Poetry Society of Tennessee

EST. 1953

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  • Looking Back, Moving Forward

    Looking Back, Moving Forward

    Those early-to-rise bayside days of a temperate Florida gave way in December to the noise and rhythm of machines and medical workers, doctors and nurses sharing a novella of medical terminology, days and nights in hospital rooms, and facing the harsh realities of mortality’s defenselessness against aggressive diseases. The transition of 2025 to 2026 featured…

  • (More) Voices Rising

    (More) Voices Rising

    I’ve spent the last couple of weeks rising before the sun to cheer Florida bayside days into view, the familiar morning song of Tennessee birds replaced with heron squawks, pelican takeoffs and splash landings, kingfisher rattles, osprey screeches, and the occasional splunk of jumping mullet. Enriched by these new sounds are the familiar calls of…

  • Submissions Open for the 2025 Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest

    Submissions Open for the 2025 Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest

    The Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest is open through November 1, 2025. Send your best poem. Free to enter. Win a prize. Be published!

  • Road Trippin’

    We hit the road as we enter a new program year, and we’re excited to bring another year of poetry programs and opportunities to poets and poetry lovers across Tennessee and beyond. Join us!

  • Time for Renewal

    As spring renews, so must we. Discover all that’s happening during National Poetry Month and beyond, and how to renew or join our society.

  • Celebrating Poetry

    Spring is a time of renewal and celebration, as we run through World Poetry Day and, here in the U.S., National Poetry Month! Join in the celebrations and dive into poetry all season.

  • Consider Our Communities

    How important is community to poets and poetry? Vital. I consider the elements that come together to hold space for us and share some opportunities.

  • Submissions Open for the Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest

    Submissions Open for the Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest

    The Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest is open through October 30, 2024. Send your best poem. Free to enter. Win a prize. Be published!

  • Introducing the Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest

    Introducing the Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest

    Poetry Society of Tennessee is pleased to introduce the Tennessee Collegiate Poetry Contest. Submissions open soon.