Poetry: Time Travel
My ten-year-old self climbs into her time machine, aims for age twenty-four, and over-shoots the mark. In the ballpark still, but landing with me, age eighty, she pouts, wants…
Poetry: The Spectators
Photo by Piotr Szajewski As the sun begins to set, on the highest tips of leafless twigs are perched at least fifty sparrows, all facing toward the setting sun…
Poetry: Domestic Incantations
Photo by Jonathan Borba There are no trivial gestures. Each day is summoned not by grand events, but by the smallest rituals: the pulling of curtains, the clink of…
Poetry: A New Day
Photo by Daniel Adesina To hold the day before me like a rare treasure, the hours smooth pearls strung by hand on a thick thread of longing. To recognize…
Poetry: Birth and Death
Like the trial run to the hospital when I was pregnant, I visit the San Luis cemetery with its stone and plastic-flowered landscape. Death comes with birth, yet my…
Teen Poet Laureate Position Open
Voices from a new age group are being given the opportunity to spread poetry across California. Applications are now open for the state’s first Teen Poet Laureate. California residents between…
Lee Herrick Writes Poetry and Spreads Joy
“One of the great things about poetry is that it is an act of exploration,” says retired Cal Poly creative writing professor Kevin Clark, a former San Luis Obispo County…
Writer’s Conference Offers Teen Program
A program priced at just $75 for teens interesting in writing is scheduled Friday, September 26 from 3 to 6 p.m. on the first day of the 2025 Central Coast…
Writers’ Conference Scholarships Available
Memorial scholarships honor Linna Thomas, Anna Unkovich, and Paul Alan Fahey. Thanks to generous sponsors, the Central Coast Writers’ Conference at Cuesta College is offering scholarships to help cover…