by Portia Choi | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
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 performed as a featured poet with past California Poet Laureate Al Young and also in...
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
Tim Vivian Brandon T. Beckett Bradley Christopher R. Craddock Chris Nielson Carla Martin Chris Cantankerous Dylan Gary Kneu Jose M. Lopez Jay Squires Mandy A Kaelah Stevens K. Chu & E. May Pawn Michael Charles Owen Mateo Lara Samantha Nichols Story by Portia Choi...
by Portia Choi | Apr 2, 2018 | Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
Carla Martin (2) Bridgette Love Carley Tolomei Amanda Mandy Jay Squires Jose Lopez (1) Greg C.B. Columba Beltran Dylan Kyle Olson & Linda Olson Shanna & Greg Mateo Lara (3) Thomas Brill Portia Choi Chris Nielson (1) Story by Shanna O’Brien...
by Portia Choi | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
Liz Graynolds Emma Scott Shanna O'brien Michelle Moreno Tony O'brien Serenity Thomas Brill Emma Scott Mandy Anderson Elizabeth Privett Carla Martin Chris Nielson Elisha Risingz Caleb Fraley Alexander Victoria Quin Ellis Bodhi Samantha Nichols...
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 | Jan 21, 2018 | Interviews, Pictures, Poems
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 feelings and experiences of being in the Korean War. The war started when I was two and ended when I was five....
by Portia Choi | Dec 5, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
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 Dagny’s. As usual the room was full of artists and electric with energy as regulars and...
by Portia Choi | Oct 30, 2017 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems, Uncategorized
Mateo Lara (1) Andrew Sanchez Caleb Coley Catherine David T DonThompson (1) Greg Stanley Hector Oseguera Helen Evangelista (1) Jimmy Borja JoseandJunior Kevin Shaw Mandy Anderson (1) Nikola Hermosilla (1) Ron McGowan (1) Samantha Nichols (1) Shanna O'Brien (1) Shelley...
by Portia Choi | Jul 29, 2017 | Events, Pictures, Poems
First Friday Open Mic Story by Alex Victoria Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Like too many other Bakersfield summer days, the heat had not abated going into the afternoon, but perhaps thankfully our tiny room within Dagny’s Coffee Shop offered a chilled refuge for...
