poetry

Feb 2023 8

Strawberries & Poetry For Valentine’s Day

2023 Articles, Books & Tales, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Joan Leotta

Chocolate-covered strawberries are considered a love-treat to go along with champagne, especially on Valentine's Day. For me, it is the berries themselves that speak of love, as they did to the Cherokee people. If I were writing a mystery, I might add something nefarious to the sliced berries, but this poem was written with my one true love, my husband, in mind, so it is simply a statement of the joy of making up. Hope you enjoy strawberries.

Jan 2023 21

The Labyrinth Art Collective

2023 Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Lorie Lewis Ham, Music, Rogue Festival, Theatre

by Lorie Lewis Ham

There is a black box theatre performance space on Van Ness in the Tower District that has hosted many different groups and gone by several different names since I started covering the arts in Fresno. Last year, something new started there called The Labyrinth Art Collective and recently we chatted with one of the people who run it, Alicia Rodriguez, to learn more about what they do. She runs it together with her partner Matt Comegys.

Jun 2022 18

Q&A With Local Poet Aidan Castro

2022 Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Books & Tales, Lorie Lewis Ham

by Lorie Lewis Ham

KRL interviews a lot of artists and writers, and during Pride Month, we especially like to highlight those in the LGBTQ+ community. This week we are interviewing local poet Aidan Castro. Aiden grew up in Dinuba and recently graduated from Fresno State.

Jan 2020 29

It’s Fresno County Library Big Read Time!

2020 Articles, Books & Tales, Lorie Lewis Ham, Tales of Diversity

by Lorie Lewis Ham

It's that time of year again, time for the Fresno County Library's Big Read! This is a fun time where the library features a specific book and has a lot of great programs! I interviewed Tiffany Polfer, who is Teen Programming Librarian with the Fresno County Library, about this year's Big Read!

Feb 2019 27

Rogue Show Previews: Sexology: The Musical/Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll/Triptych

2019 Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Music, Theatre

by Melanie Moseley,
Richard Fisher, & Edward Hinojosa

The Rogue Festival will be here soon, we are on the home stretch-it opens on March 1! Here we have 3 more Rogue Show Previews in this post, with several more coming this week.

Jul 2017 1

Inner Ear Poetry Slam

2017 Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Mallory Moad

by Mallory Moad

If I say “poetry,” what comes to mind? Is it a Shakespeare sonnet or The Cat In The Hat? Perhaps it's a name: Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Jack Kerouac, Gil Scott Heron. We've all encountered poetry, in one form or another, at some point in our lives. But what's the best way to truly experience poetry? How about a poetry slam?

May 2017 6

LitHop 2017: Ghosts, Wombs, and Crazy Moons

2017 Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Every Other Book, Sarah Peterson-Camacho

by Sarah A. Peterson-Camacho

LitHop 2017, an annual literary festival founded last year by former Fresno Poet Laureate Lee Herrick as a fundraiser for the Fresno Arts Council’s poetry programs, kicked off last Saturday, April 29, in an array of venues around Fresno’s Tower District. Forty diverse readings spread out over five hours, featuring the work of more than 150 writers, explored themes of love, hate, sex, violence, politics, motherhood, cultural identity and heritage, and feminism.

Apr 2016 2

The Ratz Family

2016 Articles, Rodent Ramblings, Terrific Tales

by Patti Yeager

In honor of World Rat Day we thought it would be fun to publish this rat poem by Seattle writer Patti Yeager. The art work is hers as well.

Sep 2013 21

Ode To Cheese

2013 Articles, Rodent Ramblings, Terrific Tales

by Pattie Yaeger

This poem is dedicated to pet rats everywhere! The artwork with it is by The Illustrated Rat, Drusilla Kehl.

Jun 2013 1

Teen Poetry Corner June 2013

2013 Articles, Teens, Terrific Tales

by Valley Teens

This time our poetry contest is a little different--we only had one entrant so here is our winner of the Teen Talk poetry contest. The contest is open to anyone age 13-19. Any subject or type of poem will be considered with five or more poems selected each time, details below.