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MONTHLY MEETING REPORTfor Saturday, April 11, 2015

by Recording Secretary Barbara Blanks

President Catherine L’Herisson opened the meeting and wel-comed our speaker, Terry Jude Miller from the Richmond areaof Houston. Past presidents Linda Banks, Budd Powell Mahan,J. Paul Holcomb, and Jimmy Inez Sessions were also present.

Director Barbara Goerdel gave the March membershipreport for Membership Chair Lynn Lewis (report on page 6).

Treasurer Aman Khan gave the March financial state-ment. The largest expense was for printing the Bulletin.

Librarian Barbara Blanks reported on three books do-nated to the PST permanent collection. The two anthologiescontain poems by PST members. It was not verbally an-nounced, but at the end of the meeting, Terry Jude Miller do-nated copies of his three books (all books listed on page 6).

Also donated was A History of the Poetry Society of Texasby Budd Powell Mahan. This book took Budd ten years toresearch and write. It contains everything you could want toknow about PST and its history-making people, along withwonderful black and white photos. The price is only $10. Buddalso brought enlargements of several archival pictures and dis-played them on a table. He urges everyone who has pictures ofpast PST events to send them, or copies, to him for the archives.

President L’Herissonmade several important announce-ments and reminders:

• Barbara Lewie Berry, our March speaker, is ill. She hashad two surgeries and is still in the hospital. Prayers and goodthoughts for her are welcome.

• April is National Poetry Month, and there are severalevents going on around the state. If you or your chapter doesanything special, please report to both Beth Ayers, extensionchair, and Valerie Martin Bailey, Bulletin editor. Beth Ayerswrites the report for NFSPS for both October Poetry Day andApril Poetry Month. She must send the report by May 31.NFSPS presents certificates of participation at their summerconference.

• April 30 is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Share the poems!• The Student Awards will be held on April 18, 2-4 p.m., in the main auditorium of the downtown Dallas Central

Library. Budd Mahan asked for volunteers to help meet, greet,and register students, their families and teachers, and to handout awards and anthologies. Budd also noted that in the Man-ningham Awards, PST students took a 2nd honorable mentionat the senior level, and a 1st, 5th, and HM at the Junior level.Budd selects submissions from the previous year’s StudentAwards winners.

• Our Summer Conference information and registrationform are now on our website, and will also be included in theMay Bulletin. The conference will be in Beaumont, July 16,17, 18. Birma Castle is the conference chairman, so it’s sure tobe exciting. Don’t miss the fun!

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Editor: Valerie Martin Bailey April 2015

APRIL MONTHLY CONTEST WINNERS

Critic Judge: Lynn Lewis, Fort WorthFirst Place: C. Wesley Vines, Dallas – “The Learning Curve”Second Place: Catherine L’Herisson , GarlandThird Place:Cheri Bell, Tomball

Book Prizes

Reader: Barbara Goerdel, ArlingtonPopular Prize: David Knape, The WoodlandsA Galaxy of Verse Prize: Linda Banks, MesquitePoetry for Poets Award: Sylvia Medel, McKinneyWilliam D. Barney Mem.: Susan Maxwell Campbell, MansfieldM. Tandy Duemke Prize: James DeGaugh, CenterOther Poems Read By:Patrick Lee Marshall, Manuel English,Richard Peake, Miriam Hasert, Barbara Blanks

Laugh Lines Judge: J. Paul Holcomb, Double OakWinner: Jan Benson, Fort Worth

Send contest entries before the 15th of each month to the Contest Chair, Irene Robertson, at 3107 Marquise Court, McKinney, TX 75070. The e-mail address Rinii@tx.rr.com.

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• The Fort Worth Poetry Society, in cooperation with PST,is sponsoring the William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Con-test, which begins January 1, 2016, and ends February 15,2016. Winner receives $100 and 25 copies of the chapbook.

• Barbara Blanks was congratulated for taking 5th placein the Reader’s Digest poetry contest. There were more than4,800 entries. The top ten poems, including hers, can be read atRD.com.

The new A Book of the Year 2015 was in the room! Wegave editor Linda Banks a round of applause for all her hardwork. President L’Herisson read a portion of the dedicationhonoring Jimmye Inez Sessions, then presented her with thefirst copy. Members who were present received their copies atthe break. The mailing committee will send the others ASAP.

Spotlight on Members Chair, Jessica Gonsoulin, intro-duced our Spotlight Poet, Molly Meyer, of Allen, who be-came interested in poetry in the 4th grade. Molly createdMind’s Eye Poetry: Rewriting Dementia, to honor and cele-brate dementia patients. They contribute thoughts to a generaltheme, and poems are created on the spot. You can visit http://mindseyepoetry.com/ for details of this important pro-gram, and to read some of the wonderful poems. Mind’s EyePoetry is also on Facebook.

President L’Herisson introduced our program speaker,Terry Jude Miller. A retired professor of eMarketing, he heldan Innovation Fellowship at Kaplan University. While Terryhas written poetry for only about six years, he’s already beenpublished in a variety of anthologies. The creator of Texas PoetsPodcast, he also founded the Facebook group, “Lunchtime Poetry Break.”

Terry presented three exercises to generate poem ideas.First, the Alphabet Exercise: Use the alphabet to jump startwords in a variety of ways. Terry’s poem began, “A is theacronym of all grief / over the sudden death / of baby brotherB…” Second, the Ideograms Exercise: Use anything as a sym-bol, then give new meaning to it. As an example, Terry wrotea poem about “e” that began, “eye with one tear/flowing.”Third, the Truth Exercise. Terry read a truth poem, which wasa series of “Because,” statements that ended with a “dare.” Hegave us 15 minutes to write a poem based on any of these ex-ercises, then had several people read the results. It generateddelightful laughter. Our thanks to Terry for a fun-filled and-stimulating program.

After the break, Monthly Contest Chair Irene Robert-son announced the winners for April, 2015 (listed on page 1).

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ALAMO AREA POETS Iris Maahs Reporting

What better way to celebrate National Poetry Month than areading by the leader and founder of the oldest poetry venuein San Antonio, Rod Stryker. He started the Sun Poetry Society in 1995. Twenty years later it’s still going strong.He talked about the sources of his poetry and where hefound inspiration for his writing. Members enjoyed his pres-entation and look forward to a return engagement. Rod willjudge the AAPT poetry contests for April.

Winners of the March open contest were: AntoinetteWinstead–HM, Sheila Moore–HM, Peter Holland–HM,Don Mathis–HM, Toni Murguia–3rd place, Peggy Mott–2nd place, Iris Maahs–1st place. Winners of the March As-signed contest were: Don Mathis–HM, Peggy Mott–HM,Iris Maahs–HM, Peter Holland–3rd place, Toni Murguia–2nd place, Sheila Moore–1st place. AAPT thanks JackiePelham for judging both March contests and for taking timeto make constructive and helpful comments.

Members voted to accept the slate of officers presentedat the March meeting. Officers for 2015-2016 are: Presi-dent–IrisMaahs, Vice-President–Antoinette Winstead,Treasurer–Nancy Carter, Secretary–Margaret Cook.

Antoinette Winstead invited everyone to attend the annual literary festival April 7–11 at Our Lady of the LakeUniversity.

Lea Fagin reminded members and guests of the Poetry Pot Luck and reading sponsored by the Writer’sGuild on April 9. She encouraged everyone to submit apoem he or she would like to read. There will also be a po-etry reading at Landa Library to celebrate National PoetryMonth.

BEAMONT CHAPTERBarbara Green Powell Reporting

The Beaumont Chapter is alive and well; this reporter justmissed giving you the news last month.

Birma Castle is busy planning the Summer Conferenceto be held in Beaumont, July 16, 17, 18. She’s starting to feellike a celebrity with four pictures of her (rather, VoodooQueen Marie Laveau) on the website. Visit www.poetrysocietyoftexas.org, click on Events, then on the 2014 AwardsBanquet. You may not recognize Birma, but she invite youto join us in the fun with the theme, Partying with Poetry,Mardi Gras Style. Birma guarantees you’ll have a wonder-ful time. Get out your best purple outfit and plan to Let theGood Times Roll! We are looking forward to seeing all ofyou poets, new and old timers.

Beaumont members meet at Calder Woods RetirementHome the third Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. tillnoon, then members share a meal at the Black-Eyed PeaRestaurant. Good food and conversation brings members

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together in a festive mood. April’s lesson is following the imagery in “Leaves” writ-

ten by T. Jervis Underwood. President Castle challenges usto use one big (unusual) word as the focus in our poems. Theauthor uses words that will make a poet break out the dic-tionary. It will be interesting to see what big words our mem-bers use in their poems.

To celebrate Poetry Month, Beaumont poets hosted areading at Barnes and Noble on April 11. We also read po-etry to the residents of Calder Woods Retirement Home onApril 14. This is a new endeavor, and we are searchingthrough our poems for ones that will make residents smile.

Start now writing a poem you can bring to “You Be TheJudge” contest for 2015 Summer Conference in Beaumont.

DENTON POETS’ ASSEMBLYRichard Weatherly Reporting

The DPA’s April 25 meeting was held at the Emily FowlerBranch Library. Following announcements and a welcome tovisitors, J. Paul Holcomb shared an April lesson on processes in-volved in submitting poetry for competition and other venues.Afterwards, members and guests shared free-choice poems

On April 10, Masood Parvaze, Patrick Marshall, andRichard Weatherly participated in the first NRH Poet’s Cornerevent, sponsored by the City of North Richland Hills. Poet’sCorner is an opportunity for poets to share their writing with thelocal community.

To promote National Poetry month, Patrick Marshallarranged for members of DPA, PST, and other area poets toparticipate in a “Taste and Talent” event on April 25, 6–9 p.m.in the Byron Nelson High School library to benefit their schol-arship program.

The Merging Visions, Collections V poetry and art catalogwas presented at a reception on April 23 from 5:30–7:30 p.m.The exhibition will run until May 29, 2015 in the MeadowsGallery, Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E.Hickory in Denton. VAST collaborates with the Denton Poets’Assembly, the Greater Denton Arts Council, and the DentonPublic Library to create an annual exhibit of paired original artand poetry works to celebrate National Poetry Month. Some ex-hibit pairings will then travel to various Denton libraries.

DPA meets the third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.–Noonat the Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street in Den-ton. Visit www.DentonPoetsAssembly.weebly.com

FORT WORTH POETRY SOCIETYAnne Jones Reporting

Often a smaller group can be very productive. That was true ofour April meeting. Because several members attended the In-ternational Poetry Festival in Austin, our number was reduced.However, that seemed to free us to discuss many activities topromote FWPS. Vice-president Steve Sanders opened the meet-ing by reading two sonnets from Lee Warner Brooks’ Novel-

ettes. Brooks is one of many lawyers who are also good poets. Don Shook and Anne Jones presented the slate of officers

for the coming year. This was voted on and approved. We alsodiscussed at length our Web page that Hilda Mendosa main-tains. The site has been hacked, so she may simply start a newpage. Several solutions were given, and she will look into these.Steve maintains our Facebook page and would like to havevideos of our group in various poetic activities for this page.

The remainder of our business meeting was spent explor-ing activities to promote our group. To outsiders we may seemto be a bunch of prosy old folks reading our own poetry. Wewant to be much more. We are the oldest poetry group in theSouthwest, over 100 years old. We should be doing more. A for-mer member, Patricia Ferguson, has returned to us, and both sheand Don are interested in our producing short stage-readingplays on the lives of famous poets. Steve urged us to considerpresenting some event each quarter of the year. We already doArtsgoggle in the fall. Hilda suggested Spanish-English pre-sentations, which are well attended. Beth Neely and othersthought an evening of musical poetry would be entertaining. Allin all, it was a very productive evening. After poems were cri-tiqued, Hilda read a poem by the Spanish poet, Neruda.

GULF COAST POETSDaniel Carrington, Reporting

In April, GCP welcomed poet and novelist Chris Wise as fea-tured reader. With a mix of wit, humor, and his trademark ora-tion, he entertained members with a range of poems thatshowcased his talent for free verse as well as more traditional po-etic forms. Chris’ work has been published in Nerve Cowboy,Blue Collar Review, Road Not Taken and many other publica-tions. He is a regular contributor to Cowboys & Indians maga-zine. We look forward to reading Colliding with Orion, hisforthcoming poetry, short stories, and essays collection in 2016from Absey & Co.

Also, in celebration of National Poetry Month, our chap-ter’s founder, Mary Margaret Carlisle, led the general meetingin a focused writing activity designed around succinct prompts.The intent was to help poets spur a creative response with min-imal cues and thereby, jumpstart creativity by seeking inspira-tion in what’s available. In addition, it illustrated the usefulnessof poetry workshop exercises to power one’s muse.

MOCKINGBIRD CHAPTERJessica Gonsoulin Reporting

At the April 4 meeting, Beth Ayers reminded us that the Mock-ingbird Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony would be May 3 at 2p.m. Members should arrive an hour early to assist guests. Overa thousand entries had been received. Beth passed around pho-tos of her library display for poetry month.

Sylvia Medel announcedd the new Mockingbird anthologyis at the press and should be ready within the next week.

Aman is negotiating a gathering with the McKinney Arts

Commission for a poet laureate and a workshop.Alice Parker reminded everyone about our upcoming

Barnes and Noble reading on April 18.

POETS NORTHWESTSharon Young Reporting

Loretta Diane Walker was the featured guest at the PNW Marchmeeting. Poets and friends met at the Pearl Fincher Museum inSpring to hear Loretta share her poetry and the stories behindthem. Attendees thoroughly enjoyed her work and were espe-cially entertained by her “Cafeteria” poems and the school chil-dren who inspired them. Twenty attended, including welcomedfamily members of our speaker. Congratulations to Loretta onher nomination for this year’s Texas Poet Laureate.

The read-around prize was sponsored by Lisa Salinas onthe subject “Leaves.” Seven members participated, and the $10random drawing prize was won by Maxine Kohanski. Nextmonth’s sponsor is Maxine Kohanski on the subject “Procras-tination.” Nancy Leap will present the April program in honorof her mother, June Brown Leap.

Spring Fling entries are being judged, and winners will becelebrated at the upcoming May event. Visitors are welcome!

PNW meets every third Saturday of the month at the PearlFincher Museum in Spring. Poets and guests are encouraged toread original or favorite works during the second half of themeeting. PNW is on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Poet-sNorthwest and on the Web at www.poetsnw.com.

POETS OF TARRANT COUNTYLynn Lewis Reporting

The April meeting of the Poets of Tarrant County was called toorder by President Ron Eddins. The minutes from March wereapproved and a “Get Well” card for Barbara Berry was signedby the members. Vice-President Hollis Davis introduced ourFeatured Speaker, Keith Goodman. Keith read original poetrythat dealt with “observations and contemplations of people,places, and things.” President Eddins then presented for discus-sion the spontaneous concept topic: What is it that moves us toshed a tear and write a poem? Assignment poems were readafter the break. After the readings the meeting was adjournedby President Eddins.

RUSK COUNTRY POETRY SOCIETYMary Tindall Reporting

The Rusk County Poetry Society will award a $500 scholarshipto the winning 12th grade poet in the Poetry in Schools eventthat has attracted about 500 entries, 1st through 12th grade, fromall over East Texas. An anthology is being printed and CountyLine Magazine will print poems from the contest in the nextissue. About 40 young poets will participate in the April 27 cer-emony that Anne McCrady will emcee.

The RCPS recently met with ten in attendance. SpotlightPoet Joy Greenwald read “Portrait of Beth” about her mother

and “A Christmas Rose” written to be set to music. Sharon Tay-lor presented a lesson on how characterization in poetry appearsto reveal personality through actions, words, or thoughts. CarolThompson read “Hand Work,” Sharon’s character poem abouther mother. Characterization poems are to be returned at theApril meeting. Yearbooks were distributed. The meeting con-cluded with the reading of critiqued lesson poems from AnneMcCrady’s lesson on light.

SAN ANTONIO POETS ASSOCIATIONValerie Martin Bailey Reporting

SAPA’s president, Margaret Mayberry, has moved to Florida.after a long illness. An abscessed appendix resulted in wide-spread infection and surgery. After a long hospital stay, she wasmoved to a rehab center, and she has now moved to a lovely as-sisted living facility in West Palm Beach, Florida where her sonsare nearby. She is getting stronger each day and promises to stayin touch. When she recovers she hopes to organize a group ofpoets in her new community.

SAPA’s vice-president, Sheila Moore, is now president andwith our executive board’s approval, she appointed Pat Gibbs asthe new vice-president. We are sad to lose our beloved Margaretfrom SAPA, but we move forward with good leadership.

Our April meeting takes place after this newsletter goes topress, but 25 members were present at our March meeting toenjoy a Poetry Theater performance by actor/poet John Eubanksand actress/poet Del Ellison. They presented two skits—onefunny and one poignant. Then John and Floyd (Michaud) Lam-rouex had us laughing out loud with a skit titled “CompetitiveYoga.” The skits were written by John Eubanks, who recentlypublished a poetry collection titled: Life Support of Another Sort.

The contest poems from February were judged by LindaBanks of Mesquite. Assigned contest winners: 1st–Valerie Bai-ley, 2nd–Pat Gibbs, 3rd–Lucy McBee, HM–Sheila Moore.Open contest winners: 1st–Loretta Vaughan, 2nd–AntoinetteWinstead, 3rd –Lucy McBee, HM–Valerie Bailey.

Many SAPA members celebrated National Poetry Monthby attending the grand Voices de la Luna Gala at the Whitleyis doing with the homeless and also with those suffering fromaddictions at San Antonio’s Haven for Hope.

SAPA had a table at the Gala and SAPA member, ValerieBailey was introduced as a notable San Antonio poet by Dr. MoSaidi, co-founder and CEO of Voices de la Luna

Three homeless people who have benefitted from theHaven of Hope program were present to read poems and sharehow poetry has helped them deal with their recovery. It was aninspiring experience for all. SAPA members who attended were:Mo Saidi, Wallace and Loretta Vaughan, Joan Seifert, Pat Gibbs,Mary Cervantes, Toni Murguia, Jean Jackson, Clyta Coder, LoisHeger, Floyd (Michaud) Lamrouex, and Valerie Bailey. SharonTurner who is on the Voices de la Luna Board and who was atable hostess was unable to attend due to illness.

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TEXOMA POETRY SOCIETYFrances Neidhardt Reporting

On April 4, in the Sherman Public Library Community Room,we met in good spirits to celebrate National Poetry Month. Ittakes nerve (or something) to hold a meeting on Easter Saturdayafternoon. Our email flyers, newspaper article, flyers to twobookstores, an online invitation to city students who had sent orplanned to send a poem to the Herald-Democrat’s “Good Morn-ing” column for the month of April, netted us a total of 5 regu-lars in attendance. No guests.

Still, good spirits held, and informality reigned. At the openmic, presiding vice-president John Creighton Miller relayedwith Susan McGinn and Frances Neidhardt entertaining famousquotes on the meaning of poetry. Mib Garrard and Pat Scottjoined them later when envelopes for Poems-in-the-Pocket wereopened and snippets were shared. Since local community writ-ers of poetry (12 and more) had been expected to perform asthey had in former years, none of the hosts had brought poemsto read. Refreshments were enjoyed.

Finally, it was announced by Frances Neidhardt that at theMay meeting there will be no election. She stated that with deepregret the branch known as the Texoma Poetry Society is inprocess of becoming inactive. After 20 active and remarkably ef-fective and inspiring years since being founded by Leona Welchin 1995, natural causes and circumstances within the last twoyears among the members have caused this to become neces-sary. Now, with the general inability to continue as a viablegroup doing the work expected of a branch, and with the gra-cious awareness of the Poetry Society of Texas leaders, it hascome to this point. We are proud of the work accomplished. In-dividual Texoma Poetry Society members plan to remain activein the parent group.

WICHITA FALLS CHAPTERLinda Smith Reporting

On February 14, seven members met with Prince Taylor aschairman. The Arts Alive! Home & Garden Festival was heldthat weekend, and WFPS volunteers Doc Wood and MonicaMcCawley were thanked for their service on our behalf. Mem-bers voted to declare Mary Barnes an Honorary Life Member ofthe Wichita Falls Poetry Society. She is a long-time member ofthe WFPS and is now in a rehab facility in Dallas. Prince pre-sented the lesson on Valentine Poetry, and members studied ex-amples of Shakespearean sonnets. Members will write sonnetsfor the March contest. Winners in the February contest were:1st: Monica McCawley, 2nd: Doc Wood, 3rd: Linda Smith,HM: Webb Key, Geneva Rodgers, and Sheri Sutton.

The March 21 meeting of the WFPS took place in the TexasRoom of the Kemp Center for the Arts. Chair for the meetingwas Geneva Rodgers and her theme was “A Wee Bit O’ Green.”In the business meeting (Preparing the Ground) the minutes, bysecretary Monica McCawley and the report from treasurer WebbKey were accepted. (Pruning): In old business, bylaws discus-

sion and changes were tabled. (Planting Seeds): In new busi-ness, a Home & Garden ticket sales report will be presented atthe April meeting, members signed up for programs for nextyear, and corrections to member information for the yearbookwere made. The suggestion was made that time be built in formembers to bring their original poetry to be read just to share orto ask for input on improvement. After discussion, the motionpassed, and will be implemented at the next meeting. (Water-ing): Delicious refreshments were provided by Geneva. (Bring-ing Forth): Geneva presented an interesting lesson, with ex-amples, on word play: specifically puns, malapropisms, oxy-morons, spoonerisms, word coinage and poetry of the absurd.The assignment for the April contest is to write a poem of 2 to12 lines, on any subject, using at least one of the forms studied.(Enjoying the fruits): Winners in the March contest for bestShakespearean sonnet are: 1st: Doc Wood; 2nd: Linda Smith;3rd: Rosellen Sheetz; 1HM: Geneva Rodgers; 2HM: WebbKey; 3HM: Sheri Sutton. Judge was Von S. Bourland of Happy.

MEMBERS AT LARGEAnnette Schwartz ~ HoustonOn April 28, member at large Annette Schwartz will read at theBayou Vista part of The Eagle’s Trace Retirement Communityin Houston as part of a National Poetry Month celebration.Gail Denham ~ Sunriver Oregon (news from Jan. to Apr.)We don’t have a Texas chapter near Sunriver, so here’s my lat-est news: Two wins in the Quick Read, A–Z flash fiction. “TheShip” and “Sell the House” won a first place in a Pennsylvaniacontest. Florida State Poetry Society is using some of my poemsand two poems were used in Wyopoets newsletters. BlindersLiterary Journal is using a photo I sent. “Dream Healing” wasaccepted by the Chicago Art contest. A 1st and 2nd were awardedin the Oklahoma contest, and I earned an HM for an April Foolspoem. Pennessce is using poems and some of my photos. InFebruary, I was featured reader in ISPS newsletter with three ofmy poems.

The Poetry Society of Texasin association with the

Wild Horse Media Groupoffers an amazing opportunity

for PST members.The Edwin M. Eakin Memorial Manuscript Competition is anannual award that results in the publication of one member’smanuscript and an opportunity to read in several venues.Guidelines for the contest are in A Book of the Year and on thePST website. Deadline August 1. Previous winners includethe well-known as well as newcomers. Manuscripts arejudged blind by an out-of-state judge. If you have ever dreamed of publishing a book, and you canget a manuscript ready by August 1, this is the time to take achance at having your dream come true. Be sure to read theguidelines before submitting. That is an important first step.

Librarian Barbara Blanks announces six bookdonations for April: Pegasus: Prize Poems 2014, by Kentucky State PoetrySociety.Mississippi Poetry Journal 2014 Contest Edition, byMississippi Poetry Society.A History of the Poetry Society of Texas, authored anddonated by Budd Powell Mahan.Terry Jude Miller donated three of his books: The Day IKilled Superman, What If I Find Only Moonlight?, andThe Butterfly Canonical. They were not announced inthe monthly meeting, but they will be announced nextmonth.Please send book donations to Barbara Blanks at the ad-dress listed in the Executive Board box, next column.They will be kept in the PST’s permanent collection at the Dallas Central Public Library.

THE POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS (PST)Meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 2:30 p.m. at thePreston Royal Library • 5626 Royal Lane • Dallas, TX 75229.The poetry year runs from September through May, with theexception of November when the Annual Awards Banquet isheld at a Dallas area hotel. The Annual Summer Conferenceconvenes in a different area of the state each July.

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President:Catherine L’Herisson518 Grinnell DriveGarland, TX 75043972-270-4994catherinepoet@juno.comVice-President:Budd Powell Mahan7059 Spring Valley Rd.Dallas, TX 75254281-559-2610buddmahan@att.netTreasurer:Aman Khan6717 Talmadge LaneDallas, TX 75230aman1963@gmail.comRecording Secretary/LibrarianBarbara Blanks1518 Running River RoadGarland, TX 75044-7254barbarablanks@aol.com

Corresponding Secretary:Jessica Gonsoulin150 Enterprise Drive, #2332McKinney, TX 75069jlgonsoulin@yahoo.comDirector:Beth Ayers8117 Alderwood PlacePlano, TX 75025bta1955@hotmail.comDirector:Susan Maxwell Campbell115 North WisteriaMansfield, TX 76063814-473-6314maxcamp2@att.netDirector:Barbara Terrell Goerdel7704 Velvet Antler TrailArlinton, TX 76002-4326817-419-3383bgoerdel@att.net

Book Donations Report from Barbara Blanks

Please help keep our membership roll up to date. Contact Membership Chair Lynn Lewis (not Linda

Banks) if there is a change in your contact information:Address, Phone, or E-mail address.

Contact Lynn at elsquared59@yahoo.com

Active Members.............180Associate Members..........14Honorary Members............5Life Members...................59Student Members.............20Sustaining Members.......... 5Renewing Members...........1New Members ...................5Current Member Total...278

Susie Clevenger14327 Eastern Redbud Ln. Houston, TX 77044

Dr. Jerry Hopkins–Sustaining Mem.4493 U.S. Highway 59 N.Marshall, TX 75670

Marie Hunt7210 Linkside Point Dr., #425McKinney, TX 75071

Ernie Lee–Sustaining Mem.1542 Lakeside Dr. WestCanyon Lake, TX 78133

Jean Schmeling115 Palo Verde Dr.Brownsville, TX 78521

MEMBERSHIP REPORT, APRIL 2015from Membership Chair Lynn Lewis

Membership Chairman: Lynn Lewis1704 Enderly Place • Fort Worth, TX 76104817-921-9322 • elsquared59@yahoo.com

MEMBERS AT LARGEIf you are a member-at-large of PST and there is no chapter in your area, consider starting one.

If that’s not an option, and you want to be included inthe monthly news, send your news to the Bulletin editorat: vbaileyBulletin@satx.rr.com.

We want to stay in touch with all our members and leteach member know that you are important to PST.

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