Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, wrote the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1821 in the essay, "A Defence of Poetry." By this, he meant that poetry reflects the real world and that the poet's imagination is the faculty which allows us to perceive beauty in the world--thereby helping create civilization itself. Poets …
Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday Poetry, featuring Beverly Burch and Linda Marie Prather. Hosted by Modesto poet laureate emeritus Stella Beratlis. Date: Tuesday, Dec 13, 2022 Time: 7:00 pm PST RSVP for Zoom link Open mic follows featured readers. Please sign up and plan to read for about 3 minutes. Beverly Burch Beverly Burch’s …
Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Brad Buchanan and Susan Cohen, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:00 p,m PST. Hosted by Stella Beratlis, city of Modesto poet laureate emeritus. RSVP for Zoom link Open Mic Signup: https://forms.gle/d51j2WqGmBrzrTLT9. 3 minutes per reader, please. SUSAN COHEN Susan Cohen is a journalist and poet in Berkeley, …
Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Tamer Mostafa and Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas Hosted by Stella Beratlis Date: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm PST RSVP for Zoom link Open Mic Signup: https://forms.gle/d51j2WqGmBrzrTLT9. 3 mins per reader, please. TAMER MOSTAFA Tamer Said Mostafa (pronouns: he/him/his), a radical social worker by day and poet …
We are so excited to feature Rooja Mohassessy and Farnaz Fatemi for our Second Tuesday reading in March. Please RSVP to get Zoom link for reading: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucOmqrzIrGdb0wNX9dF4OQqZv7IRjNEOT Hosted by Modesto poet laureate emeritus Stella Beratlis; open mic follows featured poets. (Open mic sign-up.) Rooja Mohassessy Rooja Mohassessy is an Iranian-born poet and educator living in …
We are so excited to feature Matthew M. Monte and Joseph Zaccardi for our Second Tuesday reading on April 11, 2023. Please RSVP to get Zoom link for reading: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodeGrrzkjHdfBfZG3JJnhhyxHl8NFvfZ8 Hosted by Modesto poet laureate emeritus Stella Beratlis; open mic follows featured poets. (Open mic sign-up.) MATTHEW MONTE Matthew M. Monte grew up near San …
