Continuing with our Everyone is a Poet Series, we connected with District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim. Kim read a poem written by her dear friend Dennis Kim and gives us a little bit of her art background, pre-City Hall.  We love it!

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Happy Friday everyone!  Continuing with our Everyone is a Poet series for National Poetry month, enjoy this darling haiku from District 4 Supervisor Carmen Chu.

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Our next poem for National Poetry Month comes from District 9 Supervisor David Campos, who chose to show off some cute and clever syllable combos with a haiku.

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Judith Ayn Bernhard is a teacher, writer and translator.  She is a founder and former chair of Marin Poetry Center. A member of The Revolutionary Poets’ Brigade, her most recent poetry will appear in their forthcoming anthology.  She lives and works in San Francisco. I saw these words in a shop window on Mission Street [...]

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Normally, saying something has gone to the dogs is an inauspicious way to begin, but the editor’s here at The Reader’s Review are will to make an exception in the case of Martha Speaks, a children’s program about a talking dog on PBS. Recently they aired an episode featuring US Poet Laureate Bill Collins that [...]

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Heartbreak-almost everyone’s had one (or two or four).  It’s the worst thing in the world really, the physical pain in the heart region, the unrelenting sadness, the puffy eyes and the feeling of loss.  It can stem from the loss of a lover, friend, death of a family member or countless other reasons, but its [...]

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Celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture this April during National Poetry Month! In honor of National Poetry Month, The Readers Review  will be publishing interviews and work from some of poetry’s top names such as Friends’ Poet-in-Residence and 2007 SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman, bi-weekly poems by some of the Bay Area’s [...]

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Jack Hirschman is a man who needs no introduction.  His poetry and social activism have touched many over the years and The Readers Review is honored to publish some of his latest works. EMERGENCE by Jack Hirschman I came out of it knowing I had to learn death by heart.

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Neeli Cherkovski has been active in the Bay Area Poetry since the 1970′s.  His latest book, From the Middle Woods joins his many other published books of poetry, including Leaning Against Time (2004), Elegy for Bob Kaufman (1996), and Clear Wind (1984). Not only is Cherkovski an applauded poet, but he is also hosts popular [...]

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By Katie Sue Ambellan Poetry, coffee, books and the Bay-what do all of these stimulants have in common?   Readers Cafe & Bookstore! In addition to slanging the Bay Area’s best priced used books and Blue Bottle Coffee, the folks over there have just announced the Thursdays at Readers 2011 Poetry Series. Beginning in March, Readers [...]

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