It's a Poetry Time of Year
It feels like a lot of poetry is packed into the next 10 days, giving everyone a chance to partake as the seasons shift gears. We are going to get right into it.
Events
Today! Monday Dec 9, 4pm Porter Gulch Review Issue Launch at Cabrillo College Horticulture Center. This year's issue available here.
Tuesday Dec 10, 7pm Red Wheelbarrow launch reading, featuring several Santa Cruz County poets. At Works San José, 38 South Second Street, downtown San José. You can register to attend in person or on Zoom right here: https://www.pcsj.org/events
Saturday Dec 14, 5pm Salt Pruning launch with (co-authors) former SC Poet Laureate David Sullivan and Chicago poet Ignatius Valentine Aloysius; I (Farnaz) will read as part of this book celebration. Cabrillo Horticulture Center.
Tuesday Dec 17, 7pm Inter|Act Spoken Word Open Mic At Satori an artist space, 815 Almar, Unit 9, Santa Cruz. Featured readers will be Ignatius Valentine Aloysius & David Sullivan.
Tuesdays Dec 14 & Dec 21 1pm Magdalena Montagne leads Community Poetry Circles in December. No registration required; come write poems under Magdalena’s guidance. December 14 at the Capitola Library from 1:00-3:00 p.m. December 21 at the Felton Library from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Every Monday: Santa Cruz Poetry Project welcomes anyone who would like to establish a writing practice in a safe and encouraging environment. No registration required. Takes place every Monday, 4:00 – 5:30 PM at the Life Literacies Center, Downtown Santa Cruz Library, 224 Church St.
Save the Date
Tuesday January 14, 7pm The Hive Poetry Collective hosts Bay Area Poets Rick Barot and Cintia Santana. Detailed information here. I interviewed Cintia for last night’s Hive show on KSQD; you can listen to the podcast with Cintia here.
Journal X Submissions Open
Submit to Journal X 2025! Deadline Jan 8.
Send up to 2 submissions of unpublished literary work in one document (RTF or word format) - no PDF's please! Guidelines to submit and more info here.
