Purpose of Meeting
Celebrating the spoken word!
The Peoria Poetry Club was founded on January 28th, 1941, and the first meeting was held at the Pere Marquette Hotel. PPC offers glimpses of creative writing through poetry, participating in poetry workshops, and other creative programs presented by poets and others. Attendees are invited to bring a favorite poem to share, or just come to listen and enjoy readings and recitations by others.
Meeting schedule:
* 11:30 - 12:00 - Meet and greet time - Catch up with friends new and old!
* 12:00 - Poetry Club Role Call - Anyone is welcome to share a poem!
* 1:00 - Monthly Presentation (TBA)
The Peoria Poetry Club is free to attend and all are welcome!
June program: Dr. Kevin Stein "On Why Poetry Matters"
Dr. Kevin Stein will tell you he is just like anyone else, but that would not be the whole truth. Poet and critic Kevin Stein was Illinois's poet laureate from 2003-2017, a post previously held by only three others, including Carl Sandburg
and Gwendolyn Brooks. He retired from Bradley University at the rank of Distinguished Professor in 2017, where he worked for 34 years and directed the creative writing program. Bradley University and the Academy of American Poets established a poetry writing prize in his name. Stein earned a PhD in American literature and an MA in creative writing from Indiana University.
Dr. Stein’s books of poetry include Wrestling Li Po for the Remote (2013); Sufficiency of the Actual (2009); American Ghost Roses (2005), which won the Society of Midland Authors Poetry Award; Chance Ransom (2000); Bruised Paradise (1996); and A Circus of Want (1992), which won the Devins Award.