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Vallejo Poetry Society was founded in 2018 by Erika Snyder, Daniel Badiali, and D.L. Lang to serve as a resource for local poets.
Poetry by the Bay

Poetry by the Bay Fundraiser

Posted on August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 by Vallejo Poetry Society

For over a decade Poetry by the Bay has provided The City of Vallejo with a FREE Spoken Word Open Mic show where thousands of poets have come and shared their work. We want to continue to be able to do this for the decades to come, but to do so we need your help….

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Guest Post: Charles Kruger Teaches Jack Grapes’ Method Writing

Posted on February 8, 2022July 21, 2022 by Vallejo Poetry Society

SAY GOODBYE TO WRITER’S BLOCK AND HELLO TO THE DEEP VOICE WITH “METHOD WRITING” Beginning on Saturday morning, March 26, Vallejo writer Charles Kruger (columnist for The Rumpus and LitSeen, theatre and book reviewer, and published poet) will be debuting an online class in “Jack Grapes’ Method Writing.” Kruger’s work has received recognition in the…

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Opportunities for Poets

Ongoing Spoken Word Poetry Performance Opportunities

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 by Vallejo Poetry Society

Poetry by the Bay Join Vallejo Poet Laureate Jeremy Snyder for Poetry by the Bay via Zoom every Thursday night at 9 PM Pacific. All are welcome! 4 minute time limit per poet per round. Number of rounds depends on number of poets. The zoom link is us02web.zoom.us/j/81888607048 Poetry by the Bay is the longest running…

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Juanita J. Martin

(Covid-19) Summer by Juanita J. Martin

Posted on December 1, 2020August 19, 2020 by Vallejo Poetry Society

(Covid-19) Summer by Juanita J. Martin Beaches are quiet Except the occasional  Tide coming in As the sun burns its way through the atmosphere No sizzle from the grill Everyone’s inside— Dreaming of vacations  they never had as pools of sweat bead guzzling water clinging to the AC  or the nearest fan plugged into their…

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Dr. Gina Rizzo

Hair It Is by Dr. Gina Rizzo

Posted on November 1, 2020August 19, 2020 by Vallejo Poetry Society

Hair It Is By Dr. Gina Rizzo Everyone is valuable and beautiful as they are. Hair has a mind of its own. How it is born is how it’s grown. Hair is all the same. We are all working with how it came. Perms to straighten and to curl. Irons flatten and irons swirl. Shaved,…

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Melissa Eleftherion

i am a doll dug out of a landfill by Melissa Eleftherion

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Vallejo Poetry Society

i am a doll dug out of a landfill by Melissa Eleftherion Body of the cave mouth  Dissolution of salt  Intuitive ash collects  I vibrate to the speleothem the duodenum My heart holds the dirt like some sweet music i remember once a breathing green i remember once breathing i am a dull dig out…

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Cold Gin and a Pandemic by Georgina Marie

Posted on September 1, 2020August 19, 2020 by Vallejo Poetry Society

Cold Gin and a Pandemic by Georgina Marie  A swig of fresh lime squeezed over ice San Francisco’s Junipero gin with a garnish soothes the overwhelm of more bad news and sudden heat  What I learned at home today: the length of estrangement becomes short in comparison to the weight of regret  one hundred more…

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Wishing Well by Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross

Posted on August 1, 2020May 23, 2020 by Vallejo Poetry Society

Wishing Well By Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross I wish you Love: We need it today more than ever As you find your way in this world You may see the change you want to see And do something to make a difference without conditions, but sometimes change is hard to do and loving is harder still…

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Great Greats by Jeffrey Kingman

Posted on July 1, 2020May 18, 2020 by Vallejo Poetry Society

Great Greats family hatbox rolls beneath her hands asking, do cedar balls burn daguerreotype was shocked, melted every one so recent, the southern way to tinder buildings and her carriage seemed to be of two minds homestead barn’s drip of rainwater on the pig’s folded ear twitch tin basin sloshed heavy water and shoulders slant…

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Salt Cedar by Tom Stanton

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 by Vallejo Poetry Society

“Salt Cedar” SUNRISE CHORDS RISE SEE THEM GROW JUST THERE UPON MY FENCE GLORIOUS JASMIN COVER FORMING DELICATE MOUNTAINS A VIEW OF THE ISLAND OF CORK UNJARRED MEMORIES THROUGH YOUR SCENTED FLOWER BEING THERE MY 1ST FLIGHT FROM MY DOORSTEP TO THE COCKPIT OF MY FIRST PLANE YOU HAD PAINTED THIS VERY NOTE IN YELLOWS…

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  • Poetry by the Bay Fundraiser
  • Guest Post: Charles Kruger Teaches Jack Grapes’ Method Writing
  • Ongoing Spoken Word Poetry Performance Opportunities
  • (Covid-19) Summer by Juanita J. Martin
  • Hair It Is by Dr. Gina Rizzo

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