POETRY CONTESTS: State and national
Intercepted e-mail from Holly Cross about the WV Poetry Society and National Federation of State Poetry Societies contests:
Dear Mr. Burkhammer,
I hope you will let your readers know that the WV Poetry Society is gearing up for the 58th Annual Contest. We start taking entries on March 1st. All of the details can be found here:
http://www.wvpoetrysociety.org/contests
Also, The National Federation of State Poetry Societies will be taking entries for two more weeks. Here is the website for their details:
http://www.nfsps.com/poetry_contests.htm
Both contests are open to everyone, both members and non-members. Please pass the info along.
Thanks!
Holly Cross
WVPS President
PO Box 295
Nitro, WV 25143
mailto:skyearthandsea@yahoo.com
http://www.wvpoetrysociety.org
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“The minute we start breathing out, we can talk; speech is made with the outgoing, exhaled breath. The problem that is poses, though, is that as we exhale, nutrients are leaving our bodies; our bones get softer, our muscles get flaccid, our skin starts to loosen. You could think of that as the dying breath. So as we breath out, we have less and less presence.
When we make verbal meaning, we use the dying breath. In fact, the more I say, the more my meaning is disclosed. Meaning grows in opposite ratio to presence or vitality. That’s a weird thing. I don’t know why God made us that way.” Li-Young Lee from “American Poet” 2007 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19802
