
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