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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Localpalooza features a smorgasbord of poetry by local writers from Modesto and the greater Stanislaus County area via Zoom on Tuesday\,  September 14th\, 2021 at 7:00pm Pacific Time. Please join us! \n\n\n\nTopic: Second Tuesday Reading: Poetry Localpalooza\nTime: Sep 14\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/95590128285\n\nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833\,95590128285#  or +13462487799\,95590128285#\n\nOr Telephone:\n    Dial:\n    +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n    +1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n    +1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n    +1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\n    +1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n    +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n    Meeting ID: 955 9012 8285\n    International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/abYljE2M3T\n\nOr an H.323/SIP room system:\n    H.323: 162.255.37.11 (US West) or 162.255.36.11 (US East)\n    Meeting ID: 955 9012 8285\n\n    SIP: 95590128285@zoomcrc.com\n\nOr Skype for Business (Lync):\n    SIP:95590128285@lync.zoom.us\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T130000
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SUMMARY:Writing Your Poetry Manifesto: The Ars Poetica Poem
DESCRIPTION:Join us in this free poetry workshop where we focus on ars poetica poems. Ars poetica poems examine the  role of poets themselves as  subject\, their relationships to the poem\, and the act of writing. We’ll look at ars poetica poems by other poets and note what’s going on in those poems\, then we’ll write through a few prompts intended to get us to write our own ars poetica poems. Facilitated by Stella Beratlis; free and open to the public\, all writing levels welcome\, no pressure with a focus on relaxed creativity. \n  \n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\n\nOne tap mobile:\nUS: +16699006833\,\,98336539597# or +13462487799\,\,98336539597#\n\n\nMeeting URL:\nhttps://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98336539597\n\n\nMeeting ID:\n983 3653 9597\n\n\nJoin by Telephone \n\n\nFor higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location.\n\n\nDial:\nUS: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799\n\n\nMeeting ID:\n983 3653 9597
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/writing-your-poetry-manifesto-the-ars-poetica-poem/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210822T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210822T170000
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry with Sal Salerno
DESCRIPTION:Join Modesto Poet Laureate Sal Salerno & friends at 4 pm\, and bring along some poetry you’ve been reading  to share with others. \nTopic: Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry\nTime: Aug 22\, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83414790977?pwd=QXEyQjdpRHQrWS9IcCt4NlhLUHVxQT09\n\nMeeting ID: 834 1479 0977\nPasscode: 169568\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,83414790977#\,\,\,\,*169568# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83414790977#\,\,\,\,*169568# US (Houston)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\nMeeting ID: 834 1479 0977\nPasscode: 169568\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcAqLXvTpI
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-and-poetry-with-sal-salerno/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Other Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210815T140000
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SUMMARY:Poetry On Sunday Series featuring Dane Cervine & Stella Beratlis
DESCRIPTION:Join host Gary Thomas and our featured readers Stella Beratlis and Dane Cervine for the Sunday\, August 15th edition of MoSt’s Poetry On Sunday Series readings on Zoom\, beginning at 2:00 P. M. Pacific Time.   \nStella Beratlis is the author of Alkali Sink (2015) and her latest collection\, Dust Bowl Venus (May 2021).  Her poems have appeared in the anthologies The Place That Inhabits Us:  Poems from the San Franciso Bay Watershed (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2010) and California Fire and Water:  A Climate Crisis Anthology (Story Streets\, 2020).  Beratis served as Modesto’s poet laureate from 2016-2020 and works as a librarian there. \nDane Cervine is a poet whose recent books include Earth Is a Fickle Dancer (Main Street Rag)\, and The Gateless Gate – Polishing the Moon Sword\, from Saddle Road Press in Hawaii.  Previous poetry books include Kung Fu of the Dark Father\, How Therapists Dance\, The Jeweled Net of Indra\, and What a Father Dreams.  Dane’s poems have won awards from Adrienne Rich\, Tony Hoagland\, the Atlanta Review\, Caesura\, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  His work appears in The SUN\, the Hudson Review\, TriQuarterly\, Poetry Flash\, Catamaran\, Miramar\, Rattle\, Sycamore Review\, and Pedestal Magazine\, among others.  You can read more about Dane at his blog: https://danecervine.typepad.com/ \nHere is the Zoom link to the reading: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83375142037\nMeeting ID: 833 7514 2037 \nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83375142037# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83375142037# US (Houston) \nStella’s latest book\, Dust Bowl Venus\, and Dane’s new book\, The World is God’s Language\, have recently been published by Sixteen Rivers Press. For more information about the authors and the books\, go to these pages on the Sixteen Rivers site: \nhttps://sixteenrivers.org/authors/stellaberatlis/ \nhttps://sixteenrivers.org/authors/dane-cervine/ \nOur usual Open Mic Time will follow the featured readers.  We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/carnegieaugust2021/
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210810T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry Reading with Nicca Ray and Michelle Cernuto
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center features authors Nicca Ray and Michelle Cernuto for the August installment of Second Tuesday Poetry. Join us for a great mix of poetry\, ghost fiction\, and punk rock memoir on Tuesday\, August 10 at 7 pm on Zooom. Hosted by Stella Beratlis with open mic following the featured readers.\n\nZoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91909197367\nOpen mic signup: https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday\n\nNICCA RAY\nNicca Ray’s poetry collection\, BACK SEAT BABY\, was recently published by Chris D.’s Poison Fang Books. In the forward\, Ann Magnusun writes\, “Plumbing the depths of uncertainty and loneliness\, Ray finds gold in the collective swamplands of our souls.” The poet\, Charles Plymell\, calls Back Seat Baby the “High Noon of poetry.”\n\nNicca Ray’s memoir RAY BY RAY: A DAUGHTER’S TAKE ON THE LEGEND OF NICHOLAS RAY (Three Rooms Press\, 2020) has been called “harrowing\, beautifully written and near-impossible to put down” by Shelf Awareness and “a daring revelation of strength and survival\, told unflinchingly\, bravely\, with empathy\, sympathy and ultimately an understanding of a great artist who is almost impossible to fathom\,” by Ronee Blakely\, actress\, singer and Academy Award nominee.\nNicca is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a 2020 Acker Award recipient.\n\nMICHELLE CERNUTO\nMichelle Cernuto is the author of the recently published YOU USED TO KNOW ME\, a fictional coming-of-age account of growing up in Las Vegas in the 80s.\n\n“A mash note from beyond the grave to a lost Vegas. 1980s punk teen dysfunction… a melancholic travelogue through a spiritual wasteland. The self-effacing murder victim gives us a matter-of-fact\, blow-by-blow commentary as she haunts both her friends and her predator in a suburban\, desert dystopia…. We see ominous harbingers of Death rushing headlong towards us\, much like an out-of-control carnival ride…locked into one final\, endlessly accelerating rollercoaster to oblivion. There’s no getting off\, and the effect is harrowing and masterful.– Chris D. (author of No Evil Star\, Dragon Wheel Splendor and Other Love Stories of Violence and Dread\, Mother’s Worry\, et.al.; singer/songwriter of the bands The Flesh Eaters and Divine Horsemen)\n\n“A vivid recollection of a crazy time in the crazy place of the American Southwest…a transitional time before entire cities were turned into theme parks. Magically real\, her story echoes the truth of the women I grew up with\, who fought an oppression they could feel empirically but not always articulate with street smarts and sheer guts. And then there are the ghosts…” – Victor Krummenacher (of bands Camper Van Beethoven\, Monks of Doom and The Third Mind) \n\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91909197367\nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833\,91909197367# or +13462487799\,91909197367#\nOr Telephone:\nDial:\n+1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n+1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n+1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\nMeeting ID: 919 0919 7367\nInternational numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/aeu6vPmQF
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T143000
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshop "Time Travel Through Poetry"
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop we will explore the past and future through poetry.  Our history\, science\, mythology\, and\,  most importantly\, our imaginations will be our guides. Facilitated by Karen Baker\, this free poetry writing workshop will begin at 1:00pm Pacific Time on Saturday\, July 31\, 2021. “A poem is the most efficient form of time travel”  –Kevin Young\, poetry editor of the New Yorker and new director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTopic: Poetry Workshop\, Time Travel   Zoom Meeting\nTime: Jul 31\, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87665048170\n\nMeeting ID: 876 6504 8170\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,87665048170# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,87665048170# US (Tacoma)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 876 6504 8170\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmgS5SMHS
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshop-time-travel-through-poetry/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210713T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210713T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T052533
CREATED:20210624T175357Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry with David Campos and J.J. Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Fresno poets David Campos and J.J. Hernandez \nDAVID CAMPOS\, the son of Mexican immigrants and a CantoMundo Fellow\, is the author of two collections–his newest\, American Quasar\, was just published by Red Hen Press and is a textual-visual collaboration with the artist Maceo Montoya. His debut collection\, Furious Dawn\, was the winner of the 2014 Andres Montoya Poetry Prize. Campos’s work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, Ploughshares\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Normal School. He’s the winner of Annual Prairie Schooner Strousse Award for the best group of poems in Prairie Schooner. He teaches English at Fresno City College and he lives in Clovis\, California. \n“David Campos’ American Quasar is a true force of collaboration that implores a new vision of exegesis with the renowned artist\, Maceo Montoya. How can we love what hurts us\, and how can we love the things we hurt? Here is a speaker kneeling in reverence to a god\, a lover\, or a self which we can acutely love and hurt at the same time. Set in the storied landscape of the California Central Valley\, this book is an indictment of what America has burned or buried\, and a document of all that has nonetheless survived in the ashes: the name of a distant father\, the gravity of the past on our chest. Powerfully surreal and imagistic\, Campos is a necessary voice both tender and unrelenting\, a voice that is both wound and salve. How fortunate we are for the gifts of poet and artist at the height of their powers.”—Marcelo Hernandez Castillo\, author of Centzontle \nJ.J. HERNANDEZ is a Colorado-born poet with roots in the California Central San Joaquin Valley. He earned both a BA in English Education and an MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Poetry from CSU\, Fresno. While attending Fresno State\, J.J. was the inaugural Graduate Artist in the Laureate Lab: Visual Words Studio\,  working under the supervision of Juan Felipe Herrera. J.J. Is currently a writing/composition instructor at various colleges across the Central San Joaquin Valley. His work has been supported by the Community of Writers and has been published in various literary journals.  \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/92854068503 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833\,92854068503#  or +13462487799\,92854068503#  \nOr Telephone: \n    Dial: \n    +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) \n    +1 346 248 7799 (US Toll) \n    +1 253 215 8782 (US Toll) \n    +1 312 626 6799 (US Toll) \n    +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll) \n    +1 301 715 8592 (US Toll) \n    Meeting ID: 928 5406 8503 \n    International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/an21oyc36
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-with-david-campos-and-j-j-hernandez/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210711T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210711T110000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for our annual meeting on Sunday\, July 11th at 11:00  9:00 AM. \nUPDATE:  Due to the forecast heat for Sunday\, we’ve opted to go back to Zoom for the annual meeting.  Time remains at 9 am. \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91423468395 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833\,91423468395# or +13462487799\,91423468395# \nOr Telephone:\nDial:\n+1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n+1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n+1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\nMeeting ID: 914 2346 8395 \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-annual-meeting-2021/
LOCATION:Davis Park\, 2701 College Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T090000
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join host Salvatore Salerno for Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry on July 10th at 8:00am Pacific Time. Share some poems from a recent book of poetry you’ve read or are reading. You can even share your screen ahead of time to show us a poem or two as you read. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88375358118?pwd=ejRaeTlnNlVXT0hWUjk5QW1uUWxBdz09\n\nMeeting ID: 883 7535 8118\nPasscode: 256120\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,88375358118#\,\,\,\,*256120# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,88375358118#\,\,\,\,*256120# US (Tacoma)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 883 7535 8118\nPasscode: 256120\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcG9fybkKY
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-and-poetry-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210707T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210707T193000
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CREATED:20210629T030534Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join host Gary Thomas for a discussion of The Wild Fox of Yemen by Threa Almontaser\, published by Graywolf Press (2021) and winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets in 2020\, selected by Harryette Mullen. 5 copies of the book are available (while they last) to check out at the Modesto Library (1500 I Street.) \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82732577059 \nMeeting ID: 827 3257 7059 \nOne tap mobile \n+16699006833\,\,82732577059# US (San Jose) \n+13462487799\,\,82732577059# US (Houston) \n  \nDial by your location \n        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) \n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) \n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) \n        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) \n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) \n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) \nMeeting ID: 827 3257 7059 \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kiqOZoIJk
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-club-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T143000
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:MoSt Board member Linda Scheller will be teaching our first summer poetry writing workshop\, “Lyricism in Narrative Poetry\,” on June 19 from 1:00-2:30. This will be a great afternoon of creating new poetry and thinking deeply about what makes a narrative poem sing. As always\, this workshop is free and open to the public. \nZoom link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/97349758852 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +13126266799\,97349758852#  or +13462487799\,97349758852#\nOr Telephone\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n+1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n+1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n+1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll) \nMeeting ID: 973 4975 8852
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210613T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T052533
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join host Sal Salerno for June’s edition of Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry on June 13 at 5:00pm. Share some poems from a recent book of poetry you’ve read or are reading. You can even share your screen ahead of time to show us a poem or two as you read. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88441350895?pwd=YmUxTHhxNWc0bEEzTkIwT2Fhekx2Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 884 4135 0895\nPasscode: 207672\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,88441350895#\,\,\,\,*207672# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,88441350895#\,\,\,\,*207672# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 884 4135 0895\nPasscode: 207672\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kpBEzPgcN
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-poetry-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - on Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and host Stella Beratlis are pleased to feature poets Indigo Moor and Jennifer K. Sweeney for Second Tuesday Poetry on Tuesday June 8\, 2021. Join the reading via Zoom at 7 pm (https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/94454258218). Open mic (3 mins each poet\, maximum 10 poets) following the featured poets. \nJoin reading: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/94454258218 \nOpen mic following featured readers. To sign up:  https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday \n\nJennifer K. Sweeney  \nJennifer K. Sweeney is the author of four books of poetry\, most recently Foxlogic\, Fireweed\, winner of the Backwaters Prize from Backwaters Press/University of Nebraska. Her other collections are Little Spells (New Issues Press\, 2015)\, How to Live on Bread and Music (Perugia Press)\, and Salt Memory (Main Street Rag). She is the recipient of many awards\, including the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets\, the Perugia Press Prize\, and a Pushcart Prize.  She teaches poetry workshops at the University of Redlands in California\, and is known for a decade-long practice of private instruction and manuscript critique. \nFoxlogic\, Fireweed can be purchased from the University of Nebraska Press\, linked from Jennifer’s website: https://www.jenniferksweeney.com/ \nAbout FOXLOGIC\, FIREWEED \n“Foxlogic\, Fireweed is a torn map of a state where all words are proximate to mystery. Venturing into terra incognita\, into territory that might be anima mundi\, maybe\, reader\, you think you know the lineaments\, but they are altered. Altared. Yes\, to dream space\, but wilder\, wider—this metal into bird\, stone into air\, mother into vulpine. Sweeney is breathing strangeness into a small body of words\, and the expanses open exponentially.”—Marsha de la O \n​“The logic of Foxlogic\, Fireweed is human and humane; it’s the logic of a penetrative tenderness and an embodiment always on the verge of dispersing into fox\, or deer\, or rain. . . . These are not bandwagon poems. They don’t mug for the camera. Rather\, they enact a love ‘sourced in loneliness’ where ‘with our little keys of witness’ we find each other—the very definition of the lyric poem.”—Diane Seuss \n\nIndigo Moor \nIndigo Moor is the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Sacramento. His fourth book of poetry\, Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something\, took second place in the University of Nebraska Press’ Backwater Prize. His second book\, Through the Stonecutter’s Window\, won Northwestern University Press’s Cave Canem prize. His first and third books\, Tap-Root and In the Room of Thirsts & Hungers\, were both part of Main Street Rag’s Editor’s Select Poetry Series. Indigo is an adjunct professor at Dominican University and visiting faculty for Dominican’s MFA program\, teaching poetry and short fiction. \nIndigo is a former faculty member at the Stonecoast MFA Program\, where he graduated in 2012 with an MFA in poetry\, fiction\, and scriptwriting. He’s a playwright as well: his full-length stageplay\, Live! at the Excelsior\, was a finalist for the Images Theatre Playwright Award\, and the subsequent screenplay has been optioned for a full-length film. \nIndigo is a Cave Canem fellow\, former resident artist at 916 ink\, and a graduate member of the Artist’s Residency Institute for Teaching Artists. \nA 10-year veteran of the US Navy and a twice-decorated Gulf War Veteran\, Indigo divides his time between writing\, teaching\, and Integrated Circuit Layout Designer for computer companies. \nAbout EVERYBODY’S JONESIN’ FOR SOMETHING \n“Narratives don’t always belong to history’s victors\,’’ writes Indigo Moor. If this line gives you pause\, I strongly suggest you carry Moor’s brilliant book\, Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something\, home with you. In this dazzling book\, you will read just how closely this poet has been paying attention\, to us\, to his histories\, foreign and domestic\, to our mighty (and sometimes mighty confusing) nation. Jonesin’ is a verse flashlight to all the corners you thought no one was supposed to pay attention to\, line by beautifully crafted line\, truth by earned truth. You’ll reach the last line of the last poem\, and trust me\, that’s when the hunger for more will begin.”—Cornelius Eady\, author of The War Against the Obvious \n“Indigo Moor’s new collection shuttles between searing rebuke and hopeful anguish with accents of hard-edged humor. What I love most is the clarity of thought—the no-holds-barred\, no-punches-pulled sharpness of the language that carries the reader through each poem\, jonesin’ for the next. Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something invites you out of your complacency and fuels a restlessness that reminds you that you’re alive\, that this is no time for sleeping.”—Tim Seibles\, author of One Turn around the Sun
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-on-zoom-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, June 3rd\, at 6:30 pm via Google Meet. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-6-2021-2/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Song of the San Joaquin
DESCRIPTION:The deadlines for the Song of the San Joaquin have been changed to the first day of March\, June\, September\, and December as more time is needed to get the books mailed before each of the readings. That means the next deadline is June 1\, which is coming right up! See the Song of the San Joaquin website for more information: http://www.chaparralpoets.org/SSJ.html
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/submission-deadline-song-of-the-san-joaquin-update/
CATEGORIES:Submission Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210523T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210523T160000
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the May edition of MoSt’s quarterly Poetry On Sunday Readings on Sunday\, May 23rd at 2:00 P. M.  While we look forward to a time we can all gather again at the Carnegie Arts Center\, this time we’ll be on ZOOM. Join us\, too\, for the Open Mic time following the featured readers! \nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85841157090 \nClick here to download the PDF flyer. \n\nJosiah Luis Alderete is a full-blooded Pocho\, Spanglish-speaking poeta who has been an active part of la Area Bahia’s spoken word scene for over twenty years.  He was a founding member of outspoken word group “The Molotov Mouths” and is the curator and host of the long-running monthly Chicanx/Latinx reading series “Speaking Axolotl” which happens the 3rd Thursday of every month in el Zoom mundo.  Josiah’s book of poems\, Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos is being released  this April from Black Freighter Press. \nWhether sharing stages with legendary beat poets or your favorite Hip Hop emcees\, Andru Defeye’s unorthodox writing and performance style has made him a fixture behing microphones around the country.  2020 saw the release of his critically acclaimed Frequency album\, followed shortly after by his crowning as the youngest Poet Laureate in California capitol history.  From Sacramento to Staten Island and SXSW\,  Andru served as the Director of Communications for Sol Collective from 2009-2020.  In 2014 Defeye founded Zero Forbidden Goals\, a support system for creatives dedicated to innovating arts equity\, experiences\, and education.  ZFG’s guerilla art activations including National Guerilla Poetry Month\, Chainlink Poetry\, and The Intersection have been covered and recreated around the globe. \nAngela Drew is a mother\, dancer\, poet\, and spoken word performer who has loved the rhythm of words for as long as she can remember. Born in Berkeley\, CA\, she began writing at age eight and has always understood that words have the power to soothe\, stir\, or solidify connection. Thus\, her lifelong love affair with storytelling began. Angela has performed at various venues throughout Modesto\, Sacramento and Bay Areas\, including Modesto Junior College\, Modesto’s inaugural “Ill List Poetry Slam” at the State Theater\, the Gallo Center for the Arts\, in a Sankofa Community Theater production of The Journey—The African American Experience\, and the Hildegard Festival of Women in the Arts\, Turlock and the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center’s poetry event “Words Worth Speaking\,” to name a few. Angela’s spoken word piece\, “BWE: The Black Woman Experience” was recently featured at the 2020 NAACP Modesto/Stanislaus Virtual Black Graduates Recognition Ceremony and her poetry was included in COLLISION VI\, the February 2020 exhibit at the Mistlin Gallery which featured poet-photographer collaborations.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-5-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210522T090000
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry!  A Saturday morning conversation about the poetry you’re reading. You can read from the latest book you’re reading\, and if you’d like\, share a few poems from that book on your screen. Hosted by Sal Salerno. \nMay 22\, 2021 09:00 AM Pacific Time \nJoin the Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83413965246?pwd=dEFybVlhTzNGNkxxeXg0MHZtT3YrZz09 \nMeeting ID: 834 1396 5246\nPasscode: 481342\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,83413965246#\,\,\,\,*481342# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,83413965246#\,\,\,\,*481342# US (Tacoma) \nFor more information\, please contact us at info@mostpoetry.org.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-poetry-5-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Books,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210511T203000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - on Zoom
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and host Stella Beratlis are pleased to feature poets Lelania Fowler and Salvatore Salerno for Second Tuesday Poetry on Tuesday May 11\, 2021. Join the reading via Zoom at 7 pm (https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/92855890148) and sign up for open mic (3 mins each poet\, maximum 10 poets) following the featured poets. \nZoom link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/92855890148 \nOpen Mic signup: https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday \n\nLelania Fowler \nBorn and reared on the Eastside of Santa Barbara\, California\, Lelania Fowler experienced a Chicano/Hippie hybrid childhood. Later as a homeless teen\, she bounced between Long Beach\, Hollywood\, and her hometown of Santa Barbara before relocating to Sacramento. In the late 1980s\, she became part of a thriving music and arts scene and she began songwriting for local musicians.She writes about PTSD\, sexual violence\, California nature themes\, and is a mental health activist.Her poetry has most recently been published in Quiet Rooms\, a global anthology published by Cold River Press. Under a Milk Glass Moon is her first collection of poetry. \nAbout Under a Milk Glass Moon: \n“An excellent debut collection of poetry. Lelania’s long strophic lines and sparkler-like images propel these excursions into another realm. The work is not lyrical or narrative but cuts a lovely landscape between these genres. Refreshing to read and re-read.”  –D.R. Wagner \n“Lelania Fowler’s Under A Milk Glass Moon is\, I am convinced\, a collection of hymns to the Hindu goddess Kali\, Mother of All\, adorned in her necklace of human heads. There is a female energy in this writing to which I\, as a male\, have been blind and deaf\, a feminine language in which I am not fluent. Even so\, the poems themselves contain keys to help me unlock doors I\nnever knew existed.” —Robert Lee Haycock \n  \nSalvatore Salerno \nSalvatore Salerno has an M.F.A. from University of North Carolina\, where he was awarded The Academy of American Poets University Prize. He is retired from teaching English and Drama at Grace Davis High School. More than 120 of his poems have been published in numerous periodicals. His latest poetry book is Hello\, Posterity. He has also independently published volumes of nonfiction\, plays\, and short stories. \nSalvatore is a board member of Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center\, and he is also the president of the Stanislaus Audubon Society. He is the current poet laureate of Modesto.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-5-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210506T183000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, May 6th\, at 6:30 pm via Zoom. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-6-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210425T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210425T160000
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SUMMARY:Annual Benefit Gala
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE! \nModesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center will hold its benefit on Sunday\, April 25th\, from 2-4 pm\, on Zoom. There will be music\, there will be poetry\, and while we still won’t be able to be in person\, we will share the amazing camaraderie of our poetry community and seriously rejoice in that! \nTo buy tickets\, please go to most2021.eventbrite.com. If you would like to support our gala fundraising effort\, please visit our Fundly page. \nOur featured poets for the event will be longtime MoSt supporters Lee Herrick and Indigo Moor. To download a copy of the flyer\, please click here. \n\nLee Herrick is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower\, finalist for the 2020 Northern California Book Award\, Gardening Secrets of the Dead and This Many Miles from Desire. He is co-editor of the anthology The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit (Orison Books). His poems appear widely in literary magazines\, textbooks\, and anthologies such as HERE: Poems for the Planet\, with an introduction by the Dalai Lama; Indivisible: Poems of Social Justice\, with an introduction by Common; One for the Money: The Sentence as Poetic Form; and California Fire and Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology. His prose has appeared in Dear America: Letters of Hope\, Habitat\, Defiance\, and Democracy\, and elsewhere. He served as Fresno Poet Laureate from 2015-2017. Born in Daejeon\, Korea and adopted to the United States at ten months\, he teaches at Fresno City College\, where he co-founded the forthcoming Social Justice and Cultural Center\, and in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada University. \nIndigo Moor is a multi-genre\, award-winning writer and teacher. His second book of poetry\, Through the Stonecutter’s Window\, won the Northwestern University Press’s Cave Canem prize. His first book\, Tap-Root\, was published as part of Main Street Rag’s Editor’s Select Poetry Series. His stageplay\, Live! at the Excelsior\, was a finalist for the Images Theatre Playwright Award. Indigo is a graduate of the Stonecoast MFA Program—where he studied poetry\, fiction\, and scriptwriting—and a graduate member of the Artist’s Residency Institute for Teaching Artists. A musician and photographer\, Indigo’s collaborations include the Artists Embassy International Dancing Poetry Festival\, the Livermore Ekphrastic Project\, and the Davis Jazz Arts Festival.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/annual-benefit-gala-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the latest edition of the MoSt Poetry Book Club! We’ll meet on Wednesday\, April 21st at 6:30 pm. In the meantime\, pick up a copy of Indigo Moor’s excellent new collection\, Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something\, now available at the front desk of the Modesto Library. Tom Myers and Tom Portwood will lead a discussion about the collection that evening. Please join us! \nZoom link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/92507601303
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-club-4-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210413T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210413T203000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - on Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and host Gillian Wegener are pleased to welcome Sixteen Rivers Press poets Stella Beratlis and Dane Cervine Second Tuesday Poetry on Tuesday April 13\, 2021. Join the reading via Zoom at 7 pm: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/94208575176 and sign up for Open Mic (3 mins each poet) following the featured poets. \nOpen Mic signup: https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday \n\n\nStella Beratlis grew up in a second-generation Greek-American family in Northern California. Her first collection of poems\, Alkali Sink\, was published by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2015 and was a nominee for the Northern California Book Awards in poetry. Her work has also appeared in numerous journals\, including Harbor Review\, Penumbra\, Song of the San Joaquin\, In-Posse Review\, and California Quarterly\, as well as in the anthologies The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2010) and California Fire and Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology (Story Streets\, 2020). She is coeditor of the collection More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets (Quercus Review Press\, 2011) and served as the poet laureate of Modesto from 2016 to 2020. Beratlis lives and works as a librarian in Modesto. \nAbout Dust Bowl Venus: \nWith tenderness\, wit\, and humor\, Dust Bowl Venus explores the fragility of love\, good health\, and the Earth. Rooted not just in the city of Modesto but also in the music\, legends\, and community of the Central Valley\, these poems brilliantly reflect a struggle to find beauty in the contradictions of our contemporary lives. Amazingly thoughtful and musical\, these are poems we should all read. —Judy Halebsky\, author of Spring and a Thousand Years and Sky=Empty \n“The poems in Stella Beratlis’s Dust Bowl Venus ring with the clarity of a shovel strike against stone\, each line cracking against the next\, igniting spark after glorious spark. And yet\, like the seasonal lake bed on which Modesto sits\, like the many hands ‘making mud out of dry soil\,’ every poem aches toward tenderness. In one poem\, Beratlis asks ‘What grows here?’ before revealing the bounty—heirloom tomatoes\, holy basil\, kindness—that can be coaxed from this ‘city of drought.’ But darker things grow here\, too: a tumor ‘the consistency of a potato\,’ fear\, terror that ‘builds cell by sticky cell.’ Here\, to grow\, and to love\, is to risk vulnerability. These’“bone-and-ligament / narratives’ of grief and yearning\, illness and healing\, perseverance and resistance\, beat with so much heart in this fiercely beautiful book.”  —Erin Rodoni\, author of Body\, in Good Light and A Landscape for Loss \n“Stella Beratlis’s Dust Bowl Venus animates California’s Central Valley as a postmodern Prometheus\, an eco-sapient Frankenstein with whom we wrangle\, wrestle\, and fall madly in love. With sass and grit and grace\, Beratlis’s craft is brilliant in its imagistic associations that jolt and jump cut in powers of ten. These poems stir us with the urgency of the Anthropocene and form a ‘mycorrhizal web’ that connects us to the mantle of deep time.”  —Rosa Lane\, author of Chouteau’s Chalk and Tiller North \n\n\nDane Cervine is a poet whose recent books include Earth Is a Fickle Dancer (Main Street Rag)\, and The Gateless Gate – Polishing the Moon Sword\, from Saddle Road Press in Hawaii. Previous poetry books include Kung Fu of the Dark Father\, How Therapists Dance\, The Jeweled Net of Indra\, and What a Father Dreams. Dane’s poems have won awards from Adrienne Rich\, Tony Hoagland\, the Atlanta Review\, Caesura\, and been nominated for a Pushcart. His work appears in The SUN\, the Hudson Review\, TriQuarterly\, Poetry Flash\, Catamaran\, Miramar\, Rattle\, Sycamore Review\, and Pedestal Magazine\, among others. You can read more about Dane’s work at his blog: https://danecervine.typepad.com/ \nAbout The World Is God’s Language:  \n“Dane Cervine’s new book\, The World Is God’s Language\, is a raft for troubled souls\, a balm for aching hearts\, and a tree of koan-like wisdom nuggets to be squirreled away and returned to again and again. These prose poems often address loss and difficulties but with a lightness of touch that emphasizes the spiritual lessons they can embody. . . . Dane Cervine steadies us with his attention to each word\, his deceptive simplicity of language\, and his calibrated spirituality—which outlines mysteries\, rather than attempting to fill them in. These remarkable poems are Rumi-like pearls.”\n—David Sullivan\, author of Seed Shell Ash \n“Dane Cervine’s poems cast their attention on the everyday—his father’s slippers\, an orange cat\, the last biscuit in a box—and find the extraordinary in what’s in front of all of us. Even when the poems take place in distant locales\, Cervine makes magic with simplicity. Hand in hand\, he takes his readers to the edge\, and willingly\, we jump with him.”\n—Patrice Vecchione\, author of My Shouting\, Shattered\, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry & Speaking Your Truth
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-4-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:The April edition of Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry is coming up on April 10 at 9:00am. Bring whatever your morning beverage of choice is and whatever poetry you’re reading for a great chat and a great way to start the day! Hosted by Sal Salerno. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88966133427?pwd=OUJ2bUxtNGltVTBOYTE0TlY0Q0xodz09 \nFor more information\, please contact us at info@mostpoetry.org.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-poetry-4-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210401T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210401T193000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, April 1st\, at 6:30 pm via Zoom. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-4-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:The March edition of Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry is coming right up on March 27 at 9:00am. That’s a change of time from the previous 8:00am start\, so you can set your alarm for an hour later. Bring whatever your morning beverage of choice is and whatever poetry you’re reading for a great chat and a great way to start the day! Hosted by Sal Salerno. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81521738825?pwd=R3JpRiswSEhzcW4xNjBzTm52VXFQUT09 \nFor more information\, please contact us at info@mostpoetry.org.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-poetry/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210309T203000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - on Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and host Stella Beratlis are pleased to welcome Iris Jamahl Dunkle and Cathryn Shea for Second Tuesday Poetry on Tuesday\, March 9\, 2021. Join the reading via Zoom at 7 pm: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/96055243749 \nOpen Mic signup: https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday \n\nIris Jamahl Dunkle writes and lives in Northern California.  An award-winning literary biographer\, essayist\, and poet\, her academic and creative work challenges the western myth of progress by examining the devastating impact that agriculture and overpopulation have had\, and continue to have\, on the North American West. Taking an ecofeminist bent\, her writing also challenges the American West’s androcentric recorded history by researching the lives of women. As Poet Laureate of Sonoma County\, she witnessed first-hand the devastating 2017 wildfires. These fires were the catalyst for her latest collection of poetry West : Fire : Archive and her investigation of her family’s migration to California during the Dust Bowl. Twitter: @irjohnso \nCathryn Shea’s poetry has been published in New Orleans Review\, Typishly\, After the Pause\, burntdistrict\, Permafrost\, Tar River Poetry\, and elsewhere; she has also been shortlisted or selected for a variety of poetry prizes\, including winning the Marjorie J. WIlson Award\, judged by Charles Simic. She’s the author of four chapbooks and her first full-length collection\, Genealogy Lesson for the Laity\, was just published in September 2020 by Unsolicited Press of Portland\, Oregon. Poet Thomas Centolella author of Almost Human (Tupelo Press\, winner of the Dorset Prize)\,Terra Firma\, Lights & Mysteries\, and Views from along the Middle Way  (Copper Canyon)\, notes the following about Cathryn’s work: “Focused chiefly on the domestic life\, with all its “important confusion\,” but also ranging into the transpersonal\, Shea holds a particular regard for subjects that have vanished or are on the verge of vanishing\, and does her best to rescue them with her appealingly quirky style\, sometimes comic\, sometimes melancholy\, and always vested with affection.”  Follow Cathryn on Twitter: @cathy_shea.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-3-3021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210308
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210309
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Modesto Poem
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Modesto’s 150th anniversary\, MoSt invites you to contribute to a community collaborative poem! Write a quatrain (a four-line poem) celebrating what you love or appreciate or think is pretty true about Modesto. Everyone of all ages and poetic experience levels is welcome to submit. Send your Modesto poem to info@mostpoetry.org with Modesto Poem in the subject line. The deadline has been extended to March 8th\, but why wait that long. Send your Modesto poem in today! \nHelp spread the word! Share this with your family and friends! Even people who don’t live in Modesto\, but have a connection to Modesto are welcome to jump in and submit! \nOne quatrain per person\, please\, and we at MoSt reserve the right not to publish any quatrain that includes profanity or negativity beyond the scope of this project. We like honesty\, but we won’t publish insult or injury.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/deadline-modesto-poem/
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Submission Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T193000
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CREATED:20210214T204020Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, March 4th\, at 6:30 pm via Zoom. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-3-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T093000
DTSTAMP:20260425T052533
CREATED:20210214T203648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210214T203842Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new event…Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry\, a way to start the day with poetry! Share what poetry collection you’re reading now and a poem or two from that collection. \nBring your chosen morning beverage and join us on Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85021113353?pwd=M0RJUmhNSHRraWxHNkUrK2REVU9DQT09 \nFor more detailed Zoom information\, please check our latest Poetry Everywhere newsletter or contact us at info@mostpoetry.org!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-poetry-2-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210221T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210221T160000
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CREATED:20210109T202257Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Download the PDF Flyer here! \nPlease join us for the February edition of MoSt’s quarterly Poetry On Sunday Readings on Sunday\, February 21st at 2:00 P.M.\, featuring local poets Ed Bearden and Cleo Griffith.  While we look forward to a time we can all gather again at the Carnegie Arts Center\, this time we’ll be on ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83974391144 \nOpen Mic Time follows\, including poems from the New Year’s Poetry Challenge. \nFree and open to the public. Join us in celebrating the written and spoken word! \n\nEd Bearden has been published in Penumbra\, Quercus Review\, In The Grove and the anthology More Than Soil\, More Than Sky:  The Modesto Poets.  He is the recipient of the 2007 Award in Literary Arts presented by the Stanislaus Arts Council.  His poetry has received three Pushcart Prize nominations.  He was the 2008-2012 Poet Laureate for the City of Modesto.  His work is scheduled to appear later this year in Evening Street Review. \nCleo Griffith was Chair of the Editorial Board of Song of the San Joaquin for its first twelve years and remains on the Board in its 17th year.  She is vice-president of the Modesto branch of the National League of American Pen Women. Widely published\, she lives in Salida\, California with her cats Amber and Neil.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-2-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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