Spring Fling is a one-day conference hosted by PSI. Our goal is to promote poetry and poets in the state of Indiana. Besides our business meeting, which is always an essential part of the day for members, we offer all attendees workshops to grow your skills as a poet and a platform for you to share your own works. Most of all, we offer a supportive artistic and social environment. We encourage student poets to attend.
With great regret we announce the cancellation of our Spring Fling event scheduled for April 25. With the closure of our original venue, the Executive Committee felt that rescheduling was just too complicated with the Covid-19 situation and insecurity, as well as the mountain of rescheduling and required school events for our young people jammed into the days before summer vacation. This course of action seemed wisest. Be well, everyone.
However, that's no reason to cancel our Spring Fling Poetry contest! Members are challenged to write a Golden Shovel form poem using a line from William Wordsworth's “Daffodils”. The deadline for entry is still March 31.
However, that's no reason to cancel our Spring Fling Poetry contest! Members are challenged to write a Golden Shovel form poem using a line from William Wordsworth's “Daffodils”. The deadline for entry is still March 31.
Don't forget to enter our SPRING FLING MEMBERS-ONLY CONTEST!
Missing your fellow poets? You're invited to...
Given concerns about the coronavirus and the closure of our reserved venue, Poetry Society of Indiana has wisely decided to cancel our in-person Spring Fling April 25. However, there’s no reason we can’t meet online! As Premier Poet, I (Sarah E. Morin) would like to invite you to an online poetry gathering on April 25, from 1:30-3pm. This event will be held entirely on Facebook, so there’s no chance of you catching anything but creative enthusiasm. It is not meant to replace Spring Fling, which is a wonderful all-day event that cannot be captured online, but to provide us with a shorter, fun way to celebrate poetry until the next time we can gather in person (Fall Rendezvous).
The arts and our artistic community have a wonderful power to help us cope with stressful and uncertain times. Let's come together and lift each other's spirits with a brief afternoon of creativity.
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
Just click on the Facebook Event page for this event and mark that you are going. Then at 1:30 on April 25, pull up the Facebook Event page on your computer. I’ll post a series of interactive posts for you to engage in and leave comments. You can come and go as you please from 1:30 to 3pm. In previous online Facebook events I’ve participated in, we’ve created a robust conversation in the comments and had a lot of fun. By the way, it’s absolutely free.
GIVEAWAYS!
Need more incentive to attend? I’ll be giving away free poetry ebooks throughout the event, including ones written by some of our PSI members.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Anyone with a Facebook account! So Poetry Society of Indiana members are encouraged, especially as many of us now have a free day due to the cancellation of Spring Fling. However, anyone can participate, PSI member or not. Students, you are very welcome as long as you have a Facebook account. Poets of all experience levels welcome. Share the event with your friends, in state and out.
The arts and our artistic community have a wonderful power to help us cope with stressful and uncertain times. Let's come together and lift each other's spirits with a brief afternoon of creativity.
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
Just click on the Facebook Event page for this event and mark that you are going. Then at 1:30 on April 25, pull up the Facebook Event page on your computer. I’ll post a series of interactive posts for you to engage in and leave comments. You can come and go as you please from 1:30 to 3pm. In previous online Facebook events I’ve participated in, we’ve created a robust conversation in the comments and had a lot of fun. By the way, it’s absolutely free.
GIVEAWAYS!
Need more incentive to attend? I’ll be giving away free poetry ebooks throughout the event, including ones written by some of our PSI members.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Anyone with a Facebook account! So Poetry Society of Indiana members are encouraged, especially as many of us now have a free day due to the cancellation of Spring Fling. However, anyone can participate, PSI member or not. Students, you are very welcome as long as you have a Facebook account. Poets of all experience levels welcome. Share the event with your friends, in state and out.
Featured Events in the Social Distancing Social
I want YOUR poems for our Robin Round April 25!
We're just 10 days away from the Social Distancing Social for Poets! (Sign up here - https://www.facebook.com/events/1871821312950293/)
I'm preparing materials for Poetry Society of Indiana's traditional Round Robin, but it will be slightly untraditional this year. I encourage any poet (PSI member or not) to send me a brief poem (3-16 lines is best, absolutely no more than 30) by April 22. You are welcome to send an image with it, but if you don't have one - no worries! I will find one for you. (I actually really love pairing your poems with images.) At the Social Distancing Social, I'll post your entries.
If interested, please send your short poem to me via Facebook messenger or email sarahemorin1836@gmail.com.
Side note, we may have Manningham winners attending, so keep your poems appropriate for the occasional middle-schooler.
The poems may be previously published.
You may submit as many poems as you like. If we run out of space I'll feature you in an upcoming Premier Poet's Corner and on the PSI website.
Can't wait to feature YOUR work!
We're just 10 days away from the Social Distancing Social for Poets! (Sign up here - https://www.facebook.com/events/1871821312950293/)
I'm preparing materials for Poetry Society of Indiana's traditional Round Robin, but it will be slightly untraditional this year. I encourage any poet (PSI member or not) to send me a brief poem (3-16 lines is best, absolutely no more than 30) by April 22. You are welcome to send an image with it, but if you don't have one - no worries! I will find one for you. (I actually really love pairing your poems with images.) At the Social Distancing Social, I'll post your entries.
If interested, please send your short poem to me via Facebook messenger or email sarahemorin1836@gmail.com.
Side note, we may have Manningham winners attending, so keep your poems appropriate for the occasional middle-schooler.
The poems may be previously published.
You may submit as many poems as you like. If we run out of space I'll feature you in an upcoming Premier Poet's Corner and on the PSI website.
Can't wait to feature YOUR work!
The Social Distancing Social will also feature:
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Highlights from our Previous Spring Flings
Schedule
9:45-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:05 Welcome and Announcements
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
10:05-10:40 Welcome and PSI Business Meeting
Deborah Petersen, PSI President
10:40-10:55 Looking Back / Celebrating the Present
Nancy Simmonds
10:55-11:10 Spring Fling Contest Winners
Nancy Simmonds
11:10-11:20 Break
11:20-11:50 Symbolism and Allusion in Poetry
Shillin Hite, NIPOETS
11:50-12:15 Our Muse
Michael Erdelen, Premier Poet
12:15-1:00 Lunch
Last Stanza Poetry Group
1:00-1:30 Protest Poetry
Alys Caviness-Gober
1:30-2:00 Manningham Winners
Linda Eaton, Manningham Chair
2:00-2:05 Group Picture
All Presenters, Guests and PSI Members are welcome to join in the commemorative photo.
2:10-2:20 Break
2:20-2:50 Cooperative Poetry Writing Exercise
Nancy Simmonds
2:50-3:25 Round Robin
All are welcome to share a poem.
3:25-3:30 Looking Ahead and Closing Remarks
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
10:00-10:05 Welcome and Announcements
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
10:05-10:40 Welcome and PSI Business Meeting
Deborah Petersen, PSI President
10:40-10:55 Looking Back / Celebrating the Present
Nancy Simmonds
10:55-11:10 Spring Fling Contest Winners
Nancy Simmonds
11:10-11:20 Break
11:20-11:50 Symbolism and Allusion in Poetry
Shillin Hite, NIPOETS
11:50-12:15 Our Muse
Michael Erdelen, Premier Poet
12:15-1:00 Lunch
Last Stanza Poetry Group
1:00-1:30 Protest Poetry
Alys Caviness-Gober
1:30-2:00 Manningham Winners
Linda Eaton, Manningham Chair
2:00-2:05 Group Picture
All Presenters, Guests and PSI Members are welcome to join in the commemorative photo.
2:10-2:20 Break
2:20-2:50 Cooperative Poetry Writing Exercise
Nancy Simmonds
2:50-3:25 Round Robin
All are welcome to share a poem.
3:25-3:30 Looking Ahead and Closing Remarks
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
See the highlights of our 2017 ISFPC/PSI Spring Meet
at Anderson Public Library,
hosted by Last Stanza Poetry Association.
By Robbie Sproule from Montreal, Canada (Flickr.com - image description page) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Our "Gemstones of Poetry and History" 2016 Spring Meet is over, but you can see the highlights here!
N.I. POETS hosted a lovely Spring Meet on May 14, 2016, at Fox Island County Park in Fort Wayne. Poets from around the state gathered to elect officers, take workshops, learn about our state's history for Indiana's Bicentennial, and mainly, be inspired by each other's company and art! Check back in the winter for details about the 2017 Spring Meet.
Some images on this pages courtesy of Boykung at freedigitalphotos.net.
