Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, December 2 when host Blake More will interview the Ladies of BAM – Book Arts Mendocino – Theresa Whitehill, Felicia Rice and Zida Borsich. They will be discussing BAM and its series of exhibitions, readings, talks, demonstrations, and workshops, all devoted to the wide ranging & varied arts of the book…
On Saturday, November 6 , 2021 from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) will feature Vallejo poet Jeffrey Kingman. His poetry collection, BEYOND THAT HILL I GATHER, was published by Finishing Line Press in June of 2021. His poetry chapbook, ON A ROAD, was published by Finishing Line Press in December of 2019. He is the winner of the Red Berry…MORE
On Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) will feature a tribute to former coast resident and legendary poet Janet DeBar. Janet DeBar began reading and writing poetry during her childhood in Beech Bottom, West Virginia. She studied English Lit at the college of Wooster in Ohio…
On Saturday, September 4, 2021 from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) features the poems and process of SF Poet, Professor and legend Dan Langton! Dan Langton was a longtime Creative Writing Professor at San Francisco State University. He arrived in SF during the burgeoning beat movement, and he held a poetry gathering (he hates the word “salon”)…
Mendocino Poets in the Schools and the Arts Council of Mendocino County seek applications for the position of Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate. The person selected will strive to advance awareness of and appreciation for literary arts and humanities within Mendocino county…
On Saturday, August 8, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) features the poems and process of Chico poet Susan Wooldridge. Susan has held workshops on creative language and process with thousands of adults and children. Her book poemcrazy: freeing your life with words is now in a 32nd printing…
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, August 5 when host Blake More will interview Diane Frank, editor Fog and Light: San Francisco through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here. The show will be a mix of poetry and discussion, with a few of the poet contributors reading their poems. Poets include, Dan Langton, Angie Minkin…
On Saturday, June 3, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) features the poems and process of Mendocino Coast poet Gordon Black. Born in Detroit, Black is a second generation, of Polish background, American. His father was a firefighter, later Battalion Chief, and his mother a social worker and theater director in stage and radio productions, and in his words he “was expected to succeed!”
Today’s lesson is about Personification — a figure of speech where non-living objects are described to seem like people. In other words, personification means representing a non-human thing as if it were human. Personification gives human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, gestures and speech, often by way of a metaphor. Examples include: “the leaves …
On Saturday, May 1, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of jazz poet Tony Seymour. His literary career spans nearly five decades, encompassing poetry writing, journalism, academic research and public performances. His collection of over 1,200 poems…
Created just because. This poem pretty much came to me in a single sitting, just as is, at 2am on the night before my featured reading at Sacred Grounds in SF. I always want a new poem when I feature, just so I don’t get bored with myself. Obviously, these thoughts had been brewing for a while, and when I mentioned “Big Daddy Patriarchy” to a friend earlier in the day, we both were like, “this has to be a poem title”, and the rest, shall I say, is history…
A hangout for most of today’s youth, social media is a mixed bag, especially when it comes to the effect of social media on teenagers, those pros and cons are particularly significant. On the plus side, platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat can be lifesavers for teens who feel isolated or marginalized. These groups include LGBTQ teens and teenagers struggling with mental health issues. In addition, researchers have found…
On Saturday, March 6, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of Mendocino county poet Peter Lit. Peter was born in 1944, and eventually graduating from UC Berkeley as a political science major in the midst of the Free Speech Movement. He says he missed graduation since…
This week’s Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of Mendocino county poet and current Ukiah Poet Laureate Melissa Eleftherion. Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a cis queer human, a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. She is the author of field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), & ten chapbooks, including little ditch…
This week’s Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of poet Marylyn Motherbear Scott, who writes memoir, poems, poetic narration, and theatre review. A founding member & editor for the online journal Coreopsis, she is published by Cauldron Press; Bantam Press, Skinner Press, Coreopsis, Green Egg, and WMC Anthologies and regularly features in readings…