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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, February 26, 2012Featured poets Donna Pucciani and Larry Janowski will read their work at Brewed Awakening, 19 West Quincy, Westmont, on Sunday, February 26 at noon. Cover charge of $7.00 includes coffee and a snack. Donna Pucciani's poetry has been published on four continents in such diverse journals as International Poetry Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, The Pedestal, nebu[lab], Italian Americana, Journal of the American Medical Association, Poetry Salzburg, Shichao Poetry, Istanbul Literary Review and Christianity and Literature. Her poetry has been translated into Chinese and Italian, and has won awards from the Illinois Arts Council and The National Federation of State Poetry Societies, among others. She has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and currently serves as Vice-President of the Poets' Club of Chicago. Her books of poetry include The Other Side of Thunder, Jumping Off the Train, Chasing the Saints, and To Sip Darjeeling at Dawn. Larry Janowski is a Chicago native and poet. His most recent book is BrotherKeeper (The Puddin'head Press 2007). He is a 2008 recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award and the winner of the 2010 Best Original Poem award by the Catholic Press Association His work appears in current or recent issues of After Hours, Rhino, and Court Green, and has won prizes in the Midwest and on the East coast. Larry is a Franciscan friar and teaches poetry at Loyola University. Web site design and maintenance by Alan Harris at | |||||