Masks by Wayne Goodman
MASKS I had to wear a mask To protect me from you The fear of someone seeing Me imperfect, as I was, Frightened me You wore a mask, too, For what reasons I Could not tell but Most likely similar Pain or sorrow …
Author: Vallejo Poetry Society
Jeremy Snyder is Vallejo’s 3rd Poet Laureate
Congratulations to Poetry by the Bay host Jeremy Snyder for becoming Vallejo’s 3rd Poet Laureate. He was preceded in office by Genea Brice (2015-2017) and D.L. Lang (2017-2019). His work appears in Verses, Voices, and Visions of Vallejo, and he recently hosted the Vallejo Poetry …
Vallejo Poetry Slam
Congratulations to Hakim for winning first place and Juanita J. Martin for winning second place at the Vallejo Poetry Slam held October 26, 2019 in the Joseph Room at Vallejo’s John F. Kennedy Library.
Thank you to everyone who competed.
Thank you to Provisions for donating a $50 gift card as a prize.
The event was hosted by Jeremy Snyder, the host of Poetry by the Bay.
Judges were Carmen White, Keith Thompson, and D.L. Lang.
