About

The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is dedicated to promoting poetry throughout Stanislaus County and to promoting Stanislaus County through poetry. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and we organize various poetry-related activities throughout the year in the Modesto and Stanislaus County area, including the Modesto Poetry Festival, Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate program, The Poetry on Sunday Series at Carnegie Arts Center, and Second Tuesdays on in person & on Zoom. We administer Poetry Out Loud for Stanislaus County. For more information, please follow the links below or in the main navigation menu.

You can also keep up with us via social media!

Twitter: @TheMostPoetry
Facebook: facebook.com/ModestoStanislausPoetryCenter
Instagram: @mostpoetry

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Board

Gillian Wegener, President Linda Scheller, Vice-President/Membership Stella Beratlis, Treasurer Tom Portwood, Secretary Karen Baker Janette Jameson Tom Myers Sal Salerno Cristina Sandoval Vielka Solano Gary Thomas Ann Williams-Bailey

Advisory Board

David Boring Kathleen Ennis Ryan Roth Gallo Jim Johnson Bruce Lockard Monica Perrone Henrietta Sparkman Bob Stanley Bipin Surti Hanibal Yadegar

Membership Book List

Karen Baker Vocal Exercises in Stone (Rattlesnake Press, 2005) Ed Bearden Riding the Tractor (Black Pan Press, 2014) Roberta Bearden On the Museum Steps (Black Pan Press, 2014) Stella Beratlis Dust Bowl Venus Alkali Sink (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2021) (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2015) Lynn M. Hansen Flicker (Quercus Review, 2014) Louise Kantro Dwellingplaces (Pudding House, …

Community Partners

The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is proud to partner with the following organizations in fulfilling our commitment to spread poetry throughout Stanislaus County:

A Letter from the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center

MoSt Poetry is grieving and angry over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and so many others. We’ve witnessed and in some cases participated in the protests in our cities this past week.  Our mission at MoSt Poetry is to celebrate poetry in Stanislaus County and celebrate Stanislaus County through poetry, but without …