Poetry Society of Oklahoma

The group approved a plan for the poetry society and elected officers a month later.

[1] In 1969 PSO sponsored their first Statewide Youth Poetry Contest for Oklahoma Public School students.

The society features six past Poet Laureates of Oklahoma as members, including: Bess Truitt, Rudolph Hill, Leslie McRill, Carol Hamilton, Carl Sennhenn and Eddie Wilcoxen.

PSO observes October 15 as Poetry Day and also organizes and sponsors other events during the year.

Poems by PSO members are featured at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.