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Blog Posts
Protective Coloration / David Jibson
Available from Kelsay Books and at Amazon.com.
Laurence W. Thomas
Poetry Society of Michigan Chancellor and founding editor of 3rd Wednesday Magazine Laurence W. Thomas turns 93 today!
Call For Submissions
For the next Poetry Society of Michigan Newsletter (June), I plan on a special issue—a selection of poems written by Michiganders—especially PSM members—during the time of the Governor’s sheltering-in order (roughly between March 24 to May 15 [?]). I am NOT interested in COVID-19 poems or poems of lamentation during Dark Times (isolation, depression, anxiety . . .). INSTEAD, I’m looking for poems that express the pleasures and joys and humor of living in Michigan during these times—It’s SPRING, for goodness’ sake! 
That is, poems of good nature and positivity and gratitude and . . . well, anything that hasn’t been showing up on the news feeds the past couple of months. I will make the selection of poems based upon those SUBMITTED TO ME by the end of May. Please send only one or two of your best new poems either as an attachment to my email address (above, or listed on the newsletter) or by regular post to Phillip Sterling, 3033 Court Dr. SE, Lowell, MI 49331. In either case, please be sure to provide me with your name and contact info. For the newsletter, I will select what I believe are most representative poems of what it means to be living where we are at this point in time.
Please share this Call for Submissions as you deem appropriate (websites, Facebook, affiliated local groups). I look forward to hearing from you.
Deadline: May 30.
Phillip Sterling,
Editor, PSM Newsletter
Notice to PSM Members
The spring meeting of PSM is cancelled in service of the public health.
When She Weeps / Nancy Cook
One of Chancellor’s prize winning poems from the fall contest issue of Peninsula Poets by Nancy Cook of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Stones / Myra Ward Barra
Another prize winning poem from The Poetry Society of Michigan Annual Poetry Contest, this one from the “Love” category.
Springfed Writers & Music Series
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Wednesday, January 22, 7pm,
featuring poets, Dunya Mikhail, Lamees El Ethari, Alise Alousi, author Weam Namou, songwriter Luti Erbeznik.
Wednesday, February 26, 7pm,
featuring poets M.L. Liebler, Alex Morgan, founder of The Detroit Writing Room/reporter/editor Stephanie Steinberg, senior writer at American Greetings Wendy Bomers.
Wednesday,March 25, 7pm,
featuring poets Zilka Joseph, Christine Rhein, Dennis Hinrichsen, author Linda Sienkiewicz, songwriter Amy Petty.
Wednesday, April 22, 7pm,
featuring novelist Michael Zadoorian, authors Bill Vlasic, Susan Whitall, songwriter Jim Bizer.
Hosted by John D. Lamb.
Special thanks to Friends of the Royal Oak Public Library,
222 E. Eleven Mile Road,
Royal Oak, 48067.
Evening on the Lake / Polly Opsahl
A prize winning poem in the category “Evening” from the fall issue of Peninsula Poets, the annual contest issue from The Poetry Society of Michigan.
Redbuds in Bloom / Michael Harty
One of the winning poems in the “nature” category from the fall issue of Peninsula Poets.
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Children of Survivors / Joy Gaines-Friedler
From the fall issue of Peninsula Poets, one of the prize winning poems in the “Family” category of The Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest.
