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		<title>Snow Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I had thought I could trudge through the snow and show up for the scheduled meeting last Saturday, but the flakes looked so cold and sharp, and my house was so cozy &#8230;. I called the whole thing off, giving you all a Snow Day. Unfortunately, Melissa Varnvas didn&#8217;t read her e-mail, nor did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=809&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding old photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m spending some time going through my computer, cell phone, and old cameras doing some New Year cleaning and whatnot and I found some old photos from previous meetings and events. The pictures of Amy Dengler brought a tear to my eye but also a little bit of joy remember what a lovely early summer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=801&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Everwine and the use of imagery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathryn Keefe O'Hare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am the one responsible for the program for our next Poets&#8217; Forum meeting, which is on the calendar for this Saturday, Nov. 19, 11 a.m., at the Beverly Public Library. So, I have decided to emphasize imagery, and to do so by using a favorite poet of mine, Peter Everwine. I have shared his &#8220;Aubade in Autumn&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=792&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The October meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to confess I was a bit of a ditz this month: I forgot to reserve the room for our meeting. My only excuse is that is was a date change from the third week to the fourth, and there are five weeks, and I simply got busy. As a result, we had to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=787&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting news</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathryn Keefe O'Hare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Sept. 17 meeting was terrific &#8212; well attended, with a number of new people and old friends; a terrific African poet whose charm and talent impressed us all; his very kind son, who lives on the South Shore and hopes to fan the fame of his 92-year-old father; and terrific poems by fellow members. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=773&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two visitors for our Sept. 17 meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathryn Keefe O'Hare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surprise! We will have a wonderful, award-winning and much acclaimed, 90-odd-year-old poet from Nigeria to read for about 20 minutes at our Sept. 17 meeting. Mary Ellen Letarte, an MSPS member, met him at a reading in north central Massachusetts, loved him, and arranged this great treat for us. Also on Sept. 17 we will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=759&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Jeanette</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathryn Keefe O'Hare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeanette Maes has offered to do a program on Philip Levine, new Poet Laureate, for our Sept. 17 meeting. Thanks so much, Jeanette! I will send out a reminder before the meeting. Come with your own poem(s) for gentle critique, a little food to share, and the willingness to offer your services, as Jeanette did, so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=766&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apologies and updates</title>
		<link>http://nspoetsforum.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/apologies-and-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathryn Keefe O'Hare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, some of you relied upon the information in this blog&#8217;s Contests page to send poems to the Mass State Poetry Society&#8217;s most recent contest. I am sorry. I have been blatantly absent for some time from the blog, but I just updated the information. Gertrude Callis, former contest chair for the MSPS, died this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=762&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amy Dengler tribute and contest</title>
		<link>http://nspoetsforum.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/amy-dengler-tribute-and-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathryn Keefe O'Hare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update from member Roberta Hung: Hi Poets, I would like to share a moving experience with you, held Thursday night June 2, 2011. The North Shore Writings Group held a lovely tribute to Amy Dengler at the Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester. Several MSPS members attended: Gwen Carr, Diane Giardi, Mary Miceli, Elly Latawiec, Beverley [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=756&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of hearth and home: NSPF workshop featuring MSPS leader Jeanette C. Maes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 16:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa J. Varnavas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Merriam-Webster, a &#8220;habitant&#8221; is &#8220;a settler or descendant of a settler of French origin working as a farmer in Canada&#8221; but we&#8217;ve come to understand the word more akin to an inhabitant, or dweller, a residence of a given location over time. Which perhaps begs the question regarding the distinction of &#8220;location&#8221; and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nspoetsforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8881613&amp;post=747&amp;subd=nspoetsforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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