San Luis Obispo County's Connection to Arts and Culture
The view out my window
Sitting in my recliner
Is straight out of a Japanese painting
Full moon setting through a barren
Winter tree
Behind the fog and the coastal range
It is sinking
Out of view
The sun is rising in the east
Night turns to day
You’d think I wouldn’t
Be surprised!
Kevin Patrick Sullivan, a Poet Laureate Emeritus of San Luis Obispo, is the co-founder/curator of the annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival since 1984. His books include First Sight, The Space Between Things, UNIMPAIRED, and a number of chapbooks. His poems are in Solo, Hummingbird, Askew, Lummox, Miramar, and Spillway among other journals and anthologies. He co-founded and for 35 years ran Corners of the Mouth at Linnaea’s Café, a monthly event featuring poets and open readings. He is co-editor of Corners of the Mouth: A Celebration of Thirty Years at the Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival.