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SUMMARY:Poetry Out Loud Competition Feb. 3
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to attend the Stanislaus County Poetry Out Loud contest on Tuesday\, February 3 at the Prospect Theater Project. \nThrough this program\, high school students across the country participate in a dynamic poetry recitation competition that is designed to improve their public speaking skills\, help build confidence\, and teach them about literary history and contemporary life. \n\nPoetry Out Loud is a fun and dynamic way to introduce students to poetry.\nPoetry Out Loud builds self-confidence and helps develop social and emotional maturity.\nThe thrill of competition encourages students to do their best and support their peers.\nPoetry Out Loud creates lifelong lovers of poetry and creative writing.\nPoetry Out Loud offers an opportunity for all types of students to succeed.\n\nModesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center\, in partnership with the Stanislaus Arts Council\, is the local organization organizing and hosting the county-level contest. The winner (plus one alternate) move forward to the California Poetry Out Loud contest.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-out-loud-competition-feb-3/
LOCATION:Prospect Theater Project\, 1214 K Street\, Modesto\, CA\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Feb. 10 - William O'Daly and Linda Marie Prather
DESCRIPTION:Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Linda Marie Prather and William O’Daly \nDate: Tuesday\, February 10\, 2026\nTime: 7:00 pm PST\nWhere: Bookish Modesto\, 811 W. Roseburg Ave\, in the Roseburg Square shopping center \nThe reading is free; drinks\, snacks\, and books are available for purchase at Bookish. Open mic following featured poets (3 min per poet); sign up at the event. Hosted by Gillian Wegener!  \nWILLIAM O’DALY\nWilliam O’Daly\, co-founder of Copper Canyon Press\, is a poet and translator whose published works include eight books of translation of the late-career and posthumous poetry of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda and Neruda’s first volume\, Book of Twilight — all published by Copper Canyon Press. Book of Twilight was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award in Translation of Poetry for 2018. His most recent book of poems\, The New Gods\, was published by Beltway Editions in September 2022.  \nIn addition to The New Gods\, he is the author of four books of poems. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow\, recipient of the American Literary Award from the bilingual Korean American journal Miju Poetry and Poetics\, and four-time Pushcart Prize nominee\, his poems\, translations\, essays\, and reviews have been published in numerous journals and as part of multimedia exhibits and performances. \nAbout The New Gods\n“We need to sit on the rim/ of the well of darkness/\,” Pablo Neruda wrote\, “and fish for fallen light/ with patience.” In the poems of The New Gods\, William O’Daly sits with us beside this well\, each stunning metaphor shaping world after world of possibility. Here the dark currents of bitterness and grief\, arrogance and war give way to the sweetness of a daughter’s questions or the shiver of a Sierra lake. From the charred rubble of Iraq to the snowy Andes of Neruda’s exile\, O’Daly’s deep music guides us beyond the “machinery of destruction” into a new Parnassus where “every word blossoms erotic\,” where heron\, waterfall\, moonlit pools\, and sea all burn with the “inexhaustible light” of beauty and desire\, and we “recognize this burning as our own.” \n~ Terry Ehret\, author of Lost Body and Night Sky Journey \nLINDA MARIE PRATHER\nLinda Marie Prather has been widely recognized\, winning honors in both\, poetry\, and visual art. She has been featured in More Than Soil\, More Than Sky/The Modesto Poets\, Stanislaus Connections\, and KCBP\, and KQBM radio\, Two Roads/A program of Art & Science\, Poets Corner\, A Circle of Voices\, Penumbra\, Poetry of the Sacred\, The Story Teller\, and others. She is a two-time nominee for a Pushcart Prize and was the recipient of the Pegasus Award from California Federation of Chaparral Poets. Linda co-edits the poetry quarterly\, Song of the San Joaquin\, and is an Arts and Letters member of the National League of American Pen Women. \nHer latest and ninth book of poetry Everyday Mercies was released in 2025 and is available on Amazon.` \nAbout Everyday Mercies\nEveryday Mercies is a contemplative collection of poems that finds meaning in the often overlooked ordinary. From the quiet glory of morning light to the surprising resilience found in seasons of uncertainty\, these poems invite us to pause and ponder the mercies granted us anew every morning. \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/2026febsecondtues/
LOCATION:Bookish Modesto\, 811 W. Roseburg Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Second Tuesday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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SUMMARY:UPDATED: Poetry at the Carnegie featuring Jesse Wolfe and Stella Beratlis
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: Due to a necessary scheduling change\, Jesse Wolfe will read with Stella Beratlis on 2/21/26. Cleo Griffith will be a featured reader at a future date to be determined. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. \nPlease join host Gary Thomas at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday\, February 21\, 2026 at Carnegie Arts Center (250 North Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, California) for a poetry reading featuring Jesse Wolfe and Stella Beratlis. There will be light refreshments and an open mic time following the featured poets. This event is free and open to the public. \nJesse Wolfe is a poet\, scholar\, and English Professor at CSU Stanislaus\, where he has taught since 2006. His debut poetry chapbook\, En Route\, was published in 2020 by Cathexis Northwest Press\, who will also publish his new volume\, Breathe Again: A Polyphony\, in 2026. He is the author of two scholarly books about modernist literature and the history of intimacy. He is currently working on a third scholarly book about African American modernism and ideas of progress. \n \nStella Beratlis is the author of Dust Bowl Venus. Her first collection Alkali Sink was a nominee for the 2016 Northern California Book Award in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in Harbor Review\, California Quarterly\, and In Posse Review. among others\, and in the anthologies The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed and California Fire and Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology. She was Modesto’s poet laureate from 2016-2020 and works as a librarian at Modesto Junior College.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-at-the-carnegie-featuring-cleo-griffith-and-jesse-wolfe/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, 250 N. Broadway\, Turlock\, CA\, 95380\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Saturday,Readings
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SUMMARY:Write a Tiny Poem: Workshop with Youth Poet Laureate Valentina Zeff
DESCRIPTION:Tiny Poem Workshop With Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Valentina Zeff.  All are welcome! \nLearn how to write a tiny poem + enjoy a Q&A with the Youth Poet Laureate. Find out how to submit your poems to the contest. The Woven Words Tiny Poem Contest is FREE and open to teens who live in or attend high school in Stanislaus County. The contest is a publication opportunity–the entries will be woven into a larger poem and published in a book\, and we will celebrate together a bit later in the spring! \nPLUS YOU CAN WIN PRIZES–top poem in each theme wins $50. Note: all poems will be accepted for publication. Please see contest guidelines for details. \nZoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85093492645
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/tiny-poem-workshop-for-ypl-teen-poetry-contest/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Contests,Submission Opportunities,Youth Poet Laureate,Youth Poetry
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