{"id":2,"date":"2025-11-02T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-04T04:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:05:02","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-52b864f0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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-52b864f0 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\" 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\/old-spanish-days-fiesta-2026-poetry-contest-deadline-may-31\/\">Old Spanish Days Fiesta 2026 Poetry Contest, deadline May 31<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">New poetry contest for all ages to honor the spirit of Old Spanish Days Fiesta for Santa Barbara County residents.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/parallel-stories-memory-rehearsal-eleni-sikelianos-sbma-may-21\/\">Parallel Stories \u2013 Memory Rehearsal: Eleni Sikelianos, SBMA, May 21<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Eleni Sikelianos will read from her latest genre-busting book at the SB Museum of Art.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/a-feast-for-santa-barbara-book-release-reading-signing-chaucers-may-20\/\">&#8220;A Feast for Santa Barbara&#8221; Book Release Reading\/Signing, Chaucer&#8217;s, May 20<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Poets in the new anthology about Santa Barbara food and drink will read their poems and sign books. Chaucer&#8217;s, Wed., May 20, 6 pm.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/textual-integration-ekphrastic-reading-rubenstein-chan-gallery-may-14\/\">&#8220;Textual Integration&#8221; Ekphrastic Reading, Rubenstein Chan Gallery, May 14<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Area poets respond to the work in the show &#8220;Textual Integration&#8221; on Thurs. May 14, 7 pm.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/blue-whale-reading-jacob-herrera-spears-and-laura-mullen-may-13\/\">Blue Whale Reading: Jacob Herrera Spears and Laura Mullen, May 13<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Blue Whale Reading Series, featuring poets Jacob Herrera Spears and Laura Mullen. Wednesday, May 13, 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-may-12\/\">Lowstate Writing Salon, May 12<\/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., May 12, 7pm, at Blue Owl.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/poetry-on-the-plate-celebrating-an-anthology-of-poems-about-sb-food-drink-may-11\/\">Poetry on the Plate: Celebrating an Anthology of Poems about SB Food &amp; Drink, May 11<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Part of the SB Culinary Experience, a light supper at The Black Sheep and a copy of the new poetry anthology.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/james-crews-and-brad-peacock-sb-public-library-may-8\/\">James Crews and Brad Peacock, SB Public Library, May 8<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Vermont-based poets James Crews and Brad Peacock will share from their bestselling book,\u00a0&#8220;Love Is for All of Us: Poems of Tenderness &#038; Belonging from the LGBTQ+ Community &#038; Friends.&#8221;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sbpoetry.net\/home\/wonder-and-awe-poetry-reading-sb-unified-student-poetry-contest-winners-may-4\/\">Wonder and Awe Poetry Reading: SB Unified Student Poetry Contest Winners, May 4<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">SB Unified School District students from grades PK-12 will read their winning poems on the theme &#8220;wonder and awe.&#8221; <\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/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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