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A Capella trio and Poetry Workshops at Sam Ragan Day

A Capella Trio to Delight at Sam Ragan Day by Lisa Zerkle, VP Programs The Sam Ragan Day Meeting will be a meeting of music and poetry workshops, as we meet on Saturday, March 24 in Southern Pines to remember the great North Carolina poet Sam Ragan. Fleur-de-Lisa, a Durham-based a cappella trio comprised of...

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Getting Into The Flow: Lola Haskins Leads Us To Write With The Current

by Lisa Zerkle, VP Programs Skilled kayakers seek to join the current, become one with the water, enjoy the trees and riverbanks as they glide past. But sometimes joining the current becomes an exercise in frustration as you hit a rock or get thrown off course into an eddy. Poets know writing can offer the...

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2012 NCPS Poetry Contests

The time is here to  start thinking about submitting to the NCPS 2012 Poetry Contests! February 1, 2012 is our deadline, and that may seem like a long way away, but time flies. The NC Poetry Society has two categories of contests: our Adult Contests (find the guidelines here). our Student Contests, which includes students grade...

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Join us on Sep. 17 in Southern Pines!

Join us at the upcoming Fall Meeting of the NCPS! NCPS Fall Meeting Saturday, September 17, 2011 Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities Southern Pines, NC For directions to the Weymouth Center, see this page. Featuring the Brockman-Campbell Book Award winners and the North Carolina Writers’ Network Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition winners, and an...

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2011 Awards Day Meeting

Announcing: Awards Day Meeting Saturday, May 21, 2011 Weymouth Center, Southern Pines We’ll honor the latest student and adult winners of the North Carolina Poetry Society’s annual competitions and release the 2011 Pinesong (edited by Debra Kaufman) on Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Weymouth. After a brief business meeting, we’ll dedicate this year’s Pinesong to...

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