Poetry Matters featuring Bonnie Bolling March 30, 7-9 pm Stay Gallery 11140 Downey Ave., Downey 90241 Poetry Matters will welcome back Bonnie Bolling as featured poet on the fifth Thursday in March. Bolling returns to us on a visit from Dubai, where she and her husband have lived for several years. When in Long Beach, Bolling is Editor… Continue reading Poetry Matters featuring Bonnie Bolling March 30
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Judith Terzi at Poetry Matters July 21
Poetry Matters welcomes Judith Terzi at Stay Gallery on Thursday July 21. Judith’s most recent chapbooks, If You Spot Your Brother Floating By, and Sharing Tabouli, are collections of memoir poems. Now a member of the Claremont Poets group, she holds an M.A. in French Literature and has taught high school French for many years… Continue reading Judith Terzi at Poetry Matters July 21
Poetry Matters Contest: Downey and the Planets, deadline July 31
POETRY MATTERS CONTEST DOWNEY AND THE PLANETS To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the City of Downey’’s incorporation, and Downey’’s illustrious history with the aerospace industry, the Downey Symphonic Society in conjunction with Poetry Matters is sponsoring a contest on a space-related theme suggested by, but not limited to, Gustav Holst’’s The Planets. PRIZES $100 First Prize, $50 Second Prize… Continue reading Poetry Matters Contest: Downey and the Planets, deadline July 31
Jean Holloway Returns to POETRY MATTERS March 17th
This edition of POETRY MATTERS – Thursday March 17th at STAY GALLERY- welcomes back Jean Barrett Holloway, who will read from her new book, Over the Falls. Three years ago Holloway captivated Downey audiences with her first collection, Weightlifting Rules. This time she does it again with the voices of women, literary and historical, imaginary or real. Poetry… Continue reading Jean Holloway Returns to POETRY MATTERS March 17th