{"id":2,"date":"2025-11-02T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:08:00","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0009407c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0009407c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk\">Poetry Happens Here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-4f2ccadb\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-border-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-color:#51677c;border-width:4px;background-color:#e5e9ee\">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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Upcoming &amp; Recent Poetry Events<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/sb-county-competition-poetry-out-loud-nov-18\/\">SB County Competition, Poetry Out Loud, Nov. 18<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">SB County students recite poetry, hoping to move to the statewide competition.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/three-counties-three-poets-laureate-november-16\/\">Three Counties, Three Poets Laureate, November 16<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A reading by Mary Ann McFadden, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, Caleb Nichols, Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo County, George Yatchisin, Poet Laureate of the City of Santa Barbara.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/blue-whale-reading-bonnie-bolling-and-laure-anne-bosselaar-nov-11\/\">Blue Whale Reading: Bonnie Bolling and Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Nov. 11<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Blue Whale Reading Series, featuring poets Bonnie Bolling and Laure-Anne Bosselaar. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 5:30 pm, Unity of SB Chapel.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/lowstate-writing-salon-nov-10\/\">Lowstate Writing Salon, Nov. 10<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Writing community w\/ big focus on play &#038; sparking something weird. We\u2019re about word games &#038; praise kinks. Tues., Nov. 10, 7pm, at Blue Owl.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/poetry-zone-open-mic-november-5\/\">Poetry Zone Open Mic, November 5<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Bjorn Birnir hosts an open mic at the Poetry Zone on Thursday, November 5, 4-6 pm.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poetry Happens Here Santa Barbara is a thriving creative community which includes poets and poetry lovers of all kinds. 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