Ventura Artists Union

Wednesday, January 10 - Anita McLaughlin and open mic
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
2nd Wednesday of the month starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

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Saturday, January 13 open mic
Blanchard Library starts at noon
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

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Remembering Doug Knott

One year later, Doug, I imagine you releasing into the universe but I can tell you that the world is duller without you, more pale, less spark. Thank you, Sir, for sharing your mind with us, for the poems, for the laughs, for your irreplaceable presence. - Marsha

Doug Knott – Vanishing Point 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sl8vLgV_Y

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The Arts in Exile #17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #17 –
Dr. Theorem, M.L. Brown, Michelle Rosenblum, Aunt Effie and Ethan Messecar

The Arts in Exile #16
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKV1GK_pxQ

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #16 –
Tim Tipton, John Wisda and the Art of the Book

The Arts in Exile playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

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future readers for EP Foster Library

February 4 Pat Barone
April 7 David Oliveira and Sarah Maclay
June 2 Christopher Buckley


Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park readings

Jan 24 - T.O. - Joelle and Josephine Hannah - Music + Poetry night. Joelle is a longtime member of the Razor Babes. Her daughter Josephine is a very talented singer/songwriter.

Feb 14 - Newbury Park - WeeZie (Yes, we really are having a reading on Valentine's Day!)

Feb 28 - T.O. - Art + Poetry event featuring sculptor Mary McGill

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1st Sunday of the month
– EP Foster Library live and online
651 E. Main St. Ventura, CA - host: Phil Taggart
poetry first Sunday starts at 3pm
- the zoom thingie open’s at 2:30 California time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600

2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin starts at noon

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library - E. Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055

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Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Every two months, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

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Ventura County Poetry Project
www.vcpoetryproject.org

AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

Phil Taggart
www.PhilTaggartPoet.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCrxr35Jb8

Anita McLaughlin - Bodies of Proof Anita McLaughlin reads her poem, I Grow Into My Shoes, at the Bodies of Proof reading at Art City Studios on July 14, 2018. This is part of the Artists Unio...

Sunday, January 7 open mic
– EP Foster Library live and online
651 E. Main St. Ventura, CA - host: Phil Taggart
poetry first Sunday starts at 3pm
- the zoom thingie open’s at 2:30 California time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600

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Remembering Doug Knott

One year later, Doug, I imagine you releasing into the universe but I can tell you that the world is duller without you, more pale, less spark. Thank you, Sir, for sharing your mind with us, for the poems, for the laughs, for your irreplaceable presence. - Marsha

Doug Knott – Vanishing Point 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sl8vLgV_Y

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The Arts in Exile #17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #17 –
Dr. Therem, M.L. Brown, Michelle Rosenblum, Aunt Effie and Ethan Messecar

The Arts in Exile #16
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKV1GK_pxQ

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #16 –
Tim Tipton, John Wisda and the Art of the Book

The Arts in Exile playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

******************************************************

future readers for EP Foster Library

February 4 Pat Barone
April 7 David Oliveira and Sarah Maclay
June 2 Christopher Buckley


Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park readings

Jan 10 - Newbury Park - Anita McLaughlin

Jan 24 - T.O. - Joelle and Josephine Hannah - Music + Poetry night. Joelle is a longtime member of the Razor Babes. Her daughter Josephine is a very talented singer/songwriter.

Feb 14 - Newbury Park - Weezy (Yes, we really are having a reading on Valentine's Day!)

Feb 28 - T.O. - Art + Poetry event featuring sculptor Mary McGill

******************************************************

2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library - E. 111 Ojai Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

******************************************************
Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Every two months, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

******************************************************


Ventura County Poetry Project
www.vcpoetryproject.org

AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

Phil Taggart
www.PhilTaggartPoet.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sl8vLgV_Y&list=UULFxXGsP0roU0V9-vbaVoKItA

Doug Knott - Vanishing Point 1 Doug Knott - Vanishing Point 1 is read by Phil TaggartThis is produced by the Ventura County Poetry Project. www.vcpoetryproject.org Doug Knott1943 - 2022

Sunday, January 7 open mic
– EP Foster Library live and online
651 E. Main St. Ventura, CA - host: Phil Taggart
poetry first Sunday starts at 3pm
- the zoom thingie open’s at 2:30 California time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600

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Friday, January 5 - 5x5x5
JSUN, Brad Bauer, Raquel Baker, Dogleg and Nelson Fox
Art City 175 Dubbers – Ventura
Host Steve Aguilar starts at 8pm

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Remembering Doug Knott

One year later, Doug, I imagine you releasing into the universe but I can tell you that the world is duller without you, more pale, less spark. Thank you, Sir, for sharing your mind with us, for the poems, for the laughs, for your irreplaceable presence. - Marsha

Doug Knott – Vanishing Point 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sl8vLgV_Y

******************************************************

The Arts in Exile #17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #17 –
Dr. Therem, M.L. Brown, Michelle Rosenblum, Aunt Effie and Ethan Messecar

The Arts in Exile #16
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKV1GK_pxQ

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #16 –
Tim Tipton, John Wisda and the Art of the Book

The Arts in Exile playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

******************************************************

future readers for EP Foster Library

February 4 Pat Barone
June 2 Christopher Buckley


Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park readings

Jan 10 - Newbury Park - Anita McLaughlin

Jan 24 - T.O. - Joelle and Josephine Hannah - Music + Poetry night. Joelle is a longtime member of the Razor Babes. Her daughter Josephine is a very talented singer/songwriter.

Feb 14 - Newbury Park - Weezy (Yes, we really are having a reading on Valentine's Day!)

Feb 28 - T.O. - Art + Poetry event featuring sculptor Mary McGill

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2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library - E. 111 Ojai Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

******************************************************
Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Every two months, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

******************************************************


Ventura County Poetry Project
www.vcpoetryproject.org

AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

Phil Taggart
www.PhilTaggartPoet.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sl8vLgV_Y&list=UULFxXGsP0roU0V9-vbaVoKItA

Friday, January 5 - 5x5x5
JSUN, Brad Bauer, Raquel Baker, Dogleg and Nelson Fox
Art City 175 Dubbers – Ventura
Host Steve Aguilar starts at 8pm

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Sunday, January 7 open mic
– EP Foster Library live and online
651 E. Main St. Ventura, CA - host: Phil Taggart
poetry every Thursday Night starts at 3pm
- the zoom thingie open’s at 2:30 California time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600

******************************************************

Remembering Doug Knott

One year later, Doug, I imagine you releasing into the universe but I can tell you that the world is duller without you, more pale, less spark. Thank you, Sir, for sharing your mind with us, for the poems, for the laughs, for your irreplaceable presence. - Marsha

Doug Knott – Vanishing Point 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sl8vLgV_Y

******************************************************

The Arts in Exile #17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #17 –
Dr. Therem, M.L. Brown, Michelle Rosenblum, Aunt Effie and Ethan Messecar

The Arts in Exile #16
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKV1GK_pxQ

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #16 –
Tim Tipton, John Wisda and the Art of the Book

The Arts in Exile playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

******************************************************

future readers for EP Foster Library

February 4 Pat Barone
June 2 Christopher Buckley


Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park readings

Jan 10 - Newbury Park - Anita McLaughlin

Jan 24 - T.O. - Joelle and Josephine Hannah - Music + Poetry night. Joelle is a longtime member of the Razor Babes. Her daughter Josephine is a very talented singer/songwriter.

Feb 14 - Newbury Park - Weezy (Yes, we really are having a reading on Valentine's Day!)

Feb 28 - T.O. - Art + Poetry event featuring sculptor Mary McGill

******************************************************

2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library - E. 111 Ojai Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

******************************************************
Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Every two months, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

******************************************************


Ventura County Poetry Project
www.vcpoetryproject.org

AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

Phil Taggart
www.PhilTaggartPoet.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sl8vLgV_Y&list=UULFxXGsP0roU0V9-vbaVoKItA

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #17 –
Dr. Theorem, M.L. Brown, Michelle Rosenblum, Aunt Effie and Ethan Messecar

The Arts in Exile #16
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKV1GK_pxQ

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #16 –
Tim Tipton, John Wisda and the Art of the Book

The Arts in Exile playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

*****************************************************

future readers for EP Foster Library
Sunday, January 7 open mic
February 4 Pat Barone
June 2 Christopher Buckley

Dec 27 - No reading at T.O. due to holidays

Jan 10 - Newbury Park - Anita McLaughlin

Jan 24 - T.O. - Joelle and Josephine Hannah - Music + Poetry night. Joelle is a longtime member of the Razor Babes. Her daughter Josephine is a very talented singer/songwriter.

Feb 14 - Newbury Park - Weezy (Yes, we really are having a reading on Valentine's Day!)

Feb 28 - T.O. - Art + Poetry event featuring sculptor Mary McGill.

******************************************************

2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library – 111 E Ojai Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

******************************************************
Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Every two months, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

******************************************************

Ventura County Poetry Project
www.vcpoetryproject.org

AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

Phil Taggart
www.PhilTaggartPoet.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHAAGVc7Ek&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

The Arts in Exile #17 This edition of The Arts in Exile includes: Dr. Therem www.youtube.com/.L. Brown www.pw.org/directory/writers/m_l_brownMichelle Rosenblum http...

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #16 –
Tim Tipton, John Wisda and the Art of the Book

The Arts in Exile #16
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKV1GK_pxQ

The Arts in Exile playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5bgGNUuEOU&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

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Wednesday, December 20 - open mic
Words Out Loud – Chichester, England
host Ken Jones
Starting at 18:30 in Person and Zoom The Zoom link is the usual one: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8982336179?pwd=eDJWc1ZZenVYL1AvZkZ3VGJvUVNxUT09

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future readers for EP Foster Library
Sunday, February 4 Pat Barone
June 2 Christopher Buckley

Dec 27 - No reading at T.O. due to holidays

Jan 10 - Newbury Park - Anita McLaughlin

Jan 24 - T.O. - Joelle and Josephine Hannah - Music + Poetry night. Joelle is a longtime member of the Razor Babes. Her daughter Josephine is a very talented singer/songwriter.

Feb 14 - Newbury Park - Weezy (Yes, we really are having a reading on Valentine's Day!)

Feb 28 - T.O. - Art + Poetry event featuring sculptor Mary McGill.

******************************************************

2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library – 111 E Ojai Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

******************************************************
Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Every two months, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

******************************************************

Ventura County Poetry Project
www.vcpoetryproject.org

AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

Phil Taggart
www.PhilTaggartPoet.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKV1GK_pxQ

The Arts in Exile #16 This edition of The Arts in Exile includes: Tim Tipton, John Wisda and The Art of the Book exhibit at the Artists UnionThis is produced by the Ventura Count...

Jackson would have been 71 today

Jackson Wheeler reads several poems Jackson Wheeler reads several poems, The Last Shaker of Canterbury, NH Dies in Her Sleep, Emmaus, Back Home Story, Sleeping Through Texas and Kites. aro...

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #15 –
Ann Buxie, Donna Lynn Caskey and Aunt Effie (John Foster)

The Arts in Exile playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5bgGNUuEOU&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

The Arts in Exile #15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeI8xR3xQ4

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future readers for EP Foster Library
Sunday, February 4 Pat Barone
June 2 Christopher Buckley

Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park poetry schedule for the rest of the year:
T.O. - No reading in November or December due to holidays. We'll pick back up in January.

Dec 13 - Newbury Park - Open mic, bring two poems.
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

future readers for Words Out Loud – Chichester, England

December 20 open mic

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2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library – 111 E Ojai Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

******************************************************
Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Every two months, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

******************************************************

Ventura County Poetry Project
www.vcpoetryproject.org

AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

Phil Taggart
www.PhilTaggartPoet.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeI8xR3xQ4

The Arts in Exile #15 This edition of The Arts in Exile includes: Ann BuxieDonna Lynn Caskey. https://donnalynncaskey.comAunt Effie (John Foster)This is produced by the Ventura ...

Sunday, December 3
Cathie Sandstrom, Thom Cooney Crawford and open mic
– EP Foster Library live and online
651 E. Main St. Ventura, CA - host: Phil Taggart
poetry 1st Sunday of the month starts at 3pm
- the zoom thingie open’s at 2.20 California time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600

Cathie Sandstrom

On a Succession of Mornings

The wheelbarrow.
Stakes and string. The rake.
Stacks of paving stones.
The foldable workbench. The saw.
The man grizzled and gaunt. Plaid
shirt faded above work pants,
his scuffed brown boots.

The earth bared, rake-leveled
and pounded flat. Him kneeling,
setting the cut pavers into a pattern
he starts with a central Moravian star,
a design best seen from above.

What I know: that Nature will not wait.
Green will push up between the stones.
The pavers, laid like pastilles on the tongue,
will disappear edges first as if melting,
to be swallowed invisible. That the man
will not live to see this. That he works
slowly but steadily, concentrates
on keeping the pattern true.

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The Arts in Exile #14 - it’s new
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN9j-BthXF0

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #14 –
Emma Trelles, The Gruntled, L.I. Henley,
Electric Mullet Sound Bath Experience, Myron Pulier

The Arts in Exile playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5bgGNUuEOU&list=PL-MMIBYwnhwyoW7mbqrTza3_PJw3kJYYL

Arts in Exile shows are here as a playlist
AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournal

******************************************************

future readers for EP Foster Library

Sunday, June 2 Christopher Buckley

Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park poetry schedule for the rest of the year:

T.O. - No reading in November or December due to holidays. We'll pick back up in January.

Dec 13 - Newbury Park - Open mic, bring two poems.

future readers for Words Out Loud – Chichester, England

December 20 open mic

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2nd Wednesday of the month
Newbury Park Library live and online
2331 Borchard Road host Ron Fullerton
starts at 6

please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

4th Wednesday, of the month
The reading starts at 6pm live and online
Thousand Oaks Library – 1401 E. Janns Rd. Host Ron Fullerton

Reserve a zoom box https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554055
please sign-in to get the zoom link
https://libcal.tolibrary.org/event/10554134?f=h

2nd Saturday of the month
Blanchard Library
119 N 8th St, Santa Paula, CA
host Anita McLaughlin

3rd Tuesday, of the month
– Ojai Library - E. 111 Ojai Avenue
Hosts: Judy Oberlander & Crystal Davis - starts at 6pm

******************************************************
Anacapa Review is a new online journal from the editors of Gunpowder Press. Anacapa Review will highlight individual poems that capture the sense of inspiration, insight, and craft that we look for in Gunpowder Press publications.
Anacapa Review will be published monthly. Please submit up to 3 poems of any length
Each month, we will have a new cycle of submissions, managed via Submittable. Submissions are open to everyone—our ideal is to publish established poets and new poets side-by-side.
https://anacapareview.com

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Thousand Tales Podcast
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Ventura County Poetry Project
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AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
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Phil Taggart
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Joyce LaMers - I'm in Love With Tiger Woods Joyce LaMers reads her poem, I'm in Love With Tiger Woods, at the Artists Union Gallery in Ventura, California. The poem was published in the Askew Poetry Jo...

artists featured on The Arts in Exile #14 –
Emma Trelles, The Gruntled, L.I. Henley,
Electric Mullet Sound Bath Experience, Myron Pulier

The Arts in Exile playlist
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AskewPoetryJournal… over 1000 videos
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The Arts in Exile #14
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The Arts in Exile 14 This edition of The Arts in Action includes: Emma Trelles. https://emmatrelles.comThe Gruntled https://thegruntled.bandcamp.com/album/the-gruntled-rocksL.I...

Our much-honored friend and former Poet Laureate of SantaBarbara Sojourner Kincaid Rolle has left us. She’s been an activist force of heart and words for us here on the midcoast. We will miss her. I will miss her.

Sojourner Kincaid Rolle

Standing on the Place Where Langston’s Ashes Reside

In humble apropros �Standing within the circle �That holds in loving care �All that lies between- ��All the tellings �All the signifyings �All the ironies �All the justifyings. ��In silent repose, �A boundless legacy. �Threads in the fabric �Of all that cloaks us - ��A variable perfume �A mutable augur.

Sojourner Kincaid Rolle - Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem
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Sojourner Kincaid Rolle - Where my people at?
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Sojourner Kincaid Rolle - Dear America, Black Lives Matter
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Sojourner Kincaid Rolle - Telling the World We Lived
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Sojourner Kincaid Rolle - Juneteenth Poem: Free at Last, read by Rhonda Welsh
- Southfield Channel15 - 26000 Evergreen Road Southfield, Michigan
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Where my people at? - Sojourner Kincaid Rolle Dr. Raquel Baker interviews former Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, Sojourner Kincaid Rolle. Dr. Baker teaches at California State University Channel Islands. Where…