news & chatter from the Mad Poets Society
In case you missed the Mad Poets’ appearance on LIVE at the Kelly Writers House (either at the Writers House on March 31st or on WXPN on April 14th), click here to listen to the full program, featuring Eileen D’Angelo, Steve Delia, Missy Grotz, Dan Maguire, and Autumn Konopka (yours truly). Go now — What are you waiting for?!
On April 16th at 6pm J.C. Todd and Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore will feature at the first Donatucci Library Reading Series hosted by Diane Sahms-Guarnieri. The Library is located at 1935 Shunk Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19145. 215-685-1755
MONDAY, MARCH 31st at 7:00 pm-
“LIVE” AT WRITERS HOUSE presents MAD POETS DAN MAGUIRE, STEVE DELIA, AUTUMN KONOPKA, MISSY GROTZ and EILEEN D’ANGELO, and Musical Guest DEVIN GREENWOOD, at Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk on University of Pennsylvania Campus. This program will air on WXPN on April 14th. Free & open to the public.
The Fox Chase Reading Series at 3 Sisters Cafe was packed for Featured Poets Louis McKee and Eileen D’Angelo hosted by Kristine Grow. The open mic complimented the fine features with readings by Ellen Peckham, Bella Feliciano, Arthur Krasnow, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri, Steve Delia and Mike Cohen.
The series resumes on June 28th at 2pm with Poet Vincent Quatroche (www.rubbereden.com) and Poet Alla Vilnyanskaya who you can visit at ( http://www.tushkanchik.com )
Don’t forget to visit our featured and guest poets at The Fox Chase Review www.foxchasereview.org
From Eileen D’Angelo
THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH at 7:00 p.m.
MAD POETS OPEN STAGE AT TAYLOR’S AT THE OLDE MILL (200 W. Marshall St., Norristown, PA 19401; 610-272-2011) - Featuring YOU and a ton of other talented poets and musicians! Hosted by Eileen D’Angelo. This restaurant is a four story historic grist mill (circa 1880) This exciting new series will be held on 4th Thursdays through 2008, and offers an entertaining open forum for musicians poets, singer-songwriters– and anyone who enjoys listening to poetry and music is welcome. Come early and have dinner (or you can also come, on time, at 7 pm, and order dinner during the event.) The owners offered to make this event a mini-Mad Poets FUNDRAISER, by donating 10% of all dinners ordered that evening to Mad Poets.) See: http://www.taylorsoldemill.com/, you’ll find us on the events page, you can check out the menu, and you’ll get to see this stunning building. The readings will be on the 1st Floor, (not the 4th, as previously publicized.) And there is VALET PARKING– no need to drive around trying to find a spot.
SATURDAY, MARCH 29th at 2:00 pm-
The THREE SISTERS CAFE READING SERIES, hosted by G. Emil Reutter, will present poets LOUIS McKEE and EILEEN D’ANGELO at Three Sisters Cafe, 7950 Oxford ave., (Corner of Loney & Barnes) in Philly, 19111. Phone: 215-725-6848. An open mike follows. Come out and join us !!!
MONDAY, MARCH 31st at 7:00 pm-
“LIVE” AT WRITERS HOUSE presents MAD POETS DAN MAGUIRE, STEVE DELIA, AUTUMN KONOPKA, MISSY GROTZ and EILEEN D’ANGELO, and Musical Guest DEVIN GREENWOOD, at Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk on University of Pennsylvania Campus. This program will air on WXPN on April 14th. Free & open to the public.
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH EVENTS!
*Something almost every day! Yikes !
FIRST !! NOTE! THE PHILADELPHIA WRITERS CONFERENCE DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS APRIL 15TH. I’M ON THE PWC BOARD, IT’S A GREAT CONFERENCE THIS YEAR: POETRY CLASSES TAUGHT BY KATE NORTHROP + BARB DANIELS; THERESE HALSCHEID ON JOURNALING, MICHAEL SMERCONISH IS OPENING SPEAKER, MARK BOWDEN (AUTHOR OF BLACK HAWK DOWN) IS BANQUET SPEAKER, LORRAINE RANALLI AND BONNIE NEUBAUER OFFER CREATIVITY SEMINARS.. SEE: WWW.PWCWRITERS.ORG AND CHECK OUT ALL THE SPEAKERS & WORKSHOP LEADERS !
REMEMBER ! ANY WRITERS GROUP OF 7 OR MORE PEOPLE CAN SEND A MEMBER/WRITER ON A PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP ! INSTEAD OF PAYING $185 FOR THE THREE DAYS.. YOU PAY $100 .. FOR SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS, WRITE RAY PELHAM 1504 WARNER RD., MEADOWBROOK, PA, 19046-1913; SEND #10 STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED BUSINESS ENVELOPE FOR INFO. ACT FAST! CONTEST DEADLINE IS ALSO APRIL 15TH, SO IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE CONFERENCE — YOU WANT TO GET REGISTERED, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER — AND GET YOUR ENTRIES IN !!!
TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST at 7 PM -
JOIN US FOR Another STEEL CITY COFFEEHOUSE MAD POET *OPEN MIKE* NIGHT*! This series has moved from Sundays and are held FIRST TUESDAY NIGHTS at 7 pm, hosted by Eileen D’Angelo. Located at 203 Bridge St. in Phoenixville, PA 19460; Store # 610-933-4043. You might want to come early & sign up, or email me in advance, at madpoets@comcast.net (or if you are emailing on the day of the reading, zing a note to my work to reserve your spot: eileendangelo@comcast.net, since I go straight from work to the readings.
Wednesday, APRIL 2ND at 7 pm.
HARVEST BOOK CRITIQUE CIRCLES ! Don’t miss the next MaD CiRcLe on APRIL 2ND . Moderated by Amy Laub. Bring 10 copies of a poem in progress for roundtable feedback, suggestions, discussion and critique * Where else can you go to listen to people debate commas and line breaks ?! It’s more fun than you can stand on a Wednesday night. Harvest Book is directly across from Trader Joe’s on State St. in Media (9 E. State St., 19063)
Tuesday, APRIL 8TH at 7 pm
GRYPHON CAFÉ OPEN MIKE NIGHT - Richard Moyer hosts these cozy readings upstairs at the Gryphon Cafe, located at 105 W. Lancaster Ave., (2nd Fl) in Wayne, PA 19087); Cafe # is 610-688-1988. If you’ve never been there, it’s right on Rt. 30, next to the Anthony Wayne Theatre in the heart of Wayne. The upstairs at the Gryphon is set up like a living room, and Richard offers a series of intimate gatherings of poets in an informal, comfortable atmosphere, poets who share original work, as well as their favorite poets’ and poems, as well. A perfect setting for those who are just beginning to share their work, as well as those who are long time mad poets!
FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH , 7 PM
THE LAST WORD BOOKSHOP
220 S. 40th Street 215-386-7750
(40th & Walnut Streets, U of Penn campus)
The Last Word Bookshop presents Dressing The Muse,
A Poetry Reading With: Autumn McClintock + Leslie Valdez + Lisa Grunberger + Joyce Meyers + Rafi Lev + Anisa Rahim + Janet Spangler + Alison Hicks + Catherine Bancroft + Hanoch Guy
+ Steven Kleinman + Minna Duchovnay + Sekai Afua Zankel + Christy Schneider.
Hosted by LEONARD GONTAREK.
A Mad Poets Society & Peace/Works Event.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH at 7 pm
OTHERWISE - POETRY AT CHURCHILL - Mad Poets continue in 2008 at this venue, hosted by Glenn McLaughlin, at Churchill Artisan Baker & Chocolatier, 137 E. high St., Pottstown, PA 19464; 484-941-5100 - Come out to hear poetry by THERÉSE HALSCHEID and BOB WATTS ! An open mike follows. Bring your poems !
SUNDAY, APRIL 13TH AT 1:00 PM
YOUNG POETS AWARDS READING !
This is one of the most important events Mad Poets hosts all year. The student winners of the Young Poets Contest will come and read their award winning poems at the REDWOOD PLAYHOUSE, 6th Street in Upland. (Directions are on the website). It’s heartwarming and amazing to hear these young poets. This is one of the most important events Mad Poets hosts all year.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH AT 6 PM – 8 PM
at the THOMAS DONATUCCI LIBRARY (formerly Passayunk Library) DIANE GUARNIERI will host poets JC TODD and DANIEL ABDAL-HAYY MOORE, in celebration of POETRY MONTH. Diane will host this series throughout the spring.. culminating in a special reading in June of her CENTER CITY POETS! Stay tuned!
Thomas Donatucci Library, 1935 Shunk St., Philly, 19145; Library # 215-685-1755.
Garrison Keillor reads Lou McKee’s “Angels” at the Writers Almanac on March 14th.
To read and have a listen check out : http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/2008/03/10/#friday
From Eileen D’Angelo
A LOTTA NEWS ABOUT UPCOMING MAD EVENTS, BEGINNING WITH:
THIS THURSDAY, February 21 - 7:00 pm - Mad Poets Presents FOUR FEMININE VOICES: Kelly Fineman, Minna Duchovnay, Prabhu Prabhu, and Kathryn Morgeneier at the Delaware County Institute of Science, 11 Veterans Square, Media, PA 19083); Hosted by Eileen D’Angelo. What a way to kick off the new year at the Institute- four talented women poets! Open mike follows. Let us hear your poems ! Light refreshments served. (Next month, at this venue: March 20th, 7 pm: Don’t miss RACHEL BUNTING + SUSAN DEBORAH KING! More later.)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28th at 7:00 p.m. -
MAD POETS OPEN STAGE AT TAYLOR’S AT THE OLDE MILL (200 W. Marshall St., Norristown, PA 19401; 610-272-2011) - Featuring YOU and a ton of other talented poets and musicians! Hosted by Joseph Dorazio. Each month, Mad Poets will present a special musical guest, to kick off the open mike. This restaurant is a four story historic grist mill (circa 1880) This exciting new series will be held on 4th Thursdays through 2008, and offers an entertaining open forum for musicians poets, singer-songwriters– and anyone who enjoys listening to poetry and music is welcome. Come early and have dinner (or you can also come, on time, at 7 pm, and order dinner during the event.) The owners offered to make this event a mini-Mad Poets FUNDRAISER, by donating 10% of all dinners ordered that evening to Mad Poets.) See: http://www.taylorsoldemill.com/, you’ll find us on the events page, you can check out the menu, and you’ll get to see this stunning building. Note: all future events at this venue will be on the 4th floor, and it is NOT handicapped accessible. This first event will take place on the first floor. And there is VALET PARKING– no need to drive around trying to find a spot.
TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH AT 7 PM - JOIN US FOR A
STEEL CITY COFFEEHOUSE MAD POET *OPEN MIKE* NIGHT*! This series has moved from Sundays and are held FIRST TUESDAY NIGHTS at 7 pm, hosted by Eileen D’Angelo. Located at 203 Bridge St. in Phoenixville, PA 19460; Store # 610-933-4043. The first one in February was a BALL, three musicians and a ton of poets- a screaming good time- GREAT words and cool music, and a fun get together. We were there ’til almost 10 pm on Feb. 5th, but these events will normally run from 7 - 9 pm. You might want to come early & sign up, or email me in advance, at madpoets@comcast.net (or at work to reserve your spot: eileendangelo@comcast.net, if you are emailing me on the day of the reading, March 4th), so I can put you on the list- it was a long list last time, and some people couldn’t stay ’til the end - so there was some shifting to accommodate the masses!)
Wednesday, March 5th at 7 pm.
HARVEST BOOK CRITIQUE CIRCLES ! Don’t miss the next MaD CiRcLe on March 5th at 7 pm. Moderated by Amy Laub. Bring 10 copies of a poem in progress for roundtable feedback, suggestions, discussion and critique. The “usual suspects” who attend this critique circle / workshop are amazingly talented, serious, hardworking poets (say that 10 times real fast!) Like Missy Grotz says: these are the kind of people who believe: YOU WRITE OR YOU DIE !! All joking aside, I had the opportunity to pop in there last month and it is a great workshop! Where else can you go to listen to people debate commas and line breaks ?! It’s more fun than you can stand on a Wednesday night. Harvest Book is directly across from Trader Joe’s on State St. in Media (9 E. State St., 19063)
SATURDAY, MARCH 8th at 7 pm
OTHERWISE - POETRY AT CHURCHILL - Mad Poets continue in 2008 at this venue, hosted by Glenn McLaughlin, at Churchill ArtisanBaker & Chocolatier, 137 E. high St., Pottstown, PA 19464; 484-941-5100 - Come out SATURDAY, MARCH 8th at 7 pm, to hear poetry by FRANK WOLFE, JOSEPH DORAZIO and DOUG ARNOLD! An open mike follows. Bring your poems !
Tuesday, March 11th, at 7 pm
GRYPHON CAFE- Mad Poets also continue at this venue, with Richard Moyer at the helm, and the kickoff reading is Tuesday, March 11th, at 7 pm. Richard hosts these cozy readings upstairs at the Gryphon Cafe, located at 105 W. Lancaster Ave., (2nd Fl) in Wayne, PA 19087); Cafe # is 610-688-1988. If you’ve never been there, it’s right on Rt. 30, next to the Anthony Wayne Theatre in the heart of Wayne. The upstairs at the Gryphon is set up like a living room, and Richard offers a series of intimate gatherings of poets in an informal, comfortable atmosphere, poets who share original work, as well as their favorite poets’ and poems, as well. A perfect setting for those who are just beginning to share their work, as well as those who are long time mad poets!
THURS., MARCH 6th - 7 pm
A-MUSE POETRY SERIES continues in Bucks County through 2008 at the Doylestown Library, 150 S. Pine St., in Doyletown (18901; 215-348-9081), coordinated and hosted by Bill Wunder and Joanne Leva. Plan to be there on Thursday, March 6th, 7 pm, for a group reading and discussion of two poems: one by Stanley Kunitz, and one by Galway Kinnell.
THURS., MARCH 13 - MILK BOY ACOUSTIC CAFE located at 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 19010 (in the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, which is in the old Bryn Mawr Theatre on Rt. 30); This series is now held on 2nd THURSDAYS at 7 pm through 2008, hosted by Autumn Konopka. Join us at Milk Boy on MARCH 13th - for LEONARD GONTAREK + ROBERT BENSE, plus an open mike will follow. (This is another venue that packs ‘em in, best to get there early to sign up for the open mike.)
SATURDAY, MARCH 29th at 2:00 pm-
Fox Chase Reading Series at The THREE SISTERS CAFE hosted by G. Emil Reutter, will present poets LOUIS McKEE and EILEEN D’ANGELO at Three Sisters Cafe, 7950 Oxford ave., (Corner of Loney & Barnes) in Philly, 19111. Phone: 215-725-6848. An open mike follows.
(Yeah- I know it’s borderline tacky for me to read in my own mad poets’ line-up, but how could I refuse the chance to read with renowned Philadelphia Poet Louis McKee– and who can say “no” to George Reutter ?!?)
ALSO !! LOTS OF POETRY MONTH / APRIL EVENTS AND NEWS TO COME …
**INCLUDING THE YOUNG POETS AWARDS EVENT, Sunday, April 13, 2008, 1:00 PM, at the REDWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE, 6th St. in Upland. 36 Student winners of the Young Poets Competition, sponsored by Mad Poets and the Delco Library System, will read their winning poems. This is one of most inspiring events we run each year ! Don’t miss these talented students. If you need directions, I got ‘em. Special thanks to our dedicated 2008 Judges, listed in order of the grade level they judged, 1st through 12th grade: Janet Burgents * Emiliano Martin * Richard Bank * Linda Fischer * Autumn Konopka * Courtney Bambrick * Joseph Dorazio * Diane Sahms-Guarnieri * Ed Krizek * Arlene Bernstein * Margaret A. Robinson * Ray Greenblatt.
ANOTHER UPCOMING APRIL EVENT !!
FRIDAY, APRIL 11th at 7 pm - LEONARD GONTAREK coordinated and is hosting THE LAST WORD BOOKSHOP SERIES again this coming year, and the first reading of 2008 will feature a line-up of the talented poets in his workshop. Don’t miss: “Dressing the Muse”, featuring * Autumn McClintock * Leslie Valdez * Lisa Grunberger * Joyce Meyers * Anisa Rahim * Janet Spangler * Alison Hicks ( Rafi Lev * Catherine Bancroft * Steven Kleinman * Hanock Guy * Minna Duchovnay * Sekai Afua Zankel * Christy Schneider.
AND YET ANOTHER UPCOMING APRIL EVENT !!
ON APRIL 16TH, 7 PM - A KICKOFF READING FOR A NEW MAD POETS SERIES AT THE THOMAS F. DONATUCCI, SR. BRANCH LIBRARY, (formerly the Passyunk Library), 1935 Shunk St., South Phila., 19145. Library # is 215-685-1755; hosted by Diane Sahms-Guarnieri, featuring JC TODD AND DANIEL ABDAL-HAYY MOORE on APRIL 16TH, 7 PM !! Plus an open mike ! Mark your calendars now !!
MORE MAD POETS BALL NEWS! THE PARTY IS SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH, 7 - 11 PM. There’s still time to let us know that you want to come out and play with us and celebrate TWENTY YEARS OF BEING MAD ! The event will now be held at CAROLINE’S RESTAURANT, (not Heritage Ballrooms) at 925 Providence Road in Secane, (Del. Co), PA 19018. $35.00 per person. (It’s a small price to pay to hang out with your buddies and party for the night - and toast Mad Poets’ two decades of keeping poetry alive !
It’s a BUFFET DINNER - Including: Hand carved Roast Beef, Chicken Scallopine, Tortellino Alfredo, Vegetable Stir Fry, Red Bliss Potatoes, Tossed House Salad, Fruit Salad, Ice Cream and cake. Hot rolls, beverages, coffee and hot tea are included. (There is a cash bar). We’re working on booking a D.J. to spin some tunes for us that night! Directions and info about the restaurant are on the website at http://www.carolinesrestaurant.com
ZING ME A NOTE IF YOU WANT TO COME ! I’VE BOOKED THE ROOM, AND THERE’S STILL SPACE FOR MORE - SO FAR- 40 OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME YOU WILL BE THERE! And it’s going to be a blast. (Send checks payable to Mad Poets Society, to P.O. Box 1248, Media, PA 19063-8248.
IF YOU HAVE NEWS YOU WANT INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING MAD POETS NEWSLETTER (YES! I am working on getting one out- now that we’ve got so many events lined up for 2008 !) ZING IT TO ME NOW, with “NEWSLETTER NEWS!” IN THE SUBJECT LINE. Book releases, upcoming readings, etc. Please include all info (if it’s a book release: how much? Mailing address? How is check payable?; If it’s a poetry reading, please include the venue address). ALSO !! If you run a reading series or are coordinating special events - and you want to spread the word — Get me that info now, too. If you don’t have your line-up for the entire year, just give me what you have, name of event or series, the dates/days of week, and location. Lots of stuff going on out there - and I want to include all of it.)
IF YOU WANT TO JOIN MAD POETS SOCIETY — NOW IS THE TIME to pay your dues to society !! Kindly send $20 payable to Mad Poets Society, P.O. Box 1248, Media, PA 19063-8248; Stay tuned to the website for our ARTS ANGELS donation information … but for now, if you are interested in being a bonafide MAD POETS, zing us your dues !! Help keep our many events, readings, programs,workshops, bonfires, critique circles — and the literary magazine up and running! IN RESPONSE TO THE MANY INQUIRIES: YES !! Mad Poets Society is running the annual Poetry Competition. Deadline is June 20, 2008. The website is in the process of being updated (God Bless Autumn Konopka), and with all these changes and events - we’re working our poor web queen to the bone ! Stay tuned for changes. OTHER NOTABLE DATES:
THE 2008 MAD POET BONFIRES WILL BE HELD ON SAT. MAY 17th and on Sat. SEPTEMBER 20th !
ALSO: At least two MAD POET WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD IN 2008: ONE LED BY THERESE HALSCHEID on Sunday, May 4th, 10:30 - 1 pm; and one led by SANDY VAN DOREN on form/metered poetry on SUN. NOV. 2nd, 10:30 - 1:00 pm. They will be held where I work, in the conference room at the Law Firm of Harris and Smith, 211 W. State St. in Media. (Not the Institute of Science, as in past years, to save us rent $$). Workshops are limited to 12 participants. More details to come.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST !!!
I AM RE-PRINTING THE MAD POETS REVIEW, VOLUME 21 - (we ran out - and we’ve got orders to fill !)- SO copies will be available for sale again shortly. (By the way: If you noticed any changes that should be made, zing me a note. I hope to get a list of minor changes to the printer by Friday afternoon; all those those annoying little things that hid so well while we proofed the book, and then JUMPED OFF THE PAGE, once I picked it up from the printer.)
DON’T FORGET TO JOIN ME THIS THURSDAY AT THE DELCO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, 7 PM, FOR FOUR FINE WOMEN POETS, Kelly Fineman, Minna Duchovnay, Prabhu Prabhu, and Kathryn Morgeneier - AND AN OPEN. SEE YOU THEN !!
Be well, Eileen
On January 26th The Fox Chase Reading Series kicked off the 2008 seasson for the Mad Poets Society at 3 Sisters Corner Café in Fox Chase, Philadelphia. Steve Delia and Kristine Grow shared their poetry in the intimate setting that is 3 Sisters Corner Café. An Open Reading followed by Mel Brake, Mike Cohen and Mike Morell. Special thanks to the staff at 3 Sisters and to Pat.
The Mad Poets Society Fox Chase Reading Series kicks off the New Year on January 26 at The 3 Sisters Corner Café at 2pm with featured poets Steve Delia and Kristine Grow. 3 Sisters is located at 7950 Oxford Ave. (corner of Loney and Barnes St. ) in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia. Come and enjoy two wonderful poetic voices and the great menu at 3 Sisters! Seating is limited so get there early.
Coming Soon:
March 29, 2008- Louis Mckee and Eileen D’Angelo
June 28, 2008 - Vincent Quatroche and Alla Vilnyanskaya
July 26, 2008- Glenn McLaughlin and Arlene Bernstein
September 27, 2008- Autumn Konopka and MacGregor Rucker
BOOK LAUNCH READING OF ELIZABETH McFARLAND’S POETRY COLLECTION,
“OVER THE SUMMER WATER”
On Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 7:30 p.m., the Mad Poets Society will present a special event celebrating the posthumous release of a first book of poems by Elizabeth McFarland, Over the Summer Water, from Orchises Press. The event will be held at The Main Line Art Center, located at Old Buck Road and Lancaster Ave. in Haverford (Old Buck Rd. runs next to Wilke Lexus dealership/across from Wendy’s.)
Elizabeth McFarland (1922-2005) is the poet who brought poetry into the lives of millions. As poetry editor of The Ladies’ Home Journal from 1948 to 1961, she published new work by many noted poets, W.H. Auden, Marianne Moore, Theodore Roethke, among others; and by the soon-to-be famous young poets, among them Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath. Her poems embody purity of feeling in purity of diction and musical structure, and have the fingerprint of her individual style. Rachel Hadas writes, “I am intrigued by the wit that knows what to put in and what to leave out, and the curbed but no less strong sensuality.”
Her husband of fifty-seven years, Daniel Hoffman, will describe her extraordinary and unique editorial career, and define the distinctive lyric virtues of her poems, of which their daughter, Kate Hoffman Siddiqi, will read a selection.
Daniel Hoffman is a former United States Poet Laureate (the appointment previously was known as “Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress”, 1973 to 1974) and is a Chancellor Emeritus of The Academy of American Poets. He has published eleven books of poetry, most recently from Braziller Press, Makes You Stop and Think: Sonnets. He is the Felix E. Schelling Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.
A wine and cheese reception will follow.
For information on this special event, contact Eileen D’Angelo at 610-586-9318, email: madpoets@comcast.net; Website: www.madpoetssociety.com.
