MOON SPIRITS featured at Open Mic

  First Friday Open Mic – September 1, 2017 Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by David Serrato YIPPEE!! It was another wonderful evening at the Kern Poetry open mic night held at Dagny’s Coffee Shop.  The room was brimming with poets and musicians anxious and...

Nancy Edwards’ Mother Remembered

 Nancy Edwards’ Beloved Mother story by Portia Choi          Nancy Edwards’ mother is remembered today on Mother’s Day. She often spoke of her mother’s Southern background, her gentility and graciousness.  It was during our lunches while planning poetry events that...

EVERYTHING BARREN WILL BE BLESSED by Don Thompson

EVERYTHING BARREN WILL BE BLESSED by Don Thompson, Kern County Poet Laureate Story by Portia Choi Poets and friends gathered to celebrate National Poetry Month at Dagny’s Coffee on April 1, 2017.  They celebrated by discussing poems in a book by Don Thompson, the...