Within Words We Are One
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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 …
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 Slam. He has been hosting Poetry by the Bay since 2018 which meets at the Odd Fellows Hall in downtown Vallejo on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
You can reach him at vallejopoetlaureate@gmail.com
A committee appointed by the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation consisting of Nina Serrano, Fairfield Poet Laureate Emerita Juanita Martin, Jeff Kingman, and Karen McKevitt chose Snyder from the pool of applicants.
We at Vallejo Poetry Society wish Jeremy continued success!
Read the official press release from the City of Vallejo here.