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Happy Birthday, N.I. Poets!

11/29/2015

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Have a virtual piece of cake with the Northeast Indiana POETS (or N.I. POETS)!  Check out this deliciousness from their Silver Anniversary Celebration. The party was in July, but DECEMBER happens to be the anniversary *exactly* of their very first meeting, 25 years ago!!!!

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This creative cake was donated for the group's Silver Anniversary by Alexandra Moss Zannis. The decorative art was hand-created by first N.I. POETS' president, Sally Ade! She rolled the silver tissue herself, and made the entire table centerpieces!!

The history, this short version, shows a gathering on November 7th, 1990. It was more of an "Open House" party, just to gather poets to plan the structure/ground-rules. Then the first meeting was in December.

Dottie Mack was the group's founder. Isabel Masel gave the group its name, saying, "I know, we are the Northeast Indiana Poets Of Every Type Society; and that spells 'POETS'."

Other founding/early members:
  • Sally Ade
  • Merle Aldrich
  • Eleanor Cranmer
  • Carlotta Fox
  • June Mauritzen​​​​​​​​
  • Betty Ortiz
  • Mildred Rose​
  • Charles Waldemath
  • Laura Miller
  • Joan Wilcox

Since then, N.I. Poets has taken part in readings at festivals, schools, Fort Wayne Parks' events, Botanical Conservatory, coffee houses, universities, just to name a few!​ They are affiliated with ISFPC, NFSPS, and Arts United.

You can learn more about N.I. Poets on their Facebook page.​
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Congrats, N.I. Poets! And many more!
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