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Second Tuesday Poetry Online featuring Cyrus Cassells & James Fujinami Moore

Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday Poetry Online featuring Cyrus Cassells and James Fujinami Moore  Join us as we welcome two tremendous poets to our Second Tuesday Poetry series: State of Texas Poet Laureate Cyrus Cassells and James Fujinami Moore of Los Angeles. Both have new collections published by Four Way Books. We're pleased to …

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Kiss Me Like You Voted: Election Night Open Mic

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 …

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Carnegie Poetry on Saturday Series 2:00 p.m. November 19, 2022 featuring Bryan Medina & Linda Scheller

Carnegie Arts Center 250 N. Broadway, Turlock, CA, United States

Please join us Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, CA  from 2:00-3:00 p.m. for a poetry reading by Bryan Medina and Linda Scheller with an open mic following the featured poets. This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be provided.         S. …

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MoSt Poetry Book Club

Stanislaus County Library 1500 I Street, Modesto, CA, United States

Monday, November 21, 2022     6:30-7:30 p.m.      Stanislaus County Library Makerspace    1500 I Street, Modesto  The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón Join host Gary Thomas for a discussion of The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón, the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle …

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Poetry on the Spot at ModShop

Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center will be back in action with Poetry on the Spot at Saturday's Mod Shop Handmade Market. Poets from MoSt will write you a poem right there on the spot using words you choose. We'll be at Mistlin Gallery  on J Street  between 10th and 11th streets from 2:00 to 8:00 on Saturday, …

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Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Beverly Burch and Linda Marie Prather

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 …

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