Art Photos and Poetry from June 13th, 2026 – Saturday
Poets Writing Together at Dagny’s

2ND SATURDAY POETS WRITING TOGETHER AT DAGNY’S
Let’s Write Poems With Kern Poetry!

Hosts – Portia Choi, Carla Joy Martin & Suzanne Weller

Dagny’s Coffee
1600 – 20th (Corner of 20th and Eye St)
Bakersfield 93301

KERN POETRY Welcomes You!

Art Photos and Poetry from June 13th

tiny flowers with

mountains of courage share their

bountiful sweetness

By Ali Schmidt

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

“Lester”

 

Blue eyes, pink nose, fur

Whiskers twitching for the hunt

Fat baby tabby

By Tammy Knudtson

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

lavender brush strokes

languish in an evening sky

mountains drift away

By Carla Joy Martin

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

’57 chevy

 

Rear light on chrome fin

a fifty-seven chevy

brand new bright blue paint

By Suzanne Weller

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

Cupped

 

A Fish in the cup

Fooled thinking it’s the sea

Back & Forth capture

By Joan Petrone

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

The Wave

 

a wave cannot hide

light captured transformation

again and again

By Ali Schmidt

momentous wave soars

crests over the sun

we see the eye of god

By Carla Joy Martin

now another wave breaks

on the Pacific Ocean

the sun sets slowly

By Suzanne Weller

The Exotic Farm

 

Blue-green glossy-eyed feathers

a Boy on an exotic farm enamored

Goats, peacocks—a vast country

meadow

By Tammy Knudtson

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

A Tanka

 

Oak trees in autumn

Golden light and dark shadows

Tejon Ranch sunset

 

Vicki Meadows in a meadow

paints the mountainous landscape

By Suzanne Weller

(A Tanka is two 7 syllable lines added onto a Haiku)

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

Respite

 

A blue peacock eye

swallows golden bug

escaping summer

By Anna Marco

 

Peacock feathers flow

in air, looking back at me

flimsily, firmly.

By Portia Choi

Horseback mounted man

Reining horse at near sundown

Rainless times a foot

By Brian Rodriguez

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

Dagny’s

 

In a coffee shop mirror

I find my art deco soul spin

endlessly smiling

By Anna Marco

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

2 poems with no photos are:

6 Golden Butterflies

Flying stuck on the wall

pretending to go somewhere

By Joan Petrone

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13,2026

Haiku Warriors

 

That’s right! (stereo)

Poets laughing- “HA!”

Loved and safe workshop

By Anna Marco

Haiku poems have 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllables

Haiku Writing Workshop with KernPoetry.com

At Dagny’s—June 13, 2026

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