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Of Poets Museletter Frank Moulton Wisconsin Fellowship founded 1950 Of Poets President MuseletterVice-President Secretary Treasurer Membership Chair Peter Sherrill Roberta Fabiani Bruce Dethlefsen Nancy Rafal Peter Piaskoski 8605 County Road D 407 Dale Drive 422 Lawrence Street P.O. Box 340 2105 E. Lake Bluff Blvd. Forestville, WI 54213 Burlington, WI 53105 Westfield, WI 53964 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 Shorewood, WI 53211 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Winter 2005 www.wfop.org Editor: Christine Falk President’s Message Thanks to out East-Milwaukee hosts for such a wonderful conference! Regional Vice President Helen Padway, Membership Chair Peter Piaskoski, Cary Fellman and Welcome to the following new Phyllis Wax found an outstanding facility—the Inn on Woodlake at Kohler—and members of the Wisconsin Fellowship arranged an inspiring program. The program was all the more inspiring because our featured presenter, Kim Blaeser, had a family emergency and had to cancel several of Poets that have joined since the Fall days before the event. Helen and company rolled up their sleeves and got to work. issue: Museletter The program, “The Natural Poet,” went on with presentations by Ellen Kort and Susan Anderson Baraboo Eve Robillard Madison Peter Piaskoski. It was superb. Special thanks to Ellen and Peter for coming up with Jo Balistreri Waukesha such a fine program on such short notice. Rachel Page Madison Thanks also to the members who donated prizes for our “early-bird” drawing. Fran Nelson Hilbert As before, all members who registered for the conference by the “early bird” Linda Kroll Neenah registration date were eligible for a raffle which gave out several dozen books of Randy Van Boxtel Little Chute Michael Weaver Montello poetry. Gillian Wigdale Milwaukee This was the first time the Fellowship used an innovative tactic to reduce the Barbara Malcom Green Bay room rate at our conference facility. By buying a block of rooms in the Khristain Kay Delafield Fellowship’s name, we could use our nonprofit status to avoid paying state sales Amy Crane Johnson Green Bay tax. This brought the room rate within the means of most of our members. Carolyn Vargo Milwaukee Kate Rericha Fish Creek Although a bit speculative, the conference was well attended and we appear to Annie Parcels Wauwatosa have done well financially. Erin Lance Milwaukee The spring conference did not do so well: we lost money on that event. As the Board looked over the financial statements, we found that our losses broke out New member inquiries should be directed to into three large categories. Peter Piaskoski, the membership chair. His contact information is listed in the masthead. First, the conference was under-attended. When we negotiate with a facility for Welcome to all! conferences, there usually is a minimum number of guest rooms that need to be sold in order to get the large conference room for free. In this case, we didn’t meet that number and were charged for the conference room—over two thousand dollars. How to reach Second, we were overcharged for a number of items. For example, we were charged sales tax despite being a non-profit. There are a number of other charges the Editor in dispute, and our treasurer is in negotiation with the Ramada at this time. We Christine Falk anticipate some or all of the charges will be refunded. 9556 Upper 205th Street West Finally, there were some expenses that were unique to this event: we paid a fee Lakeville, MN 55044 so that members could go on lighthouse tours, and so on. This was the smallest (952) 985-5375 portion of the “loss” category. [email protected] The Board met in executive session at the Fall conference, and implemented a number of measures to try to make sure future conferences remain solvent. Perhaps most important, we are developing a job description for a conference coordinator, who will work with each regional vice president as they arrange the conference. If any of you have experience in conference planning and negotiation, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Roberta Fabiani, the Fellowship’s Executive Vice President if you’d like to be considered for this position. Museletter The Board continues to consider several other financial matters that are still in the works. We are working on a policy that will guide the Fellowship’s financial Deadline February 3, 2006 President’s Message continues on page 6 Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push. —Joann Thomas 2 In celebration of their collective book Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning What’s of poetry, Stranded, The Wasteland Poets at the Neenah Public Library’s Poetry (Dale Ritterbusch, Liz Hammond, Anjie Circle on September 22nd. Ia hosted Happening in Greene-Martin, and Nikol Knapmiller) will Harmony Cafe’s poetry night called be hosting a book signing and open mic “Organic Gourmet Poetry: Rhymes With Your Region? reading at 7 PM on Saturday, December A Java Flow” on October 12th in 3rd in downtown Waukesha at Martha Appleton. Local poets read their poetry East Region Merrell’s Books and Café, 231 W. Main which included the following WFOP Street. Refreshments will be served. Call poets: Ia Bolz, Jon Corelis, and Linda Cary Fellman, East Regional VP 303 E. Clay Street #301 Liz to RSVP at 262-695-2761 or e-mail Kroll. Milwaukee, WI 53217 [email protected]. The following WFOP poets were [email protected] Charles P. Ries has had poetry appear featured poets this fall at Between The Mitchell Metz was recently a featured or been accepted for publication in: Pages Coffee Shop’s Poetry Night in reader at The Rockford Review’s annual Ragged Edge, X Magazine, Art:Mag, Appleton: Jerry Hauser, Tom Montag, Gala, having won “Best of Issue” in the Eye, Zygote In My Coffee, Time Garden, Roberta Fabiani, Kay Sanders and Sue Winter 2004 edition for his poem Unlikely Stories, Laughing Dog, Main DeKelver. “Drizzle.” His reading of “Drizzle” at the Channel Voices, FUCK!, Silt Reader, Ia Bolz was host for the appearance of Gala also won him the audience’s People’s Poetry Canada, Turk, Blind Man’s the nationally known performance poetry Choice award for Best Podium Style. Rainbow and Right Hand Pointing. His troupe “3 Guys From Albany” at Harmony Metz has poems forthcoming in South short stories have appeared or been Cafe, Appleton on November 11th. She Carolina Review, The Iconoclast, accepted for publication in: The Rose & also hosted the Poetry Slam that followed Passages North, and Birmingham Poetry Thorn and The Peninsula Pulse. His the performance. Ia is featured on a Review. reviews have appeared or been accepted poetry/music CD recording that the city Elaine Cavanaugh recently published for publication in: Brick and Mortar, of Appleton produced in November. The in Hummingbird Magazine of the Short Half Drunk Muse, Poets Market, The CD is being created to supplement school Poem, Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar: 2006 Moon, Underground Window, Cynic curriculum in the lower elementary school and Robin Chapman’s Poem A Day at Book Review, Free Verse, TMPoetry, classrooms. The theme of the CD is robinchapmanspoemaday.blogspot.com. Circle Magazine, Sun Piper, Fullosia, Wisconsin’s Four Seasons. Cary Fellman’s poem, “Basting Prose Toad, Lummox, Blow Back, Poetic Mary Wehner’s poetry was published Stitches”, received an Honorable Voices, Centrifugal Eye, Poesia, Blind in the September issue of Wisconsin Mention in the Poetry Category of the Man’s Rainbow, ESC!, Big Bridge and Trails. WRWA 2005 Jade Ring Contest. Fight These Bastards. He won a Second submitted by Marilyn Taylor has been named a Honorable Mention in the WRWA Adult Ia Bolz, Central-Fox Valley Regional VP Contributing Editor for The Writer Short Story Contest and a First Place in Cathryn Cofell appeared on magazine. She will be contributing four the Spring WRWA Newsletter for Flash Wisconsin Public Radio’s Higher articles a year for the “Poet to Poet” Fiction. In addition, WRWA appointed Ground with Jonathan Overby and was column, the articles focusing primarily him their representative on the Wisconsin a featured reader at the Montello Public on craft. The current issue (October) Poet Laureate Committee, and his poem Library and at the Windhover Center for contains her article entitled, “The Sonnet: “A Perfect Order” will appear in the Poetry the Arts in Fond du Lac. She also not just for the lovelorn anymore.” On Society of New Hampshire’s printed facilitated a workshop titled “Evil Twins” Saturday, November 12th, Marilyn read anthology, The Other Side of Sorrow. on collaborative writing with poet Karla at the Midwest Modern Language Procula, a historical novel about Huston at the Wisconsin Book Festival Association Conference as part of a panel Pontius Pilate’s wife, by Marion in Madison. titled “Award-winning Wisconsin Youngquist, will be available from On October 18th, Kay Sanders was the Writers.” On Wednesday, November Amazon.com both in print and e-book, featured poet at Between the Pages Coffee 16th, she taught at the Wisconsin State after Thanksgiving or through local Shop in Conkey’s Book Store. She read High School Creative Writing Festival at bookstores. See Poetry Publications from her work-in-progress, a collection UW-Whitewater, along with a number of section for more information. of poems entitled, Still Life. other WFOP members. And on Wednesday, November 30th, she will Central-Fox Valley Region present a reading at St. John’s Community Northeast Region on Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee. Ia Bolz, Central-Fox Valley Regional VP Finally, her crown of sonnets, titled “The 2521 Honey Lou Court #5 Appleton, WI 54915 Judy Roy, Northeast Regional Co-VP Good-Girl Chronicles,” was named one [email protected] PO Box 211 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 of ten finalists at the Robert Frost Ia Bolz performed as Elizabeth Barrett Foundation Awards Festival in Lawrence, [email protected] Browning in the two-act play “Dear Love” OR Massachusetts.
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