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Free Poetry Workshop–Playing with our ABC’s: Poetry Using the Alphabet as Structure

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

Please join us in the Modesto Library Auditorium for "Playing with our ABC's: Poetry Using the Alphabet as Structure," a poetry writing workshop facilitated by Gillian Wegener. This workshop will focus on using the alphabet as structure for new poems. We'll try our hand at abecedarians, observational alphabet poems, and dictionary poems. Walk-ins welcome.

July Book Club: FELON by Reginald Dwayne Betts

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

Please join at the Modesto Library to discuss Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts. Copies of the book are available at the check-out desk of the Modesto Library, courtesy of Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center. Facilitated by Tina Marie Curiel-Vega.

Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Reading and Reception

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

Please join us to celebrate our finalists for the Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate contest 2023-2024. Meet our finalists, Janelle Yulo of Modesto and Zoe Byron of Oakdale, and our Youth Poet Laureate Faith Delgado. With readings and refreshments. At The Loft, 3rd floor of the Carnegie Arts Center, Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate program …

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Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Chloe Martinez and Emma Trelles

Zoom

Hosted by Stella Beratlis Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm PST RSVP for Zoom link Open mic signup; 3 mins per reader please. Please join us this month as we feature poets Emma Trelles and Chloe Martinez on Zoom. Emma Trelles, author of Tropicalia, is the immediate past poet laureate for Santa Barbara, …

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