Award-winning poet Kai Coggin will facilitate a Zoom workshop and read her poetry Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT. $20 per person; please register at https://mostfall2022.eventbrite.com to receive Zoom link. Kai Coggin (she/her) is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Mining for Stardust (FlowerSong Press 2021) and INCANDESCENT (Sibling Rivalry Press 2019). …
Join facilitator Salvatore Salerno, poet laureate of Modesto, for the third MoSt Poetry Summer Workshop of 2022. We will meet on Saturday, August 20 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Stanislaus County Modesto Library. Participants are requested to bring a poem or two in working drafts, or even brief phrases of potential poems, to the workshop. They …
Join facilitator Linda Scheller for Humor in Poetry, the second MoSt Poetry Summer Workshop of 2022. We’ll meet on Saturday, July 16 from 1-3pm PT at the Stanislaus County Modesto Library. Participants will examine poems containing humor, consider methods and ideas for creating humor in poetry, and write first drafts of a poem enhanced by …
Gillian Wegener will facilitate a free poetry workshop at the downtown Modesto library on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 1:00-3:00. This in-person workshop will focus on creating poems of connection and joy. All ages and experience levels are welcome. This is the first MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop of the season, so hope to see you …
Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents a poetry workshop with acclaimed Mexican poet and translator Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, “Poetry in the Age of Pandemics.” As the months of the pandemic wear on, it has been increasingly difficult for creative individuals to stay productive. In the wake of uncertainty, overwhelming chaos, and general apathy at the state of …
