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Tshaka Campbell

Tshaka Campbell began writing poetry long before performing it in an attempt to find his own voice and point of view within the art form. As a performer, he is recognized as an accomplished artist internationally and performance accolades include not only being a member of the Nuyorican national poetry slam team and the DaContinue reading “Tshaka Campbell”

K.R. Morrison

K.R. Morrison is a San Francisco based poet, drummer, and high school teacher who has been teaching English and Creative Writing for 18 years. Her first chapbook Cauldrons was recently published by Paper Press Books, within which “Her Altar” received a Pushcart nomination. Apart from reading at curations in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and NewContinue reading “K.R. Morrison”

Dear Poet

New York, NY (January 27, 2022)— The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month—now a worldwide celebration—invites students in grades five through twelve to participate in Dear Poet 2022, an annual multimedia education project featuring videos of award-winning poets reading their work, including poets who serve on the Academy of American PoetsContinue reading “Dear Poet”

National Poetry Month 2022

(San Mateo, Calif., April 1, 2022) It is National Poetry Month all over San Mateo County! The County of San Mateo and cities in the county are proclaiming April as National Poetry Month upon the request of San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto. Ms. Cassinetto is also spearheading several events to celebrate poetry andContinue reading “National Poetry Month 2022”

Dear Earth, Dear Billie Eilish

Part cento, part sensory poem with lines from “all the good girls go to hell” by Billie Eilish, “Feels Like Summer” by Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover, and the UN Climate Report. This collaborative poem was crafted during a workshop facilitated by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto in partnership with Menlo Park Library,Continue reading “Dear Earth, Dear Billie Eilish”

Karen Poppy

Karen Poppy has work published in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Her poetry chapbooks Crack Open/Emergency (2020), and Our Own Beautiful Brutality (2021) are both published by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry chapbook, Every Possible Thing, is published by Homestead Lighthouse Press (2020). Born in Burlingame, Karen Poppy grew up in Foster City andContinue reading “Karen Poppy”

Hanna Docampo Pham

Hanna Docampo Pham is 14 years old and goes to Westmoor High School. They love writing poetry, writing stories, and creating art. Poem on Belonging BURIED SPRING In dedication to Colma, believed to mean Spring in Ohlone what if we could stop the construction because the hundreds of glittering windows was less than the landContinue reading “Hanna Docampo Pham”

Karen Llagas

Karen Llagas’s first collection of poetry, Archipelago Dust, was published by Meritage Press in 2010. A recipient of a Filamore Tabios, Sr. Memorial Poetry Prize and a Hedgebrook residency, her poems have appeared in various journals and anthologies. She lectures in UC Berkeley and lives in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She is the recipientContinue reading “Karen Llagas”

Marlo Cowan

“My name is Marlo Cowan. I’m currently a tenth grader, and in my free time I like to read, draw, and play guitar and flute. Poetry inspires me because I consider it to be the most visceral form of writing; you have the ability to contain a story within a few lines and still tellContinue reading “Marlo Cowan”

Rosemary Ybarra-Garcia

Rosemary Ybarra-Garcia is an educator and a lifelong poet who has been a featured poet for several years at coffee shops, bookstores, women’s study classes, and special venues such as “Women and the Muse” in Santa Cruz, CA, 1988; “Floricanto in Xochitle in Cuicatle, Flower and Song” at the De Young Memorial Museum in SanContinue reading “Rosemary Ybarra-Garcia”