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ISPS News BulletinsA Message from the President, January, 2012by Mardelle Fortier, ISPS President Greetings and best wishes for the holidays! As we start a new year, the Illinois State Poetry Society is busy with a host of forward-looking projects. The poets' outreach to a veterans' hospital has taken place and is on-going. The club also reached out to the senior community at Villa St. Benedict (connected to Sacred Heart Convent) in Lisle on January 14. I hope that more of us will turn out to support the readers at the Brewed Awakening events. If you're busy, you could drop in for part of the session. We want to hear your poems and renew acquaintances. The ISPS Board is considering a number of changes to the club contest and work on this will be proceeding in 2012. We extend condolences to Susan Moss and her family for her recent loss. Glancing out my window I see the unexpected: no snow. Life and nature are filled with surprises, which provide much for poets' reflection. Once again, have a happy and safe New Year! Sincerely, Mardelle Fortier Archive of Past Presidents' Messages"Last Sunday" Reading, January 29, 2012Poet and teacher Patrick Dunn will be featured poets at Brewed Awakening, 19 West Quincy, Westmont, on Sunday, January 29. Because there is only one feature that day, there will be more time for an open mic. Music by Bill Johnson will begin at noon, followed by poetry, which will include an open mic, at 12:30. Cover charge of $7.00 includes coffee and a snack. Poets Donna Pucciani and Larry Janowski will be the features on Feb. 26. Patrick Dunn is a professor of literature at Aurora University, in Aurora, Illinois, where he has lived now for five years. He has published two books on esoteric spirituality, as well as poetry in diverse journals, such as Edgz, DuPage Valley Review, and Empty Spaces. His books have been translated into three languages, and his translated poetry has been published in several Chinese-language journals. He has also won the Marilyn Houghton Kayton Founders Prize in Poetry, and is an active member of the Chicago area writing community and the Naperville Writer's Group. He teaches composition, creative writing, literature, and linguistics. Bill Johnson, a native of Downers Grove, will be showcasing new material, which reveals a distorted sense humor. "I like to write songs about life and death, and various nicer points in between," Johnson said. "My musical goal is to make people laugh, cry, or just think about something differently." He is influenced by John Coltrane, Jeff Buckley, and 70's pop songs. Web site design and maintenance by Alan Harris at | |||||