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Cyrus Armajani is an Iranian-American poet currently residing in Oakland who teaches poetry and writing to youth who are incarcerated in Alameda County. -
Today poet Zack Rogow brings photobombing to an almost spiritual level with his poem.
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Bay PoetsNot only is April National Poetry Month but it is also the birthday month of one of San Francisco's most iconic poets, the one and only Bob Kaufman and to celebrate the host of Bay Poets thought it proper to read you all one of Bob’s pieces from his first book “Golden Sardine” published by our own City Lights Books in 1967. -
Bay PoetsOakland poet Blake Sugarman opens up these spring days for us with his playful piece. -
Bay PoetsYouth Speaks alumni Larry Dorsey Jr reminds us that's it's all about perspectives with his piece. -
Bay PoetsEast Bay poet Youssef Alaoui has a poetic remembrance for Oakland reporter Chauncey Bailey. -
Bay PoetsPoetry as memory, poetry as history that's what OG San Jose Pinay Poet Arlene Biala brings us today with her poem. -
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Bay PoetsToday East Bay poet Preeti Vangani reads us a tiny but powerful piece. -
Bay PoetsToday poet Justin Ebrahemi brings us a dense and lyrical piece. It deals with the love and exploration of a recently widowed mother. -
Bay PoetsToday's poem comes to you from the archives of the Poetry Center at SF State. Here's Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck reading an excerpt of her bilingual poem. -
Bay PoetsToday we are pulling out a poetic gem from the Poetry Archives at San Francisco State. Here's the current poet laureate of San Francisco Jenny Lim at the Poetry Center with her luminous poem from 2022.
