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Don Rogers: An Olympus for the poets


How do you celebrate a half-century of poetry workshops? If the Community of Writers, well, you publish an anthology.
“Why to These Rocks” came out mid-month, like everything with the granddaddy of writing conferences on the West Coast a labor of love working with terrific talent.
I bought one, and they sent me one after I let slip I might take it up in a column even though poetry intimidates me.
Inklings of understanding light up with a phrase here, a line there. Mostly, though, I find awesome spatters of words, all the colors and all the senses, folded and tucked just so, an origami made of air, invisible. OK, I think thinking invariably is my Achilles why does this feel like a Rorschach? ....

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Remembering Al Young, a California poet laureate musician, teacher


Al Young, a Berkeley resident and the 2005 California poet laureate. Credit: Michael Young
Al Young, a nationally renowned novelist, essayist, screenwriter, professor and poet whom Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed as the state poet laureate in 2005, died April 17, two years after suffering a major stroke. He was 81.
Young, a long-time Berkeley resident whose deep, melodic voice was as smooth as the blues music he adored, saw his work become a permanent feature in the city’s landscape. His poem,
Who I Am In Twilight, is embedded in the Addison Street Poetry Walk, right in front of Freight & Salvage. Berkeley also proclaimed Feb. 5, 2013, as Al Young Day. ....

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Column: Celebrate National Poetry Month with San Diego poets, a rebel 'Dickinson' and free online workshops


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Maybe it was Amanda Gorman’s stirring inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb.” Maybe it’s the need to do something besides climbing the same mountain, all day, every day. Or maybe it’s the arrival of spring and the desire to give yourself an emotional refresh.
Whatever the reason, if you are aching for a literary shot in the arm, National Poetry Month is here for you and your weary synapses. From free online workshops to a decidedly unbound Emily Dickinson, here are some cultural and community resources to help you find the right words for this weird time. ....

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