Poetry Society of Tennessee

EST. 1953

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  • A Tender Thread

    Roads, memories, and checking off a backlog of to-dos thread through the month as we look ahead to spring’s festive collection of opportunities.

  • 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…

  • Opportunities Abound: December Roundup

    Get the deets on poetry in Tennessee and surrounding communities. Workshops, conferences and conventions. Calls for submission. Contests. Events.

  • (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…

  • Opportunities Abound: November Roundup

    Get the deets on poetry in Tennessee and surrounding communities. Workshops, conferences and conventions. Calls for submission. Contests. Events.

  • Leaning In

    Formed by poets for poets more than 70 years ago, we carry the lessons of our history forward as we flex into the future.

  • Opportunities Abound: October Roundup

    Get the deets on poetry in Tennessee and surrounding communities. Workshops, conferences and conventions. Calls for submission. Contests. Events.

  • Members Featured in Had I a Dove & More

    Several PST members appear in Had I a Dove, a thoughtful anthology that benefits those most affected by Hurricane Helene, and other books featuring our members.

  • Flexing into the Future

    Formed by poets for poets more than 70 years ago, we carry the lessons of our history forward as we flex into the future.

  • Opportunities Abound: September Roundup

    Get the deets on poetry in Tennessee and surrounding communities. Workshops, conferences and conventions. Calls for submission. Contests. Events.