Congratulations to the Winners of Poets Northwest's 2026 Spring Fling Contest!
Poets Northwest (a Chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas)
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A meeting place for poets in Northwest Houston (and surrounding SE Texas counties). We meet in person and on Zoom every 3rd Saturday of each month. Meetings are free and open to all. See http://poetsnw.com for more information! #poetry #poets #houstonpoet
Just a few (more) of the books by our chapter and our members. Treat yourself to some poetry by Texas poets! Bluebonnet Whispers: Tales of a Gay Man (Fresh Poet Series), by Stephen Schwei amzn.to/3HqkBfh Seasoned, by Karen Betz Mastracchio amzn.to/4mGQoJf
Just a few of the books by our chapter and our members. Dreams + Nightmares, by Poets Northwest amzn.to/3FG1NYS Houston Skyline: Selected Poems, by Carol A. Taylor amzn.to/4ksKt95 In Fidelity, by Courtney O'Banion Smith amzn.to/45DxFYE Beware of Poet, by Eric Blanchard amzn.to/4kRTdW8
Please join me in celebrating Texas poet Catherine Lu! Her latest piece “What Connects Us” has just been published in the latest issue of the @texasobserver.org. www.texasobserver.org/what-connect...
Feeling a bit nihilistic. from Beware of Poet first published in Pudding Magazine.
Congratulations to Ann Fisher-Wirth, The new #poetlaureate of #Mississippi! Couldn't go to a better person! arts.ms.gov/ann-fisher-w...
Ann Fisher-Wirth is Mississippi's Poet Laureate - Mississippi Arts Commission
Governor Tate Reeves has appointed accomplished poet Ann Fisher-Wirth of Oxford, Miss., as Mississippi’s Poet Laureate. Serving as the official state poet for a term of four years, the state’s Poet La...
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Now you can order a signed copy of Tree Fall with Birdsong from my local bookstore, Friendly City Books, and I will come in and sign it for you. www.friendlycitybooks.com/shop/p/signe...
SIGNED: Kendall Dunkelberg — Friendly City Books
Order with Friendly City Books for a signed copy — personalization available! Treefall with Bird Song explores the natural world around the poet's home in Mississippi and delves into memories o...
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Inspiration "ripped from the headlines" - sometimes it comes from the strangest of places. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/... #poem #rulesformen #toxicmasculinity #brainfreeze
go.bsky.app/5C5rMXf If you are a poet from or residing in Texas, and would like to be included in this Starter Pack, please let me know. If you are in Houston, Harris County, or one of the counties touching Harris County and would like to join Poets Northwest, please see poetsnw.com for info!
Our anthology, Dreams + Nightmares, is still available at your favorite online retailers! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dreams-nig...
Dreams + Nightmares|Paperback
We don't control where our brains take us when we surrender to sleep. In this anthology, twenty poets take us on that wild ride with unique perspectives. Some of the poems feature the theme literally,...
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Student Poetry Contest - all Texas students eligible (entries must be submitted by teacher or - if homeschooled - parent) - postmark DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 1. poetrysocietyoftexas.org/contests/stu...
Student Contests
The rules and instructions for the 17 contests in the Poetry Society of Texas Student Awards 2024 are shown below. You can download and print these instructions, as well. Best of luck to all entrants!
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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, a joyful celebration to end the year, the love of family and friends, and a New Year full of promise, prosperity, and happiness.
An old favorite - I think this is the first of my poems to have won awards, and it's won several.
I'm pleased that my contribution to Poets for Science was included in the Global Gallery. poetsforscience.org/the-enemy-of...
The Enemy of Knowledge is Certainty - Poets for Science
All knowledge springs from lack of knowing, thrives on curiosity, the will to try, to fail and try however long it takes. All knowlege has a price – the bloodied, doubt-pocked forehead of frustration....
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If you'd like to be added or removed to my Texas Poets starter pack, please reply here. Must have some connection to Texas (past or present) to be added.
Or a poem! Definitely in a poem.
What's worse than a viral quote-meme? One that misattributes the quotation.
Shannon Hale@shannonhale.bsky.social · 2y ago“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.” This was probably my most viral tweet. I've seen it pop up in a lot of quote aggregators, sometimes attributed to a wonderful but definitely not-me filmmaker.