by Christopher Nielsen | Jul 7, 2026 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Kern County Poet, news
Dr. Portia Choi Named Kern County Honorary Poet Laureate (from The Arts Council of Kern Media Release) The Arts Council of Kern made the recommendation and on June 16, The Kern County Board of Supervisors appointed Dr. Portia Choi as Honorary Poet Laureate,...
by Portia Choi | Jul 1, 2026 | Events, news, Pictures, Poems
Art Photos and Poetry from June 13th, 2026 – SaturdayPoets 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 Coffee1600 – 20th (Corner...
by Portia Choi | Jun 4, 2026 | Events, Kern County Poet, news
Andrew Robert Sanchez Andrew was born in Santa Maria, CA, June 17, 1945. He died on April 7, 2026 in Bakersfield at the age of 80. He was a proud U.S. Army veteran. Andrew participated with 82nd Airborne during the Dominican Revolution in 1965, and served with the 7th...
by Portia Choi | May 31, 2026 | Features, news, Poems
Kern Poetry – Recent Poet’s Publications Our Kern Poetry Poets have published recent poetry books! • We will have new posts on each book soon. Carla Joy Martin – “A Coffee Café” (2025) – On Amazon Christopher Nielsen –...
by Portia Choi | Oct 3, 2025 | Features, news
Kern County Open Mic – Facebook Page Thomas Brill (fellow poet) started a Facebook Page GroupKERN COUNTY OPEN MIC “This is a site for posting open mics anywhere in Kern County.My goal is to update the community on where open mics for poetry and music are taking...
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 | Mar 28, 2017 | news
THERE’S MORE: On April 8, Saturday, April 4:00-5:15 pm, there is a Webinar with Catherine Abbey Hodges on Writing and Revision,https://www.picatic.com/CatherineAbbeyHodgesRevision. On April 20, Thursday, 5:30pm, Don Thompson, K.C. Poet Laureate, will present his...
by Portia Choi | Mar 22, 2017 | news
Story by Giovanni Lopez with contribution by Portia Choi (Photos of Jack Hernandez by Giovanni Lopez and Juan Felipe Herrera by Blue Flower Arts) Juan Felipe Herrera, the current (and first Latino) United States Poet Laureate, will be speaking on “Surveillance,...
by Portia Choi | Jan 25, 2017 | Interviews, Kern County Poet, news, Poems
Story by Portia Choi Nancy Edwards passed away on January 5, 2017. Nancy was a poet. She was also a professor of English at Bakersfield College from 1968-2009. When poets and friends of poets were informed of her passing, there was a profound sense of loss. This...
by Portia Choi | Jan 4, 2017 | news
Blessing of a New Year Gratitude for poets and poems A Day of Poetry.
