Students Compete in “Poetry Out Loud”
This event was scheduled February 9, 2024. San Luis Obispo County Poetry Out Loud finals take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 9 at the SLO Museum of Art.…
Nominations Open for Poet Laureate
Who will be the next Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo County? The SLO County Arts Council has announced that applications for the position are open. The selected person is…
Poetry: Vultures
Preparing my morning coffee, out the kitchen window I see how a needed rain has bathed our thirsty earth. Up on the hill, an unexpected sight— seven carrion-seeking birds perched…
Reading January 20 Features Three Poets
This event was scheduled January 20, 2024. San Luis Obispo Poet Laureate Emeritus Kevin Patrick Sullivan hosts a poetry reading on Saturday, January 20 at 2 p.m. in the SLO…
Poetry on Tap at Historic Price House
This event was scheduled December 16, 2023. Travel back in time to experience the holiday season in the 19th century when SLO County Public Libraries presents “Poetry at the Price…
Poetry: Plumeria
I have just settled in with a blanket, cat on my lap, book of poetry in my hand, when I hear the bells ring. Four Tibetan brass bells, bought at…
Poetry: Three Ekphrastic Poems
Kevin Patrick Sullivan has written these poems to pieces in the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Let the Light Shine after a photograph by James Marx This…
Poetry: Bird-Voyeur
At the rookery, cormorants converse, a cacophony of baby-birds including egrets and herons calling for fish, more fish, more fish. They return yearly to nest over, under, and by each…
Poetry: A Teacher’s Nightmare
The other night I had a dream, strange and disturbing. I was in a class, literature maybe; the unseen teacher shared a text with us, told us to go home…
Poetry: Full Moon Over Elfin Forest
The opportunity for new insight can so easily pass us by— that potential opening to life lost. With this in mind, I pull on long johns, then sweatpants, turtleneck layered…