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Poetry Connection | Connecting with Fellow Poets Laureate at Hollister Ranch

Poetry By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

Beautiful scenery meets beautiful words at a special gathering.

Poetry Connection: Connecting with Paintings by Patricia Chidlaw

Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

“Blue Room” gathers poems written in response to the Santa Barbara artist’s paintings.

‘Memory Rehearsal’ Is Rooted in Santa Barbara

Poetry By David Starkey

Author Eleni Sikelianos discusses her new book at Santa Barbara Museum of Art on May 21.

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Poetry Comes Alive at Chaucer’s for National Poetry Month

Poetry By Tiana Molony

A Feast of Words Celebrating Food and Drink

Poetry By David Starkey

Art Meets Poetry in Linda Saccoccio’s Stunning New Limited-Edition Book

Poetry By David Starkey

Paul Willis’s ‘Orvieto’ Takes Readers Inside an Umbrian Hill Town

Poetry By George Yatchisin

Poetry Connection: Connecting with Poetry, Art, and Neighbors in Need of a Repair

Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

Poetry Connection: Connecting with 11-Year-Old Takunda Chikowero

Poetry Matters By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

Poetry Connection | The Blue Whale Reading Series

Poetry Matters By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

Robert Krut’s ‘Oh Oblivion’ is the Fifth Poetry Book for UCSB Lecturer

Poetry By Keith Hamm, UCSB’s ’The Current’

A Poet’s Perspective on Song

Poetry By David Starkey