Wednesday, Dec 4, 2013
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

It’s our last show of the year and we’re very proud to present two extremely talented and popular performers. Shawn Pittard’s poetry is beautifully brought to life by his lyrical poetic voice along with the musical sounds of jazz/blues musician Clemon Charles. The two of them have been performing all over Northern California for years. We invite you to step inside the art covered walls of Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery, sip some award winning wine, and join us for an evening of poetry & music.

We also invite you to celebrate two years of community, poetry, art and wine with the release of the Verse on the Vine Anthology, where you’ll find poetry from over 20 featured poets, including three Poets Laureate and several out-of-state poets, along with a photographic journey of all our performers and open-mic poets.

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Wednesday, Oct 2, 2013
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Verse on the Vine presents two very talented poets: Molly Fisk & Stanley Zumbiel. We invite you to step inside the art covered walls of Petra Vineyard Tasting Room, cool off with a chilled glass of chardonnay, and join us for an evening of poetry & humor.

And perhaps if you’re brave enough, share your own poetic voice at the open mic.

To learn more about our featured performers, we invite you to visit their prospective websites:

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Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Hot August Nights: Poetica-Erotica & NSAA

Hot Temperatures and Hot Poetry just naturally go together!

Verse on the Vine presents Hot August Nights featuring the steamy, sultry poetic voices of Poetica-Erotica and the equally sexy, fun, always entertaining Lawrence Dinkins, Jr (NSAA). We invite you to step inside the art covered walls of Petra Vineyard Tasting Room, cool off with a chilled glass of chardonnay, and join us for an evening of sensual musings, humor, and a little bit of naughtiness.

And perhaps if you’re brave enough, share your own poetic voice at the open mic. This night, we especially welcome your sensual and erotic verse.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Triple Play: Laura Martin, Catherine Fraga & Matthew Brouwer

What do you get when you combine Zombie Haiku, Gary The Mattress Salesman & The Gospel According to Men with Canes? One hell of a show for June, that’s what!

Laura Martin is a freelance writer/photographer whose features, essays, poetry and images have appeared in multiple publications. She was the grand prize recipient of the Second Annual Pat Schneider Poetry Contest in 2012 and was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry. As an Amherst Writers and Artists affiliate, Laura leads private writing workshops in the Sacramento area.

Catherine Fraga teaches writing at Sacramento State University. Her poems have been widely published in numerous journals and anthologies. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been the recipient of several poetry awards. Her book, Running away with Gary, the Mattress Salesman, is published by Poet’s Corner Press.

Matthew Brouwer is the touring author of The Gospel According to Matthew and Men Who Walk with Canes. Matthew’s work bridges the worlds of spoken word and literary poetry to create a style that can be both evocative and subtle, enlivening and profound. He has performed in cities throughout the west. He teaches creative writing in Bellingham, WA public schools and facilitates a writing circle for people suffering chronic medical conditions.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Nationally Acclaimed Poet, Indigo Moor

Indigo Moor was born in 1964, in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently resides in Sacramento, California. His collection, Tap-Root, was published in 2006 as part of Main Street Rag’s Editor’s Select Poetry Series.

Indigo is a 2003 recipient of Cave Canem’s Writing fellowship in poetry. He has also received fellowships for the Napa Valley Writer’s Conference and the Idyllwild Summer Arts Academy. He is the vice president of the Sacramento Poetry Center, and editor for the Tule Review.

He is the winner of the 2005 Vesle Fenstermaker Poetry Prize for Emerging Writers. Indigo’s work has appeared in the Xavier Review, LA Review, Mochila Review, Boston University’s The Comment, The Ringing Ear, the NCPS 2006 Anthology, and Gathering Ground.

Other honors include: finalist for the T.S. Eliot Prize, finalist for the Naomi Long Madgett Award, Saturnalia Book Award finalist, and finalist for the Crab Orchard First Book Prize.

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Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Poet Laureate of Sacramento, Jeff Knorr!

Jeff Knorr is the author of the three books of poetry, The Third Body (Cherry Grove Collections), Keeper (Mammoth Books), and Standing Up to the Day (Pecan Grove Press). His poetry and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies including Chelsea, Connecticut Review, The Journal, North American Review, Red Rock Review, Barrow Street, and Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America (University of Iowa).

Jeff has edited, judged, and been a visiting writer for various conferences and festivals. He was the founding co-editor and poetry editor of the Clackamas Literary Review. He has also been an invited judge for contests such as the DeNovo First Book Contest, the Willamette Award in Poetry and the Red Rock Poetry Award. He has appeared as a visiting writer at such venues and festivals as Wordstock, University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writer’s House, The Des Moines Festival of Literary Arts, and CSU Sacramento’s Summer Writers Conference. He currently directs the River City Writer’s Series at Sacramento City College. Jeff has been the Chair of the English department at Sacramento City College and he has also served on the Sacramento County Office of Education Arts Advisory Board.

Jeff Knorr lives in Sacramento, California and is Professor of literature and creative writing at Sacramento City College.

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Wednesday, Nov 19, 2012
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Our Final Show of the Year
Todd Cirillo & Phillip Larrea

Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage in the dark waters outside New Orleans. To this day, he retreats there – whenever heartbreak or hangover hit him. He is a co-founder, editor and publisher of the notorious Six Ft. Swells Press and one of the originators of the After-Hours Poetry movement. Cirillo is the author of five chapbooks of poetry and is a co-author of the infamous book, Roxy. Cirillo is another legendary poet who has been a featured reader all over the United States and an alleyway in Paris. Cirillo’s new book, Sucker’s Paradise, was released in October. You can find him on at afterhourspoetry.com, or underneath the neons…somewhere.

Phillip Larrea is a syndicated columnist and wealth adviser in Sacramento, CA., U.S.A His poems have recently appeared internationally in Outburst Magazine, The Poetry Bus Magazine and thefirstcut #7 from Issuu. In the U.S., Phillip has been recently published in Decade Review, FourPlay, Nostrovia To Writing, and the Brooklyn Voice.

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Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Love & Lust Times Three

As cooler weather approaches, we’re heating things up a bit.

Breathe in the sensual poetry of these three women known as “Poetica Erotica.” Cynthia Linville, Lytton Bell and Shawn Aveningo have been sharing the stories of love, lust, and naughty humor throughout Northern California.

Come enjoy musings that stir the soul & the libido.

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Wednesday, Sept 12, 2012
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Double Feature
Brigit Truex & Dave Boles

Brigit Truex has lived in the four quarters of the States since beginning her writing career. In each locale she has also established workshops to help others hone their prose and poetry as well, but her primary focus is on poetry. Her mixed ethnic background (French Canadian-Abenak/Cree and Irish) has been a theme she continues to explore in her work, approaching it from various angles. She has been published in various international literary journals and anthologies. Her latest book, Strong as Silk: The Story of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony, was just released in 2012 by Lummox Press. She is a board member of Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers and Native Writers Circle of the Americas.

Dave Boles (bodhi), has worked as an itinerant Publisher, Writer and Designer since 1981 in a wide variety of positions. Founder of the magazine Primal Urge, he also created The Sacramento Free Press, Cruisin’ Magazine, Foothill Focus, Neural Impulse Publications, Cold River Press and Bodhidharma Publishing. His publications, editorials, writing, graphic design and artwork have won numerous awards in a thirty plus year career in publishing.

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Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012
7:00-9:00 pm

Verse on the Vine Poetry Series

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Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery
627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom)
Folsom, CA 95630

Popular Poet: Lytton Bell

Lytton’s poetry resonates with audiences everywhere, her stories providing a feast of emotion with a dose of humor sprinkled in for flavor. She has a very special show planned for us, covering the journey of life: childbirth and motherhood, growing up, exploring the body, exploring sexuality, love, spirituality, marriage, the working world, heartbreak, divorce, writing, aging and death.

Lytton Bell has published three books, won five poetry contests and performed at many Northern California venues. Her work has appeared in over three dozen publications. Lytton’s latest book Nectar can be found on Amazon.com. She is a proud founding member of the poetry performance troupe Poetica Erotica. Ms. Bell earned a poetry scholarship to the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts in 1988 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1993. She is a civil servant by day.

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