My great thoughts as I supposed them, were they not in reality meagre?
– --Walt Whitman
Austin Poetry Society
Auden is an interesting case. He believed that you should write drunk and revise sober.
– – Nicholson Baker
APS brings poets and poetry lovers together to meet, mingle, and support each other. We offer monthly programs and contests.
Regular meetings of APS will resume in September. Till then, our Fourth Thursday Open Microphone series and our Last Saturday Poetry Critique Group continue monthly.
APS Fourth Thursday Open Mic on August 26 has no featured poets this month. Instead, host Ralph Hausser offers an entirely Open Microphone, Round Robin, in the NeWorlDeli, 4001 Guadalupe, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. All poets welcome. Keep it clean! Children are often present. On Saturday, August 28, at 11:00 a.m., Margie Roe stands in to host the APS Poetry Critique Group, upstairs dining area in Central Market, 38th at Lamar. Bring 8 copies of one or more of your poems for friendly discussion. Optional prompt: a poem in the subjunctive mood. “If such-and-such were true, then such-and-such would or could happen. Famous example: “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell (Google it).
Monthly Meetings We meet September 18th, 1:30-3:30 p.m. in Austin History Center, 9th and Guadalupe. Everyone welcome.Meeting Notices |