P.O.E.T.S.

There was an old rumor that circulated in our neighborhood ("the Hundo") that a group called the POETS (P*** on Everything, Tomorrow's Saturday) used to get together every Friday night at the neighborhood's inception in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a bring your own chair and drink type activity. They had a flag that they would post in a yard that day and people would congregate at the house with the flag that evening after work. One of the original POETS members found the flag and brought it to us! We decided to attempt to bring this back last summer with our neighbors, but it never really got off the ground. This year, we decided to try again. The first week there were about 5 houses represented at our gathering including one of the original POETS couples. The following week there were more than 40 people! All the kids came riding bikes and we hung out for several hours in lawn chairs while the kids rode bikes up and down the street. It went so well that we decided to keep doing it! We've been going for about a month now and had to hang back last week due to rain, but will hopefully do a few more weeks before the weather turns. It has been a great way to meet the neighbors!

And the original POETS flag: