by Portia Choi | Jul 17, 2018 | Events, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”119″ gal_title=”Flora and Fauna”] By Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Flora: the Yucca Plant, the Golden Poppy, the Giant Sequoia and the Kern County Larkspur. Fauna: the Roadrunner, the Kit Fox, the...
by Portia Choi | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”115″ gal_title=”Open Mic April 2018″] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola LisaAnn LoBasso was the featured poet in April 2018. LoBasso has performed in California and nationally. She has...
by Portia Choi | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
Story by Portia Choi Photograph (at council meeting) by Ezekiel Espanola Don Thompson is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Kern County. It is a well-deserved recognition of a poet who has written about the south San Joaquin region for four decades. Thompson is a...
by Portia Choi | May 28, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”112″ gal_title=”March 2018 Open Mic”] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Ezekiel Espanola The featured poet for the Open Mic in March 2018 was Tim Vivian. Vivian is a professor of Philosophy & Religious studies. He...
by Portia Choi | Apr 2, 2018 | Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”110″ gal_title=”Open Mic Feb 2, 2018″] Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Dagny’s was packed again this month at our February Kern Poetry open mic. More and more poets and...
by Portia Choi | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”108″ gal_title=”Open Mic Jan 5,2018″] Story by Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola It’s 5 p.m. at Dagny’s Coffee Company in the heart of Bakersfield. It’s Friday… First Friday. The...
by Portia Choi | Mar 8, 2018 | Interviews, news, Pictures, Poems, video
Story by Portia Choi Video provided by Anke Hodenpijl There was poetry at the Women’s March in January 2018, Bakersfield, California. Anke Hodenpijl recited two poems in front of a crowd to enthusiastic response. Her performance was on video. Hodenpijl was...
by Portia Choi | Feb 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”106″ gal_title=”Dec 2017 Open Mic”] Story by Portia Choi Photograph by Ezekiel Espanola The Open Mic on December 1 featured “Purple-mountain Wood-gatherer” and “ Beautiful Rock.” There was beautiful classical...
by Portia Choi | Jan 21, 2018 | Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”104″ gal_title=”Poetry on Wooden Walls, Angel Island”] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ellen Quon Poetry is an important part of my life. It was by writing poems that I was able to express my...
by Portia Choi | Dec 5, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”101″ gal_title=”November 2017 Open Mic”] Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola It’s such a pleasure to see so many creative folks come out to support Kern Poetry First Friday open mic night at...
