Poetry

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This Nothing To Say

Discovering the nature of being in Gaultieri’s poetry

How Modern Tools Like Google Translate Succeed or Fail

You need more than AI to translate a poem

The Poem Gets Written

A few words from Mary Oliver

Like Ghosts

Our minds wane with these ancient names

Spring Burials

I chased my children in a game of tag

Smoke Break

A smile crept like keratin over the rupture

News

Summer Poetry Reading

Join us this summer for our online poetry reading series. We’ll gather on Zoom for about an hour.

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Books

Poems of the Oakland Writer’s Nest

This anthology contains original poetry by members of the Oakland Writer’s Nest. You’ll find poems about female scorpions, ichthyosaurus skeletons, and feathered dolphins. You’ll learn how it feels to get drunk in high school, to be hit by a car while riding a motorcycle, and survive an earthquake.

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