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On February 20, 1923, Miss Jane Judge reported in the Savannah Morning News as follows: In response to an invitation to all those interested in the study of poetry, more than one hundred people gathered (in the Colonial Dames Headquarters at Hodgson Hall).


  

This resulted in the launching of the Poetry Society of Georgia. Jane Judge was Literary Editor of The Savannah Morning News. Edwin Markam, a dinstinguished visitor to this city was named Honorary President - he pointed out that "the membership of the society should be made up of poets, lovers of poetry, and critics of poetry" which he felt was inclusive enough for anybody.

The five "Prosodists" who formed the nucleus of the PSGA in 1923 were: Elfrida DeRenne Barrow, Lucy Barrow McIntire, Laura Palmer Bell, Katherine Hartridge Strong, and Harriet Lawrence Huston.

Hodgson Hall, Savannah, Georgia
Conrad Aiken, probably the greatest poet born in Savannah, was an honorary member from the git-go. Conrad Aiken This information comes from A Recollection: The Poetry Society of Georgia 1923-1998, the 75th anniversary of PSGA.