The Southern Collective Experience

12/17/2025

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12/15/2025

A year ago I discovered this brilliant, wild queen who allowed me a phone call. A year later I walked a trail of light around with and a fellow friend to find a much bigger world than I’d experienced in . A sky of wonder, a castle that stood center as I fell in love again. It’s not enough to read or watch on television such things because to be is to experience in person. What creates an ambiance of truth and memory is to take it in with someone who shares a childlike wonder. You cannot be or seem in the world. You are expected to embrace such a gorgeous life alive with both eyes open. My heart eased and the ghosts I felt forever haunted me were left aside to abide a better dawn today. The light show settled over me then and stays within me now as I work and focus on the next issue of . Even this project is imbued with fresh flavor due to Heidi. It’s a mighty, Godly project, the whole of the Southern Collective Experience, living it with someone you love. ❤️

12/14/2025

Brilliant sister in the The Southern Collective Experience, Ellen Bass.

Marie Howe and I will be holding an online Truth and Beauty workshop in February 2026. While registration is not open yet (and we cannot take reservations), we are accepting scholarship applications for the two scholarships for poets who demonstrate financial need. See the link for details.
- https://mailchi.mp/ellenbass/truth-and-beauty-scholarships-2026

12/14/2025

Celebrating with The Southern Collective Experience brother Smith Strong PLC.

12/12/2025

Brother Richard Blanco and his beloved.

Happy Holidaze, Friends! Here we are aglow in front of the incandescent LED Christmas trees. LOL. Wishing each of you all the love to carry within and beyond this holiday season.

12/12/2025

ON DECEMBER 3 ENROLLMENT OPENS FOR 2 COURSES WITH UCLA Extension Writers' Program.

GRAMMAR FOR EDITORS:
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Follow the links for more information and how to sign up.

12/12/2025

Check out this piece about brother Tim Conroy.

The Poetry Society of South Carolina is Sponsored by Generous Grants from South Carolina Humanities, South Carolina Arts Commission, and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation.