{"id":1810,"date":"2026-01-07T19:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:02:50","slug":"a-poetic-first-meeting-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/a-poetic-first-meeting-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poetic First Meeting of 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a long night in anxious times,
Stanzas clash in metrical rhymes.
Enjambments crouch in happenstance
Lurking as if spilled by chance.
With pens we frame visionary cheer
And meet in the light of a frothy new year.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Where<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan) in the Creative Arts Room,\u00a03011 Buena Vida Circle<\/a>. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday January 10th, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Special Agenda: January is the Poetry meeting month! What does that mean? Bring your poems! Write some poems! Read some poems!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you haven’t tried writing poetry yet, give it a try. You still have a week. If you have written some things, bring them along to read. If you haven’t and don’t want to, bring a poem from one of your favorite poets and read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll also be writing some poems in the meeting with some prompts. Poems poems poems!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Call to Order<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Welcome New Members<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Membership and Financials<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Member Accomplishments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Poems reading<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Poems writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Favorite poems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. More poems reading<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. More poems writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Time & Date of next meeting reminders<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Adjournment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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