Poetry Happens Here
Santa Barbara is a thriving creative community which includes poets and poetry lovers of all kinds. Santa Barbara even has its own poetry press, Gunpowder Press, which includes local poets in its Shoreline Voices series.
Upcoming & Recent Poetry Events
- Lowstate Writing Salon, July 14Writing community w/ big focus on play & sparking something weird. We’re about word games & praise kinks. Tues., July 14, 7pm, at Blue Owl.
- Poetry Zone Open Mic, July 9Bjorn Birnir hosts an open mic at the Poetry Zone on Thursday, July 9, 4-6 pm at the former Staples, 401 State St., Santa Barbara.
- Blue Whale Reading: Kathleen Florence & Rich Ferguson, July 8Blue Whale Reading Series, featuring poets Kathleen Florence and Rich Ferguson. Wednesday, July 8, 5:30 pm, Unity of SB Chapel.
- A Night of Poetry with Swamini B., Chaucer’s, June 30A book release by Swamini B., a poet, survivor, and contemporary monk.
- Santa BarbaraWriters Conference Poetry Workshops, June 22-26Poetry workshops led by SB Poets Laureate Perie Longo, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Paul Willis, Chryss Yost, and David Starkey.
- Santa Barbara Writers Conference Poetry Readings, June 22-25Every night before the featured speaker, two SB Poets Laureate will read at 7pm.