LitHop 2023, Saturday, October 14 in the Tower District!
One of the finest literary events I know runs from 12-6 pm at various venues in the Tower District, all walking distance apart. Groups of...
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POETRY TALK
Megan Anderson Bohigian
City of Fresno Poet Laureate
2021-2023
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National Poetry Month
Join me and three other fine Fresno poets for a reading in celebration of National Poetry Month. I'll be reading with Joseph Rios,...
Teaching a Poem to Kids...The How
Reading and learning and studying a poem is purposeful, and the teacher is the guide. This is an exploration the teacher and student...
Teaching Poetry to Kids
We’re on the brink of National Poetry Month, an annual 30-day celebration of poetry in all forms and voices. I taught all levels in my...
Pablo Neruda's Death
Relatives, friends, and appreciators world-wide have long believed that Pablo Neruda died by poison, murdered, instead of "natural causes...
Reflection on Art and Poetry
I participated in a reading at Fig Tree Gallery in downtown Fresno at the invitation of the artist Marilyn Prescott--whose retrospective...
Poetry and Painting
I remember attending an exhibit of Cezanne's paintings when I was about ten--and being stunned by his paintings of fruit. Later at home,...
Poets Rocked the Gallery
The Poets' Social Justice and Poetry Action reading Tuesday, September 20, at the Fresno Arts Council was great--the gallery was packed....
Poet Activists Speak
The last several years have brought a tsunami of issues that demand social justice. As poets, we give voice to the voiceless. The Salman...
Such an Honor
Thursday evening, September 15, 2022, I'll be introducing the award-winning poet, Mai Der Vang, who will read from her extraordinary new...
What Poets Do
The novelist Salman Rushdie, who is recuperating from a recent fatwa-related assassination attempt in the U.S. that left him seriously...
Honoring Poetry Elders
Here in Fresno, we were lucky to see readings by two great poets during, and then near the ends of their lives--Philip Levine, and Peter...
When an Image Haunts You
I love the Sierra, and spend much of every summer in the mountains. I have favorite walks, several along meadows ringed with huge trees....
The Imagery Conundrum
A couple of nights ago, I introduced the prolific poet and editor Michael Meyerhofer at his Respite by the River poetry reading. His...
Poets Temporarily Drop Out...Poetry, Never
I fall into the poet-drop-out category right now. How, you may ask, is this possible for a Poet Laureate? Well, Covid, for one thing....
The Poet Tree
When I taught 3rd grade, my classes were largely second language learners--children who grew up speaking a language other than English in...
And limoncello out of lemonade...
This is another poem from my writer's block period. It came from my journal scribbling. I looked closely, and then made a list of things...
Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
A couple of poems did come into being after I'd been in writer's block for months while I grieved the death of my mother. This is one of...
Writer's Block
It's a hard fact of writing that sometimes the pen flows, the keyboard chatters, the words appear and cooperate...and sometimes they do...
Poetry Outloud!
It was delightful to serve as the accuracy judge for this year's Fresno County Poetry Outloud! competition. This is a national...
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