Poetic License Sonoma - Topic: “Saints & Spirits” with special guest Poet Laureate Elizabeth Herron
October 25, 2022; 7-8pm (PDT); 9-10PM (CDT), 10-11pm (EDT) via ZOOM
Presenting poets: Kusum Irene Jain, Joseph Cutler, Susanne Arrhenius, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Jaime Zukowski.
Poetic License Sonoma, a group of 8 poets read each month at Sebastopol Center for the Arts Fourth Tuesday Zoom Poetry Series. Though often a solitary pursuit, the writing of poetry, like all artistic forms of communication, is nurtured through the collaboration and support of others. They encourage and celebrate this form of artistry in our region, and beyond, through poetry readings, like this one; the publication of their work; and a steady stream of new writing.
Acting MC: Joseph Cutler; Guest Student poet from SRJC: Stork Rein
Elizabeth Herron, current Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, is a four times Pushcart Prize nominee, has been short/long-listed for the Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry; the Comstock Annual Poetry Prize and Frontier’s Industry Prize. Her books include 2 full collections of poetry (Desire Being Full of Distances, Insistent Grace), 4 chapbooks (Dark Season, The Stones the Dark Earth, Language for the Wild and Report), and a book of short fiction (While the Distance Widens). Along with poetry Elizabeth writes articles on art, empathy, ecology and the life of the spirit.
She publishes in Reflections, Canary, West Marin Review, Jung Journal, Free State Review, Orion, Center for Humans & Nature and Parabola and is included in various anthologies, including Fire and Rain, Ecopoetry of California. Her writing has been supported by the Damien Foundation, the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the NEA grants to artists in community, and the Mesa Refuge for Writers residency program.
For an inside look at Elizabeth’s process in the making of a poem, visit “Poetry As Process” at https://www.elizabeth-herron.com/
Q & A with Guest Artist to follow
ATTENTION: ZOOM INVITATION WILL BE SENT 24 HRS PRIOR TO EVENT DATE. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP LATE, AS YOU MIGHT NOT RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK IN TIME.
October 25, 2022; 7-8pm (PDT); 9-10PM (CDT), 10-11pm (EDT) via ZOOM
Presenting poets: Kusum Irene Jain, Joseph Cutler, Susanne Arrhenius, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Jaime Zukowski.
Poetic License Sonoma, a group of 8 poets read each month at Sebastopol Center for the Arts Fourth Tuesday Zoom Poetry Series. Though often a solitary pursuit, the writing of poetry, like all artistic forms of communication, is nurtured through the collaboration and support of others. They encourage and celebrate this form of artistry in our region, and beyond, through poetry readings, like this one; the publication of their work; and a steady stream of new writing.
Acting MC: Joseph Cutler; Guest Student poet from SRJC: Stork Rein
Elizabeth Herron, current Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, is a four times Pushcart Prize nominee, has been short/long-listed for the Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry; the Comstock Annual Poetry Prize and Frontier’s Industry Prize. Her books include 2 full collections of poetry (Desire Being Full of Distances, Insistent Grace), 4 chapbooks (Dark Season, The Stones the Dark Earth, Language for the Wild and Report), and a book of short fiction (While the Distance Widens). Along with poetry Elizabeth writes articles on art, empathy, ecology and the life of the spirit.
She publishes in Reflections, Canary, West Marin Review, Jung Journal, Free State Review, Orion, Center for Humans & Nature and Parabola and is included in various anthologies, including Fire and Rain, Ecopoetry of California. Her writing has been supported by the Damien Foundation, the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the NEA grants to artists in community, and the Mesa Refuge for Writers residency program.
For an inside look at Elizabeth’s process in the making of a poem, visit “Poetry As Process” at https://www.elizabeth-herron.com/
Q & A with Guest Artist to follow
ATTENTION: ZOOM INVITATION WILL BE SENT 24 HRS PRIOR TO EVENT DATE. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP LATE, AS YOU MIGHT NOT RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK IN TIME.
October 25, 2022; 7-8pm (PDT); 9-10PM (CDT), 10-11pm (EDT) via ZOOM
Presenting poets: Kusum Irene Jain, Joseph Cutler, Susanne Arrhenius, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Jaime Zukowski.
Poetic License Sonoma, a group of 8 poets read each month at Sebastopol Center for the Arts Fourth Tuesday Zoom Poetry Series. Though often a solitary pursuit, the writing of poetry, like all artistic forms of communication, is nurtured through the collaboration and support of others. They encourage and celebrate this form of artistry in our region, and beyond, through poetry readings, like this one; the publication of their work; and a steady stream of new writing.
Acting MC: Joseph Cutler; Guest Student poet from SRJC: Stork Rein
Elizabeth Herron, current Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, is a four times Pushcart Prize nominee, has been short/long-listed for the Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry; the Comstock Annual Poetry Prize and Frontier’s Industry Prize. Her books include 2 full collections of poetry (Desire Being Full of Distances, Insistent Grace), 4 chapbooks (Dark Season, The Stones the Dark Earth, Language for the Wild and Report), and a book of short fiction (While the Distance Widens). Along with poetry Elizabeth writes articles on art, empathy, ecology and the life of the spirit.
She publishes in Reflections, Canary, West Marin Review, Jung Journal, Free State Review, Orion, Center for Humans & Nature and Parabola and is included in various anthologies, including Fire and Rain, Ecopoetry of California. Her writing has been supported by the Damien Foundation, the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the NEA grants to artists in community, and the Mesa Refuge for Writers residency program.
For an inside look at Elizabeth’s process in the making of a poem, visit “Poetry As Process” at https://www.elizabeth-herron.com/
Q & A with Guest Artist to follow
ATTENTION: ZOOM INVITATION WILL BE SENT 24 HRS PRIOR TO EVENT DATE. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP LATE, AS YOU MIGHT NOT RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK IN TIME.
