Our Vision:

From the seascapes of our Lowcountry to upstate mountain vistas, from bucolic rural farmland to our high-energy urban centers, the poetry of life surrounds us here in South Carolina. The Poetry Society of South Carolina believes that every human heart is sensitive to beauty and ugliness, to joys and sadness, and that every life can be enriched by self-expression through poetry.

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Our Mission:
Since its founding in 1920, the mission of the Poetry Society of South Carolina has been:

• To create social settings where collegial friendships are founded based on a common interest in creating poetry, as well as exploring poetic forms, trends, and the work of poets

• To encourage the expression of the poetic sense which lives in every human being

• To provide forums where the art and the craft of poetry can be discussed and practiced

• To sponsor readings by published and well-known poets, as well as by PSSC members who may never before have considered reading in public even one word they have written, and

• To inform PSSC Members about “the business of being a poet,” including news of publications, contests, seminars, readings, how to self-publish, etc.