Who We Are

The Regent Neighborhood Poetry Club is a group of neighbors and friends who share a love of poetry. The organization, which held its first meeting on October 31, 2007, meets regularly in Madison, Wisconsin, to celebrate poetry through readings and poetry writing exercises. For more information: rlhess@wisc.edu 

 The RNPC draws inspiration from the historic University Heights Poetry Club. For many years, from October 31, 1896 to the 1960s, the UHPC was an important medium of entertainment and intellectual exchange on the city’s near west side. The group included members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community and business and civic leaders. For more on the Heights Poetry Club, see 

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=div&did=WI.V4I2.CPHIGBY&isize=text

Additional articles are available by using the UW-Madison's search engine at http://www.wisc.edu

Readings

The RNPC meets quarterly, according to the seasons.  Check here for exact date and time or contact rlhess@wisc.edu Themes to be determined by facilitators. Please bring poems -- yours and those of selected poets -- related to the theme, to read or to share. Maximum, five minutes. 

Next Meeting:

 September: tba

Madpoetry -- http://www.madpoetry.org/

Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets -- http://www.wfop.org/

UW-Madison Creative Writing Program -- http://creativewriting.wisc.edu

Regent Neighborhood Association -- http://www.regentneighborhood.org/ 

Academy of American Poets -- http://www.poets.org