A Maine Refrain - the First Annual Poetry Soup Convention

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This is Portland Head Light, less than 20 minutes from the city.

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~ BY INVITATION ONLY - 1st ANNUAL POETRY SOUP CONVENTION ~

Relieve that stress and undue tension, First Annual Poetry Soup Convention!
Come to Maine this early September, (as long as you're a paying member) ...

A smorgasbord - and "lobstah" too, the finest refreshments wait for you!
Forgive me, but I just have to boast - so beautiful, the Down East Coast.

Portland City, thus gold-embossed, but never so big that you'll get lost ...
Recite and share your works of prose, rub shoulders with the rest of those

Who love this site and make it home, then find the perfect beach to roam!
Quite near the ocean, mountains, too ... the cleanest lakes to rendezvous.

Explore the coasts or hike the hills, see all the shops, (forget the bills),
With friends and nature and poetry, all smartly framed beside the sea.

And you won't need to pack your muse - we've plenty here that you can use!
I'm just one simple lad, that's true, but I'll work hard to welcome you ...

September sixth thru ninth weekend, and please feel free to bring a friend -
Tell your peeps you've flown the coop with gals and fellas at Poetry Soup!

Write and read and critique with friends, the grandest of poetic ends ...
Come one, come all, a sweet refrain, the first PS convention, Portland, Maine!




Written and submitted on March 22, 2019
For the "The First Annual Poetry Soup Convention" Poetry Contest
Line Gauthier, Judge & Sponsor.

** Let's make it happen - for real!! **

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 4/5/2019 1:37:00 PM
That would be amazing Greg, imagine meeting everyone!! Congrats on another win!
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Date: 3/24/2019 8:36:00 AM
WoW! Gregory, I've never been to Portland Maine, but you make won't to go my friend. Congratulations on a well deserved win:-) Alexis
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Date: 3/23/2019 6:24:00 PM
The coast of Maine in early September sounds divine (I'm in the Portland on the opposite side!) Congratulations on your win, Gregory!
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Date: 3/23/2019 5:25:00 PM
Lovely description of the East Coast, Gregory. Makes me realize it's been far too long since I have visited. Congrats.
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Date: 3/23/2019 4:08:00 PM
What a lovely place to hold a convention. I personally wouldn't go to a convention as I am not one for events like that but have been so lucky to meet 3 wonderful soupers and hope to meet another two later in the year:-) there are many I would love to meet, who knows where the win will take us:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 3/23/2019 7:20:00 AM
Brilliant verse Gregory, and Maine sounds like a lovely place to visit. ( have only seen it on T.V) seriously though it would be great to have a get together. Enjoy the weekend. Tom.
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