Fort Bend Poets
- Poetry Critique Session
- May 28, 2011
Welcome to the Fort Bend Poets Web site
The Fort Bend Poets group is a small group of poets in Fort Bend County, Texas who support the art of poetry.
The FBPG's Last Saturday Poetry Reading has been replaced with a critique session. The first critique session will be conducted on May 28, 2011 at 2PM at the Mugz Coffee Bar at 503 FM 359, Suite 190, Richmond, Texas. Please bring one to three of your own poems to participate in the critique session. Those who would like to read after the critique session will be encouraged to do so. See this sample video.
Write to FortBendPoets@ymail.com for more information.
***NEWS***
The Fort Bend Poets Group (FBPG) has named Ted O. Badger of Sugar Land as Fort Bend County Poet Laureate for 2011. Mr. Badger is being recognized for his work in poetry, his dedication to the art form through the publication of his Lucidity Poetry Journal and his founding of the Lucidity Ozarks Poetry Retreat.
In addition, the FBPG has named Shaunze Faisal, a sophomore at Austin High School in the Fort Bend Independent School District as Fort Bend County's Teen Poet Laureate for 2011. Ms. Faisal is being recognized for her work in poetry. She has loved poetry since the age of 7. Her mother, uncle and grandfather are also poets. Ms. Faisal's favorite poet is Sylvia Plath.
The Poet Laureate honors were honored at the April 30th Last Saturday Poetry Reading that was held at Mugz Coffee Bar located at 503 FM 359 in Richmond (Pecan Grove).
For more information, please write to fortbendpoets@ymail.com or visit www.fortbendpoets.org.
The Poetry Society of Texas Gulf Coast Poets Chapter's next regular meeting will be held on May 14, 2011 at 10:30AM at Barnes & Noble Bookstore located at 1029 W. Bay Area Blvd. at IH-45 in Webster, Texas. For more information, visit gulfcoastpoets.info.
The Lucidity Ozark Poetry Retreat #29 will be held April 24th through 26th (2012) in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. For more information, please click here to visit the Lucidity Ozark Poetry Retreat Web site.
Here's a link to a great Web site where you can download MP3 files of some great local poets including Tony Hoagland and Larry Fontenot reading their own poetry. Taping For The Blind
News
The Gulf Coast Poets group in Webster, Texas is a great poet support organization. Visit the group's Web site at www.gulfcoastpoets.info. The Fort Bend Poet's group highly recommends joining the Gulf Coast Poets group if you are interested in learning poetry and improving your poetry writing skills.
The Mugz Coffee Bar Coffee Shop located at 503 FM 359, Suite 190, Richmond, Texas hosts a monthly poetry critique session on the last Saturday of the month. The event starts at 2PM. Bring your favorite poems to participate.
The Last Saturday Poetry Readings have been discontinued, but the critique session will be followed by readings by those poets who wish to read. Click the following to see videos of past readings: January 2011, August 2010, April 2010, March 2010, Feb 2010, July 2009, Aug 2009, Sep 2009, Oct 2009.
Last Saturday
The next poetry critique session will be held at Mugz Coffee Bar 503 FM 359, Suite 190, Richmond, Texas, Saturday - May 28, 2011 at 2PM
Poets interested in participating in the poetry critique session are asked to bring one to three poems, no longer than a page in length each. Readings by attending poets follow the session. Admission is free. Write to FortBendPoets@ymail.com for more information.
Fort Bend Poet Group Radio Shows!
To hear recordings of two of our online open mike radio shows, please visit these two links: Hear our May 1st Open Mike Poetry Reading Radio Show and Hear our April 25th Open Mike Poetry Reading Radio Show.