You are invited to A Decade of Poetic Unity
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:
- History of the Laureate Program
- Feature performances by Vallejo’s poets laureate past and present.
- Poets Laureate Legacy Panel Discussion: Intimate conversations and audience dialogue with Poets Laureate sharing their journeys, reflections on their experiences, signature initiatives, and observations on Vallejo’s flourishing poetic landscape and visions for poetry’s role in strengthening community bonds and artistic expression in Vallejo’s future.
- Anthology Launch for A Decade of Poetic Unity: Celebrating Vallejo’s Poets Laureate, featuring works by Dr. Genea Brice, D.L. Lang, Jeremy Snyder, Jacalyn Eyvonne, and Kathleen Herrmann. (If you are unable to attend and would still like to purchase the anthology, it is available online here: https://amzn.to/451Oblb )
This is a rare opportunity to see all five Vallejo, California Poets Laureate perform on one stage:
- Dr. Genea S. Brice – July 28, 2015-August 31st, 2017
- D.L. Lang – September 1st, 2017-December 31st, 2019
- Jeremy Snyder – January 1, 2020-December 31st, 2023
- Jacalyn Eyvonne & Kathleen Herrmann – January 1, 2024 – December 31st, 2025
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!