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POETS & FRIENDS (Springfield, Missouri) |
| MEMBERS: As of March 1, 2007, there were 20 members in Poets & Friends, the chapter that for ten years served as the state member of the National Federation of Poetry Societies and in November of 1998 founded the Missouri State Poetry Society. |
| MEETING DATES, TIME, AND PLACE: Poets & Friends meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month, unless otherwise noted, at the Brentwood Public Library (2214 S. Brentwood) in Springfield. |
| OFFICERS: OFFICERS: Current officers are President Bob Franklin, Vice-President Steve Kimberling, Secretary Becky Cline, Treasurer and Contest Chair Marsha Becco, Museletter Editor Don DePriest, Historian Bob Franklin, Membership and Publicity Joe Ryan, and State Society Representative Marsha Becco. |
| PROGRAMS: Each month the society holds a brief business session before the main activity of the evening: read-arounds of poetry by the members. Additional meetings include poetry readings at elementary schools and senior residence centers as well as a special Poetry in the Park day to which the public is invited. The group produces a monthly newsletter, Museletter, and conducts annual contests. A recent issue of the online Museletter is available at the chapter's web site: http://www.poetsandfriends.com/ |
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CONTACT PERSON: Those interested in attending a meeting of this group to
see if they would like to become members are invited to bring some poems to
Brentwood Library on a meeting night. The society meets in the Community Room. Questions can be answered
by David Thomas at dthoma03@yahoo.com
or 1848 E. Berkeley St., Springfield, MO 65804. |
