates Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate

Meet Memphis Youth Poet Laureate program’s first Youth Poet Laureate.

July 25, 2023
Say it Out Loud

Say it out loud! Pull your carefully crafted words from the page and shift them to stage artfully. It’s just another skillset that requires practice.

July 25, 2023
NFSPS Announces 2023 Contest Winners

Several PST members took home prizes or honorable mentions (or both) from NFSPS 2023 poetry contests.

July 20, 2023
Jeff Price’s One Steady Glance Now Available

Discover PST member Jeff Price’s first poetry collection, One Steady Glance: Collected Poems.

July 16, 2023
July 2023 Poetry Contest Results

The Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) formally announced its members-only July 2023 contest results at their July 8 member meeting. Winners receive cash prizes. The first place poems will be published in an upcoming edition of PST’s anthology, Tennessee Voices. Sponsor and judge Russell Strauss selected the following winners and honorable mentions: Dorsimbra Pantoum Meeting…

July 11, 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
2023-2024 Monthly Member Contest Line-up

Our first monthly members-only contest was announced in May, and results for the two-in-one contest will be announced soon. As a reminder, July’s contest was sponsored by Russell Strauss: Submit a pantoum and/or a Dorsimbra. One winner for each contest with honorable mentions. Any subject. $20 for 1st and $5 for HM awarded for each…

July 1, 2023
Poetry Society of Tennessee Turns 70

In June 1953, charter members gathered to sign a charter for a poetry society dedicated to poets and poetry. During the meeting, they elected officers and enacted a charter whose purpose stands fast today. Learn more. Virtual Celebration Held On the evening of June 15, 2023, society members from across the state and beyond gathered…

June 28, 2023