Within Words We Are One
Happy New Year! If you are looking for opportunities in the new year to perform your poetry and spoken word at open mics in Vallejo, Fairfield, or Benicia we’ve got you covered. Perform your poetry at open mics in Solano County and connect with a …
Four Bay Area county fairs have annual contests open to poets residing in Solano County. Have your poetry displayed proudly for fairgoers to enjoy. Win ribbons, rosettes, and cash prizes. Some fairs even give free admission with entry. Our annual Solano County Fair takes place …
Join Co-Poets Laureate Jacalyn Eyvonne and Kathleen Herrmann for a book launch celebration of this new anthology of Bay Area poets and beyond. Through a variety of poetic voices and verse, these poets share how the times we live in have affected them in many …
Solano County Poetry Out Loud invites high school aged students to compete in the annual poetry recitation competition. Simply submit student(s) name(s), school, organization and contact information via Email, Text, or Phone Call to Your Local Coordinators by January 7th, 2026. Contact local coordinators Vallejo …
Julie Voice and Anna Santos Quismorio are thrilled to announce YEAH, WRITE: Winter Sanctuary Series 2025 starts Friday December 19, 2025 at THE EXCHANGE VALLEJO! Located at 617 Marin Street Vallejo, CA 94590
Register to attend at Event Brite
This month’s intention is RESTORE. Rest. Replenish.
We’re excited to bring our embodied writing workshop back to where it was originally born and envisioned. We’re so grateful for our new trajectory and all the more we get to create together.
YEAH, WRITE: Anthology will be writing ourselves together soon along with calendars, journals and somatic writing prompt decks.
2026 is going to be pure embodied writing bliss :
JAN — RECLAIM
Take back what’s yours.
FEB — RELATE
Connection, intimacy, belonging.
MAR — RESIST
Boundaries, courage, activism.
APR — RISE
Blooming. Becoming seen.
MAY — REMEMBER
Roots. Identity. Origin.
JUN — REVEL
Joy. Play. Celebration.
JUL — RETURN
Coming home to yourself.
AUG — REWRITE
Edit the old story.
SEP — REVOLUTION
Voice. Fire. Transformation.
OCT — RELEASE
Letting go.
NOV — RECEIVE
Opening. Gratitude.
$25 suggested donation
$35 Gold Star Supporter Level
$10-15 Supported
$50 Community Sponsor Tier will be named on flyer as “Sponsor of Community Healing Through Creativity” PRE-pre-sales will get locked in and bonuses.
VALLEJO POET LAUREATE – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline has passed. The Poet Laureate is dedicated to building community through poetry and encouraging a loveof poetry among people of all ages. The Poet Laureate is appointed by the Vallejo Center for the Arts and is recognized …
YOU ARE INVITED… Poets of all ages are invited to view the Art of Community Exhibit at Mare Island Art Studios (launching August 9), select up to three pieces of art, and write poetry for our upcoming ekphrastic poetry event. We’re excited to have Vallejo …
Dear esteemed poets and community members:
You are cordially invited to attend
A Decade of Poetic Unity: Celebrating Vallejo’s Poets Laureate
July 26th, 2025
2-5 PM
Vallejo Museum
734 Marin Street
Free event. Donations accepted here:
https://gofund.me/19b3ee6a
This year marks ten years since the appointment of Vallejo, California’s first Poet Laureate, Dr. Genea Brice, in 2015. This celebration will honor the legacy and ongoing contributions of our city’s poets laureate, including Jeremy Snyder, D.L. Lang, and our current co-poets laureate, Jacalyn Eyvonne and Kathleen Herrmann.From its inception, Vallejo’s Poet Laureate Program has been a beacon of cultural enrichment, offering a vibrant array of poetry presentations, events, and activities. These initiatives have fostered emotional expression and communal unity and significantly deepened our cultural understanding, allowing us to appreciate the diverse perspectives and voices that make up our community.
This event will feature:
This is a rare opportunity to see all five Vallejo, California Poets Laureate perform on one stage:
Dr. Genea S. Brice – July 28, 2015-Aug. 31, 2017 – Dr. Genea Brice was named the Inaugural Poet Laureate of The City of Vallejo, CA. She has had the high honor of sharing poetry locally, nationally, and internationally. It is her sincere delight and honest pleasure to use poetry as a vehicle for literacy. Find her online at http://www.geneabrice.com
D.L. Lang – Sept. 1, 2017 – Dec. 31, 2019 – D.L. Lang is an internationally published poet whose work appears in 90 anthologies, including the Vagabond Lunar Collection, which is archived on the moon. She has authored 18 poetry books, including Fighting the Solar System (2024). She is a member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade and co-founded Vallejo Poetry Society. Find her online at http://www.dianalangpoetry.com
Jeremy Snyder – Jan. 1, 2020 – Dec. 31, 2023 – Jeremy Snyder served as the host of Vallejo’s longest running Poetry open mic, Poetry by the Bay, from 2018 through 2022. He hosted over 100 shows over Zoom to keep the community together during the pandemic.
Jacalyn Eyvonne, Jan 1, 2024 – Current.– Author of I Am Not An Inconsequential Word, Venting To Verse: How To Turn Anger Into Poetry,and The Unyielding Weight of Words. Published work includes Oakland Tribune, Wheelsong Poetry, United Kingdom; Hues of Spring, Nyra Publishers; World Healing Peace, Inner Child Press, and more. Editor, Youth Poetry Letters. Find her online at http://www.jacalyneyvonne.com
Kathleen Herrmann, January 1, 2024 – Current.– Kathleen Herrmann, Vallejo Co-Poet Laureate, teaches poetry writing to young people and reads original poetry at community events. Her poems have been published in various anthologies, and her first poetry collection, Cane In The Sand, is in progress. Kathleen writes about unexpected happenings and the ongoing struggle for social justice.
Kyrah Ayers is the founder of Poetry by the Bay which he hosted from 2008 to 2018. He is author of the poetry collection My Light. Kyrah is co-owner and driving force behind the first black owned Crystal Botanica in the city of Oakland, CA called Queen Hippie Gypsy which he and his wife opened in 2018.
Prior to this he founded the largest and longest running open mic poetry show in Solano County, CA called Poetry By The Bay which has allowed thousands of poets to come and share their work and to gain understanding and appreciation for themselves. You can find him online at https://www.activelypursuinggoals.com/
Free event. Donations accepted here.
Please RSVP online at Eventbrite.
Please RSVP at the Facebook event located at this URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1794033647843305
Note: If you do not have Facebook, that’s ok. We would still love to have you in attendance. We are just trying to get a general headcount.
Visit our Poets Laureate online and support them by purchasing their books at:
http://www.dianalangpoetry.com
https://www.jacalyneyvonne.com
We look forward to seeing you there!
An upcoming anthology from Vallejo Co-Poets Laureate Jacalyn Eyvonne and Kathleen Herrmann San Francisco Bay Area poets are invited to share their perspectives on what they see, feel, and think during these critical times. We welcome poems that explore shadows and light, doubt and certainty, …
July 2025 Poetry on display at Alameda County Fair from June 13th-July 6th and Marin County Fair from July 2-6 Tue., July 1 – Benicia First Tuesday Poets will not meet in July or August. It will return on September 2nd. July 4 – 12-3 PM – …