HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!
16th Annual Poems Under The Dome
SUNDAY, April 11, 2021
4-6pm
Click here to register for this year's event!
Special thanks to San Francisco Public Library for being our virtual host this year!
16th Annual Poems Under The Dome
SUNDAY, April 11, 2021
4-6pm
Click here to register for this year's event!
Special thanks to San Francisco Public Library for being our virtual host this year!
Participate!
This will be a poetry open mic event via Zoom --- Join via your webcam or phone camera (download Zoom now if you don't have it yet).
OR if you only have a phone (and no Zoom account) there will also be a phone number to call with a meeting ID to enter.
Click here to register for this year's event!
WHAT TO EXPECT
What's the same?
- We'll start with a community blessing from Jorge Molina, a welcome from Diamond Dave, and San Francisco’s NEW Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin will read the First Poem.
- If you want to read a poem, put your name in the ‘virtual hat’ (= type your name into the Chat) and we’ll be drawing names at random. There is no guarantee that your name will be drawn, but we will pull as many names as possible.
- Readers whose names are pulled from the ‘hat’ may read ONE SHORT POEM that is under 3 minutes. The shorter your poem, the more room for other readers.
- Poetry only :) Read an original poem, or a favorite with reference.
- This is an all ages show.
What's new?
- While we support free speech and poetic expression, we reserve the right to bounce you from the virtual event for being disrespectful to anyone in our lovely poetry community. If bounced, there is no returning, so please be respectful!
- When you zoom in or call in, you will initially be in a 'waiting room' where you will wait until the show starts. Get comfy and get ready to enjoy the show!
- Readers will be called in blocks of five, so make sure you have your volume on, your ONE POEM ready, and that you are in a spot with good internet connection. We will ‘unmute’ readers when it’s their turn.
- Please be patient with your hosts and each other in this new & experimental format :) We know it's not the same as having your voices echo throughout City Hall, but we do this for the people and by the people.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF BEING POETS AND LOVERS OF POETRY!
This will be a poetry open mic event via Zoom --- Join via your webcam or phone camera (download Zoom now if you don't have it yet).
OR if you only have a phone (and no Zoom account) there will also be a phone number to call with a meeting ID to enter.
Click here to register for this year's event!
WHAT TO EXPECT
What's the same?
- We'll start with a community blessing from Jorge Molina, a welcome from Diamond Dave, and San Francisco’s NEW Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin will read the First Poem.
- If you want to read a poem, put your name in the ‘virtual hat’ (= type your name into the Chat) and we’ll be drawing names at random. There is no guarantee that your name will be drawn, but we will pull as many names as possible.
- Readers whose names are pulled from the ‘hat’ may read ONE SHORT POEM that is under 3 minutes. The shorter your poem, the more room for other readers.
- Poetry only :) Read an original poem, or a favorite with reference.
- This is an all ages show.
What's new?
- While we support free speech and poetic expression, we reserve the right to bounce you from the virtual event for being disrespectful to anyone in our lovely poetry community. If bounced, there is no returning, so please be respectful!
- When you zoom in or call in, you will initially be in a 'waiting room' where you will wait until the show starts. Get comfy and get ready to enjoy the show!
- Readers will be called in blocks of five, so make sure you have your volume on, your ONE POEM ready, and that you are in a spot with good internet connection. We will ‘unmute’ readers when it’s their turn.
- Please be patient with your hosts and each other in this new & experimental format :) We know it's not the same as having your voices echo throughout City Hall, but we do this for the people and by the people.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF BEING POETS AND LOVERS OF POETRY!
