Notable Members
The group was founded by Edith Willis Forbes; its first president was Carl Lamson Carmer. Past and current members of note include Al Poulin, Jr. (1938–1996), Patricia Janus (1932–2006), Dale Davis, Leah Zazulyer, Cornelius Eady, Dane Gordon, Jordan Smith, James Lavilla-Havelin, Etta Ruth Weigl, Israel Emiot (1909–1978), Gary Lehmann, John Roche, Vincent Golphin, Anne Coon, Carol Oliver, Gerald Clarke, Robert Koch, Wynne McClure, Ruth Kennedy, Francesca Gulì (ca 1921-2009), Paul Humphrey (1915–2001), Eleanor McQuilken (1908–2004), George Monagan (1925–2005), David Michael Nixon, W. E. Butts, Linda Allardt, Patricia Roth Schwartz, John Cieslinski, Beatrice O'Brien, Judith Kitchen, Stanley Rubin, and Frank Judge, the current president.
Other Rochester area poets of note are Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914), who knew many of the founders of the group, William Heyen and Anthony Piccione (1939–2001), who were honored by the Society, and John Ashbery, who was raised in the area and has known many of the group's members and officers.
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