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David Ruettiger is a retired social worker and costume shop owner who writes something everyday. He spends his time walking Pacifica’s trails, engaging its gorgeous mountains and lands, and especially the incredible ocean. He gardens vigorously and reads voraciously. Poem on Belonging PACIFICA Knit together across six exitsnext to the oceanPacifica is a beach townstrungContinue reading “David Ruettiger”

Appointed Pacifica Poet Laureate from 2014-2017, Dorsetta Hale launched the “Poems on the Devil’s Slide Ride” program featuring printed poems by selected Bay Area poets, in partnership with the City of Pacifica, Pacifica Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center and the San Mateo County Transportation Authority. She wrote and read her poetry for CORA (Community OvercomingContinue reading “Dorsetta Hale”

Jacki Rigoni is the author of Seven Skirts from Paloma Press. She lives with her three children in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she served as Poet Laureate of Belmont, California from 2018 to 2021. She has a master’s degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a credentialed teacher. AContinue reading “Jacki Rigoni”

Poet and recovering engineer Lisa Rosenberg is the author of A Different Physics, winner of the Red Mountain Poetry Prize. The recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, MOSAIC America Fellowship, and Djerassi Residency, she served as Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, California, and is a frequent speaker on the confluence of arts and sciences.Continue reading “Lisa Rosenberg”

Diquan Richard is a Bay Area Native who is currently getting his master’s in Education, Equity and Social Justice at San Francisco State University. Since the age of 13, Diquan has always had a passion to express himself creatively through his art, music, poetry, and his global humanitarian work. He has dreams of gaining employment atContinue reading “Diquan Richard”

Carol Park grew up in Redwood City, and though her specific jobs have ranged, they’ve always included words, teaching and nurturing of people. Six of her adult life took place in Japan where she mothered two young children, taught ESL, and learned much from Japanese friends. After the kids grew up, she earned her MastersContinue reading “Carol Park”

Dina Klarisse (she/her) is a writer, poet, editor, and serial procrastinator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Poetry is her way of making sense of her experience as a queer Filipina American immigrant and recovering Catholic, as well as her interest in the intersections of history, language, culture, and identity. Her work has beenContinue reading “Dina Klarisse”

Roberta Gonzales-Gregg is a Southern California native and Bay Area transplant of 28 years. She is a Co-Host/Co-Producer at Outlook Video, an LGBTQ public access cable TV show. She is also a Senior Peer Counselor at Peninsula Family Service, and Group Facilitator for “Let’s Talk” Zoom Chat. An avid walker/hiker, she discovered writing poems inContinue reading “Roberta Gonzales-Gregg”

Tony Press tries to pay attention and sometimes he does. He enjoys reading and writing, whether poetry or fiction, and has had both published in many fine places. He’d be thrilled if you purchased his 2016 story collection, Crossing the Lines (Big Table). It’s available via independent bookstores, directly from him, or even from that Amazon place. He livesContinue reading “Tony Press”