April 28th Meeting

2:00 pm Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Dr., Lafayette

Upstairs–Room 201

I. Welcome and Introductions: Richard W. Angilly, President

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II. Natica Angilly presents Diane Frank

Diane Frank is an award winning poet and author of six books of poems, including Swan Light, Entering the Word Temple, and The Winter Life of Shooting Stars. Diane teaches at San Francisco State University and Dominican University. She leads workshops for young writers as a Poet in the Schools, and directs the Blue Light Press On-line Poetry Workshops. She is a documentary scriptwriter with expertise in Eastern and sacred art.

Frank's book of poems, Canon for Bears and Ponderosa Pines, was just published by Glass Lyre Press. She is editor of River of Earth and Sky: Poems for the 21st Century, which is like a box of chocolate for poets. She lives in San Francisco, dances, plays cello, & creates her life as an art form.

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III. Reading of the Prize Winning Poems from the

92nd Annual Poets’ Dinner Contest

Come and hear the prize-winning authors read their winning poems.

Co-ordinated by Dinner Contest Chair, Lucille Lang Day

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IV. Social Hour: Refreshments courtesy of Maria Rosales,

with coffee provided by Sherry Sheehan.

All writers and friends of writers are welcome to attend.

Next Program Meeting: May 19