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The St. Louis Poetry Meetup Group

The St Louis poetry meetup group is a very informal, friendly and non pretentious way to share poetry that we like to read and/or write. Please contact the organizer for up to date details.

Location: Saint Louis, MO 63101 38.63-90.19 63101US
Founded: Dec 21, 2002
Member Fee: none
Rating: 4.75
Members: 133
Meetings: 46 so far
  • "Incredible talent and very nice people. Lots of laughs this time. Thanks."Chuck Keller
  • "Good people and some great poems! Dwight Bitikofer

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Recent Meetings

Fri Apr 25, 7:00 PM
11 attended (est.) – 4.25
Fri Mar 28, 8:00 PM
10 attended (est.) – 4.75
Sat Feb 23, 7:00 PM
10 attended (est.) – 4.75

What's New?

  • Joined May 22, 2008

    "I like writing and haven't felt the urge to write a poem for a while. I mostly write in my myspace blog(mermadebaubles) and other blogs. I have poetry lines go through my mind all of the time, writing them down is another story. :/"

  • "Hello Poetry lovers The next Poetry meetup IS MOVED to Friday June 6th. Sorry for the inconvenience, this is all my fault! Details below. I will send the directions to Amy's to all those who RSVP. Looking..."

  • "hey it's late, early in the mornin', yet the song I do find, or the idea is a great one for a poem, so slow of a day nothing even dieing, and it's not a great day, I'm goin' to bed, talk to you latter today"

  • Added by Laurent on May 15, 2008

    "Hello Poetry lovers A few days ago I heard an interview on npr with the singer/composer Kristina Asbjornsen who put two poems of Bukowski in music: "I wish to weep" and "Slow day" for the soundtrack..."

  • Joined May 11, 2008

    "I've always taken an interest and refuge in writing, which usually takes the form of short, cyberpunk-esque poems. I'm looking forward to meeting other writers to learn from and share with."

  • Joined May 8, 2008

    "I started writing poetry when I was 9 years old. I haven't written much since I was 20, however. I have written more fiction. I now work for the Regional Arts Commission and am involved in producing poetry events and managing poetry programs."

  • Joined May 7, 2008

    "greetings fellow poets, my name is Hosea,poet living on the north-side of the LOU, wishing to explore and share my words, my songs with you. Please hurry for the words are spilling from my pen with no one near to hear."

  • "Hello poetry lovers Our next poetry evening will be on Friday May 30th. Venue: Amy's Theme (optional): write a pantoum or find a nice one. Please bring printed handouts to share. The pantoum was..."

  • "Hello Poetry lovers Just a reminder that we have a poetry evening this Friday at Muffin's (7-7.30pm). Theme (optional): Trees. I will send details to get there to all those that RSVP on the web site...."

  • Joined April 19, 2008

    "Hi! Born on the Left Coast... educated on the Right... husband and home here in the middle. Looking forward to future events!"

  • Joined April 7, 2008

    "I was a writing major in college and I'm finding it hard to sustain my creative workflow outside of a structured environment. What better way to get going?"

  • Joined April 6, 2008
  • "Hello Everybody Our next poetry evening will be on Friday April 25th at Muffin's. I will send the details on how to get there to all those who RSVP. Theme (optional): Trees. Bring a poem(s) from yourself..."

  • "Hey Gang, you can get a new/free poem emailed to you every day from www.poets.org in honor of National Poetry month. This offer is valid for the month of April. Simply go to the website and look for the..."

  • "I hope this is not considered out of line, but we need the support of the poetry lovers in St. Louis - so I'm going to give it a try... The children of Young People's Theatre (an educational/nfp theatre..."

  • Joined April 1, 2008
  • "Hello!!! This is a personal invitation from me, Random Thought. I want to thank you for joining us at our previous event if you were able to make it. I pray you are available to join us for another..."

  • Joined March 31, 2008

    "I am hear to meet other poets and to invite you all out to my open mic events that I host once a month, also have just sent my first book into production due to release this summer. for more info on book and events go to www.51736.authorworl d.com"

  • Joined March 26, 2008

    ""Wad up Dov here " Writing was a way of life for me I don't claim to be a professional poet. Lot's of the stuff I write about is what I have seen from growing up in different places such as Brooklyn , NY ! "

  • "Amnesty International Saint Louis University is hosting a slam poetry outdoor event on campus titled: ?SLAmnesty: ?You may say I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one.?? Three-time HBO Def Jam slam poet,..."

  • "Hello Everybody Just a reminder about our poetry gathering this Friday at 8pm (details below). It will take place at Dwight. I will send the details to get there only to those that RSVP, so do it now! Looking..."

  • Joined March 24, 2008
  • The poll "Should we allow a Poetry Meetup to be filmed?" closed today.

  • Joined March 13, 2008
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