WEALTH OF IDEAS

  Presents Unbarred Words: Works of the Incarcerated Writers from Folsom Prison with Bob Stanley, Traci Gourdine, Sean King, Alexa Mergen, Lawrence Dinkins, Nancy Gonzalez, Graciela Ramirez, Minerva Daniel, and Martha Garcia, and JoAnn Anglin    Monday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 PM 1719 25th Street at SPC Host: Emmanuel Sigauke    Rolling Shadow,  by Carlos   My father’s like a shadow that you can never use for shade. Hotter than hell in July, attempting to catch it, but it keeps running away.   My father’s like a rolling stone, rolling on down the hill, past the home. Picking up speed as it goes, so watch it go, and go alone.   Just like a shadow that you can never grasp, but always around Until dusk, when the sun goes down.   He watched a woman raise his three boys while he stayed away, So I was left playing soccer by myself day after day.   When he finally showed up, my anger and disappointment went away. He came...

Shevonna Blackshire, Munyori Literary Journal's poetry editor The poetry editor for Munyori Literary Journal , Shevonna Blackshire , will be one of the features at the Sacramento Poetry Center's reading in celebration of Women's History Month. Shevonna has been a creative writer/poet since the age of 8. She watched the 1990's movie about spoken word poetry called "Love Jones" and was inspired to start her own open mic at Touch a' Class nightclub in Sacramento in the late 1990's. Her motto is "Say What You Feel and Feel What You Say!". In this great line-up, the other features are as follows: JoAnn Anglin grew up in South Sacramento, attended local schools, then worked for the State of California, writing copy for exhibits, newsletters and brochures. JoAnn has written poetry her whole life, and she has also written numerous articles on the arts and poetry. JoAnn coaches students in the national Poetry Out Loud program, and when she works wi...