{"id":2,"date":"2025-11-02T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:33:17","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\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/a-night-of-poetry-with-swamini-b-chaucers-june-30\/\">A Night of Poetry with Swamini B., Chaucer&#8217;s, June 30<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A book release by Swamini B., a poet, survivor, and contemporary monk.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/santa-barbarawriters-conference-poetry-workshops-june-22-26\/\">Santa BarbaraWriters Conference Poetry Workshops, June 22-26<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Poetry workshops led by SB Poets Laureate Perie Longo, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Paul Willis, Chryss Yost, and David Starkey.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/santa-barbara-writers-conference-poetry-readings-june-22-25\/\">Santa Barbara Writers Conference Poetry Readings, June 22-25<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Every night before the featured speaker, two SB Poets Laureate will read at 7pm.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/poetry-reading-hannah-turner-the-clarity-of-chaos-chaucers-june-22\/\">Poetry Reading,  Hannah Turner, &#8220;The Clarity of Chaos,&#8221; Chaucer&#8217;s June 22<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Chaucer&#8217;s Books hosts Hannah Turner for a reading and signing of her book of poetry,\u00a0&#8220;The Clarity of Chaos.&#8221;\u00a0<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/santabarbara-writers-conference-poetry-panel-june-21\/\">Santa Barbara Writers Conference Poetry Panel,  June 21<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A discussion of the state of poetry with seven Santa Barbara Poets Laureate.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/lets-chat-about-poetry-with-laure-anne-bosselaar-june-21\/\">Let\u2019s Chat About Poetry with Laure-Anne Bosselaar, June 21<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Join local poetry professor and esteemed author, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, for a reading of favorite poems. 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