The Berlin Poetry Society is a community-based literary initiative and cultural program, dedicated to cultivating ongoing creative expression, literary art engagement, and storytelling of local significance.
No Show and Tell
Don’t Let Them…
distort your memory
get away with it
steal your truth
silence your voice
Fiolet et al. (2025): Survivors are motivated to show up for others by telling their stories.
Jallo et al. (2024): There is a consistent motivation and desire to move forward in life by those who have suffered greatly.
McMahon et al. (2024): Poetry, along with other artistic output, allows survivors of homelessness, mental illness, addiction, criminal-justice involvement, and domestic violence a safe avenue to help themselves and others increase confidence and facilitate personal growth.
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The Berlin Poetry Society is in the developmental phase of establishing leadership, bylaws, memberships, as well as publication services and events.
Please check back regularly for updates regarding progress on this important community initiative.
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Septembers Remembered, back to the Old Bay
After Labor Day, everyone would disappear back to where they came from
I’d sit on the beach and reconcile with feeling alone
Wait for the snowy owl
Catch a movie uptown
Locals’ summer meant onset depression
I still don’t know really what was the lesson
So I’d count the months until summer came back around
and people would check in on Mondays in town
And leave by 11 on Sunday
I’m gunna leave this place someday…
I always keep my word
But like that snowy owl, I’m a seasonal kind of bird
And this season of my life features reflections of the old days by the bay
I think I’ve finally learned to get out of my own way.