Summer Poetry Workshops 2019

Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for our third Summer Poetry Workshop of 2019. Gillian Wegener will lead a workshop on Poetry of Place. Write new poems inspired by other poems of place and some questions that will help you dig deep and find new creativity in writing about places that are important to us.

All experience levels are welcome. This event is part of the MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop series.

All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Friends of the Modesto Library.

Summer Poetry Workshops 2019

Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for our second Summer Poetry Workshop of 2019. Stella Beratlis and Nancy Lewis will lead a workshop on Erasure/Blackout poetry. Participants will create their own new poems based on prompts and examples. See http://newspaperblackout.com/ or http://erasures.wavepoetry.com/ for examples.

All experience levels are welcome. This event is part of the MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop series.

All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Friends of the Modesto Library.

Summer Poetry Workshops 2019

Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for our first Summer Poetry Workshop of 2019!

Linda Scheller from the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center(MoSt) will lead a workshop on Archetypes and Dreams. Participants will read, discuss, and write poetry derived from universal ideas and images from dreams.

All experience levels are welcome. This event is part of the MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop series.

All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Friends of the Modesto Library.

Apr 12

Poetry Books for Schools in Spring 2019

This past month, MoSt purchased and donated sets of brand-new kids’ poetry books to five more elementary schools: Paradise Elementary, Walter M. Brown Elementary (Turlock), Orville Wright Elementary, Denair Elementary, and Martone Elementary. The photo here shows MoSt board member Salvatore Salerno delivering the books to Paradise Elementary School.

Your memberships and donations make programs like this possible! If you’re interested in helping us promote poetry in Stanislaus County, please go to the home page to become a member or donate.

Aileen Jaffa Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony

Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the Awards Ceremony for this year’s Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest! First, second and third place winners in each category will receive cash awards from the MoSt Poetry Center. Prizes are: First Place $25, Second Place $15, Third Place $10. In addition, the Modesto Branch of the National League of American Pen Women will award a $60 Aileen Jaffa Outstanding Poem award in each of two combined categories, Categories 1 and 2, and Categories 3 and 4. The current president of the NLAPW Modesto chapter will present the awards, and you’ll get to hear a reading featuring the winning poems.