Blog Archives - Denton Poets' Assembly

Special Announcement: J. Paul Holcomb, to be honored as Poet Laureate of the City of Lewisville

9/23/2014

Western Days Festival LEWISVILLE, TEXAS

Please join the City of Lewisville in recognizing J. Paul Holcomb, Poetry Society of Texas and Denton Poets' Assembly member as Poet Laureate of Lewisville. See the Lewisville Western Days link for details.

Link for Free tickets to the Western Days Festival.
Time: 2 p.m.
Poets Laureate Event in
MCL Grand Cowboy Cafe

Plan to arrive early to allow for parking and to ensure adequate seating.

Location:
MCL Grand Theater
100 N. Charles
Lewisville, Texas
Map link to MCL Theater

Announcing September Kitchen Sync

9/22/2014

Kitchen Sync for Wordsmiths, Poets, Storytellers

4th Tuesday each month, September 23, 2014
7:30 - 9:30

The Whitehouse (corner of Bryan & Scripture)
424 Bryant Street
Denton, Texas 76201

September 20th Denton Poets' Assembly Meeting Announcement

9/18/2014

Denton Poets’ Assembly will meet
10a.m – Noon, September 20th at the Emily Fowler Public Library in Denton, Texas.

In the news, on September 2nd, the Poetry Society of Texas announced:

“PST member and councilor J. Paul Holcomb has been proclaimed Lewisville’s first poet laureate.
Congratulations, Paul!”

To read the complete article click here,view the article by Sylvia Medel.

J. Paul Holcomb will present a lesson on the free verse of Alan Birkelbach.

Afterward, DPA members will read their Barry Ballad Sonnets from our August lesson. Guests are invited to join us in a round of free choice poetry readings.

Please recognize Denton these poets who have recently released new books of poetry on Amazon.com:

Collected Poems from Here and There by Jervis Underwood

And

Second Shadow on the Wall by Masood Parvaze

Members and guests, we hope to see you there!

Denton Poets’ Assembly meets on the third Saturday of the month, 10AM - Noon at the Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street, Denton, TX 76201. Meetings are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. For more information, visit www.DentonPoetsAssembly.weebly.com