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1 DECEMBER 2024 — sunday

Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading featuring Lucille Lang Day, Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place, and Denise Low, House of Grace, House of Blood: Poems, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
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Poetry First Sundays at the EP Foster Library presents featured poet Sean Colletti, Saeculum, share your poem with the group afterwards, hosted by poet Phil Taggart, Walking the Dog in a Time of Rage, E.P. Foster Library, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, and Virtual on Zoom, free, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.vencolibrary.org/library-events/poetry-library-1103241500)
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2 DECEMBER 2024 — monday

3 DECEMBER 2024 — tuesday

4 DECEMBER 2024 — wednesday

City Lights celebrates the publication of Three Talks: Metaphor and Metonymy, Meaning and Mystery, Magic and Morality, the first prose collection by Brenda Hillman, poet and Academy of American Poets chancellor, in conversation with poet Jesse Nathan, Eggtooth, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, also online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/brenda-hillman-in-conversation-with-jesse-nathan)
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5 DECEMBER 2024 — thursday

Lunch Poems, a monthly poetry reading, presents John Shoptaw, Near-Earth Object, University of California Berkeley, Morrison Library, 101 Library Court, Berkeley, free, Noon PST (For more information, visit: www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/lunch-poems)
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The Poetry in Davis Reading Series is an ongoing series, every first and third Thursday, tonight featuring The Young Eco Poets of Davis, an open mic follows, limited to four minutes or two pieces, whichever is shorter, open mic sign up list usually fills by 6:45, hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, Davis Poet Laureate emeritus, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/groups/2290130152/events)
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6 DECEMBER 2024 — friday

7 DECEMBER 2024 — saturday

8 DECEMBER 2024 — sunday

Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading featuring Kathleen McClung, Questions of Buoyancy, Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep in, and Maw Shein Win, Percussing the Thinking Jar, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
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9 DECEMBER 2024 — monday

10 DECEMBER 2024 — tuesday

11 DECEMBER 2024 — wednesday

Poetry Second Wednesdays at the Newbury Park Library presents Mary Kay Rummel, Little River of Amazements, former Poet Laureate of Ventura County, share your poem with the group afterwards, hosted by poet Ron Fullerton, Newbury Park Library Meeting Room, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park, and Virtual on Zoom, free, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: libcal.tolibrary.org/event/12621402)
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12 DECEMBER 2024 — thursday

San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep In, hosts "Poem Jam," featuring poetry from poet/essayist Wanda Sabir, poet/educator Karla Brundage, Blood Lies: Race Trait(or), and poet/social worker Sara Biel, Prescribed Burn, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A and B, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/12/12/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam)
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13 DECEMBER 2024 — friday

14 DECEMBER 2024 — saturday

Poetry on Eighth at the Blanchard Library takes place second Saturdays monthly, share a poem with the group, hosted by artist Anita McLaughlin, Blanchard Library, 119 N. 8th Street, Santa Paula, free, Noon to 2pm PST (For more information, visit: blanchardlibrary.libcal.com/event/11797749)
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15 DECEMBER 2024 — sunday