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Beaumont Poetry Society takes writing seriously, wants to keep art alive.

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From: Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)
Date: 20070315
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Byline: Becky Bowman

Mar. 15--On a recent Wednesday morning, a group of women seated in a circle listened as Violette Newton spoke in her sitting room about the craft poetry. Newton, who served as Texas Poet Laureate from 1973 to 1974, was giving a mini-lesson, telling her disciples about how she's studied sonnets, particularly those of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

"She was always writing about unrequited love," Newton said, with a dramatic flair and swinging hand gesture that elicited laughs and smiles from the ladies. Meet the Beaumont Poetry Society, a group ...

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