Poet Laureate Poem Prompts

A Municipal Servant Serenades by the Pier–Paulann Petersen

Those who sing by the sea draw a breeze that lifts white wings of foam from the deep When Evangelia…

7 years ago

Beneath the Light at the Newport Beach Pier–Rachel Barton

darkness swallows what is vast white foam of tide’s edge a spectre a muffled surf he stands at the railing…

7 years ago

About Winter 2017 Featured Poet Laureate: Lawson Fusao Inada

A third generation Japanese-American whose Fresno roots went back to the beginning of the 20th century, Lawson and his family…

7 years ago

Everything–Lawson Fusao Inada

When the river rose that year, we were beside it and ourselves with fear; not that it would do anything…

7 years ago

Sometimes We Think We Are Gods–Rachel Barton

sometimes we think we are gods that we know everything that in our wakeful moments we are creating universes even…

7 years ago

About Summer 2017 Featured Poet Laureate: Peter Sears

Peter Sears, a graduate of Yale and the Iowa Writers Workshop, has taught at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and…

8 years ago

Just a Third Grader–Peter Sears

During the war, I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but I would probably have crashed and be captured and…

8 years ago

College Prof vs. Parochial School, Grade 4 – Rachel Barton

Sister Arnoldine lent me her book for a science project said keep it as long as you like --the mechanics…

8 years ago