A portrait of poet Amanda Gorman, along with her poem ‘The Hill We Climb,’ read at President Biden’s inauguration, is on display downtown Calistoga, as part of the Walking Tour of Poetry.
A poem entitled 'Size' written by 11-year old Tate Celebi is one of the nearly 100 poems posted around Calistoga by the Art Center for a self-guided walking tour.
On Grant Street in Calistoga, a poem in English and Spanish by Mónica Tapiarené tugs at the heart and homeland. Poems are displayed throughout town until March 13 for the Walking Tour of Poetry.
A whimsical poem by Shel Silverstein is displayed at the Napa County Fairgrounds, giving new meaning to the term "baby-sitter." Nearly 100 poems by local and national poets are featured in the Calistoga Art Center's Walking Tour of Poetry.
Lynna Odel's poem 'November' can be found while strolling at Logvy Park along with a dozen other poems, as part of the Calistoga Art Center's Walking Tour of Poetry.
'Cymbeline' by the American poet Robert Hass is displayed in the shop window of North Star on Lincoln Avenue.
What is poetry if not an expression of our emotions, observations, and inspiration set into a flow of words?
As such, the pandemic has brought out the more expressive and ponderous side of Calistoga, as evidenced with nearly 100 poems on display around town in the Art Center’s Walking Tour of Poetry.
The verses are a response to the Calistoga Art Centers’ call for poems and the creation of a self-guided tour for the community.
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Whether you’re into poetry or not, the event is conducive to a ponderous, leisurely stroll, or a moment’s pause in the busy day to refresh the heart and mind with soulful and uplifting thoughts and the images that the verses may evoke.
Participants submitted poems penned by their own hand and favorites by such renowned American poets as Walt Whitman and Robert Hass.
“Size” is an observant and querulous poem by 11-year old Tate Celbi; Lynna Odel writes about loss and rebirth; and a short, whimsical poem by the poet, cartoonist and playwright Shel Silverstein gives a new meaning to the term ‘baby-sitter.”
“The Hill We Climb,” read at President Biden’s inauguration by poet Amanda Gorman, is also on display along with her portrait in the storefront of the old Bank of America building downtown, at 1429 Lincoln Ave.
Wherever you happen to be in Calistoga you don’t have to go far to find one. Poems are posted in downtown shop windows, at bus stops, surrounding the Napa County Fairgrounds on N. Oak and Grant Streets, at the end of Cedar Street, between Centennial Circle and the Riverlea neighborhood, and elsewhere.
The Walking Tour of Poetry will grace the town until March 13.
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Photos: Napa County students bring verse to life at Poetry Out Loud
Alyssa N. Trocio of American Canyon High School raises her arms with emotion during her performance of the Robert Browning piece "Life in a Love" during the Napa Poetry Out Loud recital contest Monday at the Lucky Penny theater.
Mary Cate Hyde of Justin-Siena High School presents the first of her two recitals, Charles Lamb's "Thoughtless Cruelty," at the Lucky Penny theater Monday night during the Napa Out Loud competition. Judges picked Hyde and Olivia Boles, another Justin-Siena student, to advance to the all-California round of Napa Out Loud on March 18-19 in Sacramento.
Mariana Diaz, reciting "A Poison Tree" by William Blake, was one of two students from New Technology High School to perform at Monday's Napa Out Loud event.
Joining a five-judge panel at Monday's Napa Poetry Out Loud contest was Paul Leavitt of the Napa Bookmine store, who served as an "accuracy judge" to score contestants on their ability to recite their chosen poems from memory.
Sabrina Leipziger of New Technology High School, one of six performers at Monday's Poetry Out Loud contest in Napa, chose Mina Loy's "Lunar Baedeker" as her second recitation at the Lucky Penny theater.
Olivia Boles of Justin-Siena High School recites the Natalie Diaz poem "Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation" to open the Napa competition of Poetry Out Loud Monday night at the Lucky Penny theater. A five-judge panel named Boles and her schoolmate Mary Cate Hyde the two prize winners, advancing them to a statewide Poetry Out Loud event in March.
Kristie Chau of American Canyon High School recites "I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca before a five-judge panel at the Napa Poetry Out Loud competition Monday night.
You can reach Cynthia Sweeney at 942-4035 or csweeney@weeklycalistogan.com.
