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"I Got Your Letter, and the Birds"
"I looked for you before." Friends, if you need a smile, look to Emily Dickinson's welcome to March . "Come in/How glad I am," she says,...
Tamara Miles
Mar 295 min read
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"Stories Scribbled Down on Decks of Cards"
... how will we be remembered, and by whom?
Tamara Miles
Feb 236 min read
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"Falling Through Nine Heavens"
So here we are, ready to celebrate the New Year with our last reading in the Midlands Region, featuring Angelo Geter.
Tamara Miles
Jan 26 min read
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"For December I Give You a City"
A city as you imagine it, quiet at night or bustling, with holiday lights or antique lanterns. A city you can go home to, or see for the...
Tamara Miles
Dec 6, 20246 min read
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"Rowing Toward the Grasses"
We made it to November, and Quitman Marshall is coming to Columbia as our first Midlands region reader for the ECEC Series.
Tamara Miles
Oct 30, 20244 min read
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Crows Above the Forest Call
a letter from the President Dear Poets and Poetry Lovers, Recently, I stood on the "poet's balcony" at Della Watson's condo overlooking...
Tamara Miles
Oct 4, 20245 min read
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La Noche Poetry Contest
Enter our newest poetry contest, in Spanish or in English. DKW Productions and The Poetry Society of South Carolina invite attendees of...
Tamara Miles
Aug 27, 20241 min read
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"The Hour Before Takeoff"
A Letter from the President Hello, friends, I'm back! I went scuttling around airports that eventually took me to Portugal. There were...
david lemieux
Aug 25, 202410 min read
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"Housing a Kiss of Ladybirds"
A Letter from the President Good morning, poets and poetry lovers -- and happy Independence Day! May a large number of ladybugs enter the...
david lemieux
Aug 19, 202410 min read
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Adjustments to Future Zoom Sessions!
Everyone, we were hacked during Marcus’s beautiful workshop today— by vicious racist and sexist bullies who said terrible things and...
Tamara Miles
Jul 6, 20241 min read
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"A Thousand Blended Notes"
A Letter from the President Hello, everyone. I know it's still spring, but it feels like summer, and I've started swimming to jazz and...
david lemieux
Jun 3, 20247 min read
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"As the Elephants are Drawn and Painted"
A Letter from the President Hello, poets and poetry lovers. There's an elephant painted on the wall at my physical therapist's office....
david lemieux
May 4, 202411 min read
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"Amid Heavenly Sounds"
A Letter from the President Bzzzz. Hey, folks, grab your seed packets and watering can. April means opening the greenhouse, planting...
david lemieux
Apr 9, 202412 min read
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"Turn Kind to Clocks"
A Letter from the President TikTok: it's March, and the clock never stops. Even while we're reveling in all the fall contest winners and...
david lemieux
Mar 6, 202411 min read
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"I'll Catch Your Shadow Soon"
A Letter from the President Hello, folks. It's February: a time for hearts and histories and our reading with Maya Marshall (opening...
david lemieux
Feb 8, 202411 min read
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"I Know the Grass Beyond the Door"
A Letter from the President Here we are at the door of the New Year, friends. It's time for the Members' Open Mic and other special...
david lemieux
Jan 8, 20249 min read
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"Like a Man Bearing a Gift"
A Letter from the President Happy December, Friends. I've been working diligently this week to prepare for a beautiful Holiday Party for...
david lemieux
Dec 11, 202313 min read
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"The Spirit in Us"
A Letter from the President And we are in November, friends. The earth transforms, and we adjust ourselves to cooler nights. We bring in...
david lemieux
Nov 5, 202313 min read
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"The Leaves of My Estranged Autumn"
A Letter from the President Hello, friends! Forgive my later and later newsletter. Here we are on the 5th of October. The whirlwind I am...
david lemieux
Oct 5, 202310 min read
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"From Out Their Greenery The Old Birds Fly"
A Letter from the President As I look back through my images and videos from the Off the Grid Festival in Spartanburg last weekend, the...
david lemieux
Sep 6, 202314 min read
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