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SUMMARY:September 2026 General Meeting with Diane Frank\, Poetry as the Language of the Soul 
DESCRIPTION:Location Alert! This meeting is at the Pleasant Hill Community Center.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart I:  Readings from Winners of the 2026 Young Writers Contest\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart II: Diane Frank Talks about Poetry as the Language of the Soul\n\n\n\n\nAttendees will be shown:\n\n\n\nHow poems take the flying leap to the magic place\n\n\n\nWriting poetry larger than yourself\n\n\n\nReaching the transcendent core of a poem\n\n\n\nWhat poetry offers to writers of other genres\n\n\n\nHow poetry speaks through time.\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n9:30 – Sign-in table opens\n\n\n\n10:00 – TBD\n\n\n\n11:00 – Feature Presentation\n\n\n\n12:00 – Meeting Ends\n\n\n\n\nStay after the meeting until 1:30 for optional events. Meeting attendance is required to participate in optional activities. \n\n\nCost\n\n\nMembers: $15.00 ($20.00 after September 5th)Guests: $20.00Pay online when you register or cash/check at the door. Coffee/tea and pastries included. \n\n\nRegistration\n\n\nOpens August 10\, 2026Register at https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiane 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
URL:https://cwcmtdiablo.org/event/september-2026-general-meeting-with-diane-frank-poetry-as-the-language-of-the-soul/
LOCATION:Pleasant Hill Community Center\, 320 Civic Drive\, Pleasant Hill\, California
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings and Workshops
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