david lemieux4 days ago7 minEverybody Here's My ArchaeologistA Letter from the President Hello, poets and poetry lovers of South Carolina. What a living heritage we have in this membership. Some of...
david lemieuxJun 29 minI Did it My WayA Letter from the President I wake up most mornings with a random song in my head. Sometimes it is relevant to what is happening that...
david lemieuxMay 312 min What a Long, Strange Trip It's beenJim Lundy presiding over the 90th anniversary celebration on January 21, 2011. A Letter From the President Three years ago this month, I...
david lemieuxApr 1117 minIt's National Poetry Month (but you wouldn't know it from my letter)Alfred Kreymborg, Vachel Lindsay, John Jacob Niles, Carew Rice, Tom House, Mimi Jolicoeur. A Letter From the President By my own...
david lemieuxMar 316 min Axiom BalderdashAxiom Balderdash A Letter From the President There’s a saying: “March winds bring April showers. April showers bring May flowers.” I...
david lemieuxFeb 1213 minEveryone: Bring OneA Letter From the President A few years ago, when I was thinking about the Poetry Society’s perennial problem of needing to attract more...
Jim LundyJan 113 minPublic Speaking: Fun or Terror?A Letter From the President In the mid twenty-aughts, approximately 2006, I was invited to an open mic in downtown Charleston that...
Jim LundyDec 1, 20219 minWhat's at the End of the COVID Tunnel?A Letter From the President When I got my first job out of college and my own apartment, I fulfilled a childhood dream and bought an ant...
Jim LundyNov 1, 202112 minNovember Newsletter From The President“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?” - Terry Pratchett Let me tell you about Peter Burke: I don’t...
Jim LundyOct 2, 202112 minPlease Mister Postman, look and see. Is there a letter, a letter for me?A Letter from the President Since they arrived by truck, I have spent a good deal of time in line at the Post Office mailing out signed...
Jim LundySep 1, 202110 minWhat Goes Around, Goes Around. And AroundA Letter from the President It never had to be like this. Next week, I will be celebrating my second birthday during COVID times: limited...
Jim LundyAug 1, 20219 minA Wrinkle in TimeA Letter from the President There were times when it seemed like I would never be able to announce this, but my book about the history of...
Jim LundyJun 1, 202110 minIt's Like Déjà Vu All Wrong AgainA Letter from the President In the last years of her life, my maternal grandmother’s mind was rearranging her memories before freeing...
Jim LundyMay 15, 20219 minI see dead people... all the time(I admit that I chose this heading for its clickbait qualities) Because buildings last longer than people do, I live in a city of ghosts....
Jim LundyApr 1, 202112 minIt Takes a Committee(or a village will do in a pinch) In my last “Letter from the President,” I begged you to take a survey for the greater future of the...
Jim LundyMar 1, 202113 minMarch Newsletter | Getting Ready for the Next Hundred Years(put on your rubber gloves, we're going to scrub some grout!) Not that long ago, I was listening to an interesting story on NPR that...
Jim LundyFeb 1, 202112 minFebruary 2021 NewsletterWalk a Mile in Someone's Shoes (for 100 years) My mother was a firm believer that her children’s immortal souls would be in jeopardy if...
Jim LundyJan 4, 202110 minJanuary 2021 NewsletterHappy Old Year! ...what? I swear, this month was going to be BIG! Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, it will be a big month done in a small...
Jim LundyDec 4, 20209 minDecember 2020 Newsletter have been having a lot of dreams lately. They have not been that great. They spring from anxiety. But I have noticed a trend: In my dreams
Jim LundyNov 2, 202018 minNovember NewsletterThe Presidents of the United States of the Poetry Society of South Carolina. Huh? I do not need to tell you that election day is coming...