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Kids Chalk Poems & Artwork Chalk Up (Sept 13) Chalk Up is for kids everywhere in town. Calling all poems Sun., Oct. 13th, 11am-1pm downtown on Water Street. Bring your Kids Chalk Poems & Artwork Chalk Up Kids ages 6-16 will write poems and do chalk drawings with Poetry Walk’s Geri DiGiorno as an Arts Council of Sonoma County project, a part of the River Heritage Celebration weekend demonstrating … Read More »

First hit Smitty’s got a draft (see photo of Geri diGiorno sipping on a Cosmo). Marvelous! Joe’s three kids came to the reading. . . Martin Hickel: You can get fish ‘n’ chips around the corner for three dollars until seven.

We received this from Martin Hickel. He is a fabulous poet and runs this poetry series. Art that Rocks — Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street  Sausalito, Calif.  7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Get Way Out with David Meltzer,  Sharon Doubiago and Michael Rothenberg http://isledesk.com/islepress/SunsetPoetry.html

Subject: Muldoon on Colbert and at the BPC! Muldoon’s Picnic- A Mixum-Gatherum of Poetry and Music with: Menage a Twang, Emily Moore, Paul Muldoon, and Brenda Shaughnessy -Saturday, June 20th 8pm, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (at Houston) -$15 Watch Muldoon on Colbert here: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.hulu.com/watch/78622/the-colbert-report-thu-jun-18-200 Catch him at the BPC tomorrow night! Menage a Twang is a Brooklyn-based indie outfit that blends lovely three part harmonies with razor sharp wit, acoustic guitars with an anti … Read More »

Hello Friends, Many of you may have already been informed of this, but in case you have not, David Bromige passed away on June 3rd. His wife Cecelia would like you to read the link below and comment if you’d like http://bromige.wordpress.com there is also more information at the poetry foundation web site about his life: (see below) http://www.poetryfoundation.org:80/harriet/2009/06/in-memoriam-david-bromige/ … Read More »

Harold Norse, who was once called by William Carlos Williams “the best poet of his generation,” has passed away at age 92. His last words were:“The End is the Beginning.” The Beat Museum, located at 504 Broadway (at Columbus) in San Francisco, will be hosting a memorial for him on Sunday, July 12th, TBA. For more information, please go to: http://www.kerouac.com. (I didn’t saw … Read More »

Ed Coletti sent us a note to let us know that his popular reading series resumes in a new location on Sunday July 12th 2pm. It will now be held at Cafe Azul, which is located at 521 4th St. in Downtown Santa Rosa. Featured readers will include Raphael Block, Ed Coletti, Caryl Fuller, Jeanne Powell, Ray Swaney, and Gor Yaswen. … Read More »

David was a great poet and wonderful man. This is the second poet we have lost up here in Sonoma County. A few weeks ago we lost Don Emblen both former Poet Laueates of Sonoma County and good friends to us all. We will miss them both at the Poetry Walk this year and plan to read some of their poems. Geri Digiorno

Diane di Prima — Taking Dictation The Excelsior Branch of the San Francisco Public Library presents Diane diPrima on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. Poems come into being in many ways. Some are deliberately composed, often from an idea or experience. Others, however, seem to arrive whole ” what is required of the poet is to get out of the way and let the poem “write itself.” The great … Read More »