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September 2026 General Meeting with Diane Frank, Poetry as the Language of the Soul
September 12 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PDT
Location Alert! This meeting is at the Pleasant Hill Community Center.
Part I: Readings from Winners of the 2026 Young Writers Contest
Part II: Diane Frank Talks about Poetry as the Language of the Soul
Attendees will be shown:
- How poems take the flying leap to the magic place
- Writing poetry larger than yourself
- Reaching the transcendent core of a poem
- What poetry offers to writers of other genres
- How poetry speaks through time.
Schedule
- 9:30 – Sign-in table opens
- 10:00 – TBD
- 11:00 – Feature Presentation
- 12:00 – Meeting Ends
Stay after the meeting until 1:30 for optional events. Meeting attendance is required to participate in optional activities.
Cost
Members: $15.00 ($20.00 after September 5th)
Guests: $20.00
Pay online when you register or cash/check at the door. Coffee/tea and pastries included.
Registration
Opens August 10, 2026
Register at https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/
Diane Frank is the author of nine books of poems, three novels, and a photo memoir of her 400 mile trek in the Nepal Himalayas. While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and Selected Poems won the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Poetry. Her new book of poems, Prayer to the Invisible, was an overnight bestseller – #3 for American Poetry, #3 for Poems by Women. She teaches poetry, flash fiction, and memoir workshops at San Francisco State University and Dominican University. Her first novel, Blackberries in the Dream House, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her new novel, Mermaids and Musicians, is an unusual love story, full of music and a plea to save the Earth. Her website: www.dianefrank.com
