Poetry group is the reason for rhymes in Rochester
Poet Tim J. Brennan reads at the Southeastern Minnesota Poets' Bright Light Poetry Night event at the Chateau Theater in downtown Rochester on Thur...

Poet Tim J. Brennan reads at the Southeastern Minnesota Poets' Bright Light Poetry Night event at the Chateau Theater in downtown Rochester on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Roses are red. Violets are blue. Southeastern Minnesota Has a poetry group for you. 'Anyone interested in poetry or poets at any stage in their writing are welcome to join SEMNP,' says Rochesterite Susan McMillan, a coordinator for Southeastern Minnesota Poets, a Rochester-based group founded in 2008 by Paul Walsh to nurture and support poets and poetry.