Regular Programs

First Tuesday Poetry Gathering

Doña Benicia Room 

First Tuesday of every month.

February 7th, 6:30 - 9 p.m.

Please join poets and poetry lovers for an evening of sharing verse.

Poetry event calendar  

Special Events

Poetry Out Loud: Memorization, Performance, and Competition

Saturday, February 4th,

2-4 pm

Dona Benicia Room

Open to Benicia and Liberty High School students.  See your English/Literataure teacher for more information on how to enter.

Presented in partnership with the California Arts Council, the Solano Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, the Benicia Public Library and the Poet Laureate Program.

 Thank you Rotary Club of Benicia for financial support of this event.

For more information go to http://www.cac.ca.gov/poetryoutloud/

Winners of the 2011 Solano County Poetry Out Loud Contest

Awards Celebration, Love Poetry Contest 2012

Sunday, February 12, 2012

2 to 4 pm

Held at the Benicia Historical Museum,

2060 Camel Road, Benicia, CA  94510 

Since 2004, Benicia and surrounding community poets have been honoring the love affair of Early California's Concepción Argüello and Russia's Nikolai Rezanov.

Two hundred eighteen original, unpublished love poems have been submitted by 92 poets to be judged by a California Community Poet Laureate not from our local area.   Attend the awards celebration to see who the winners are!  This is a co-sponsored event with the Benicia Historical Museum.

**Take a look at some of the submitted love poems at Benicia Patch.  Comments encouraged.
 

  Poem  Homes

The boxes around town are Poem Homes.   The public is invited to TAKE A FREE POEM from the box.  Enjoy it, recycle it, and share it.  Current locations for Poem Homes include:  Arts Benicia (991 Tyler Street #14), Benicia High School Counseling Center, Benicia Community Park (Community Park Drive, in Southampton near Matthew Turner School, the site for the new Benicia Community Garden (corner of First and D Street, across from Union Hotel) and at the Community Action Council office (480 Military East).  

If you would like to add your poem(s) to the box, email your one page, 40 lines maximum poem to RonnaLeon@mac.com.  For all of the rules, see the Poem Homes Flyer below.

Poems currently sought and being added to the poem homes are in the category of "best-loved poems."

updated 12/5/2011