Kulembetsa maikolofoni yotseguka ndikofunikira!  Kulembetsa kuti muwerenge ndikoyamba kubwera, kuperekedwa koyamba. Mutha kudziwonjezera pamzere wa owerenga mukalembetsa (pansipa). 

Chonde lowani nawo Alakatuli aku California ku Sukulu kuti mutsegule mic nthawi ya 7pm, Lamlungu, Disembala 12.  Tidzachita chikondwerero ndi kumva ndakatulo kuchokera kwa Ella Wen - Wolemba ndakatulo Wachinyamata yemwe wasankhidwa kumene ku Sonoma County ndi Kirsten Casey - Wolemba ndakatulo Laureate wa Nevada County.  Angelina Leaños, Wolemba ndakatulo Wachinyamata wa Ventura County, adzalandira. 

Mwambowu ndi gawo limodzi la magawo atatu a zochitika zapa mic zomwe zimapangidwira kulimbikitsa anthu pakati pa maukonde athu, ndikuwunikira olemba ndakatulo athu opambana.  Chochitika chilichonse chidzawonetsa ndakatulo m'modzi kapena awiri kuchokera pa netiweki ya CalPoets monga owerenga, komanso emcee (komanso kuchokera pa netiweki). Pa 12, owerenga athu omwe adawonetsedwa adzayambitsa mwambowu ndikuwerenga kwa mphindi 15 (iliyonse) kenako tidzasintha kukhala maikolofoni yotseguka. 

• achinyamata 14+ & akuluakulu amalandiridwa
• lembetsani pa intaneti & ulalo wojowina udzatumizidwa mwambowu usanachitike
• chochitika chidzachitika pa Zoom
• chochitika sichidzawonetsedwa
• padzakhala nthawi 20 owerenga mic otsegula, kupereka kapena kutenga
• wowerenga aliyense adzakhala ndi mphindi 3 (ish) kuti awerenge kapena kuchita
• owerenga mipata amabwera koyamba, anatumikira koyamba... Ngati mukufuna kuwerenga, chonde onani mu kalembera fomu.
• zikomo pobweretsa ndakatulo zoyenera anthu azaka zonse 14+

Emcee:

Angelina Leaños ndi wophunzira ku California Lutheran University ndi chiyembekezo chodzakhala wolemba wofalitsidwa, komanso mphunzitsi wa Chingerezi. Kusukulu ya sekondale, adapambana mpikisano wa Poetry Out Loud kusukulu ndi kuchigawo chachigawo ndipo wabwereranso ngati mphunzitsi kwa ophunzira ena. Leaños wakhala ndi ndakatulo zingapo zosindikizidwa ndikukonza ndakatulo yotsegulira mwezi ndi mwezi ndi Ventura County Arts Council mogwirizana ndi laibulale yapagulu ya Oxnard.  Ndi membala watsopano wa board ku California Poets in the Schools komanso Mpikisano Wachinyamata Wachinyamata waku Ventura County.

Owerenga Omwe Alipo: 

Ella Wen ndi wophunzira wachiwiri ku Maria Carilla High School ku Sonoma County.  Monyadira amachokera ku chikhalidwe cholemera cha Chitchaina komanso banja lolumikizana mwamphamvu la ana anayi.  Anali ngwazi ya Sonoma County Poetry Out Loud mu 2021.   Adasindikizidwa ku Whoa Nelly Press ndipo anali semifinalist mu 2021 Bay Area Ross Mckee Piano Competition.  Cholinga chachikulu cha Ella ndikudziwitsa anthu komanso malingaliro atsopano kudzera m'mawu olembedwa.

Kirsten Casey  ndi wolemba ndakatulo waposachedwa wa Nevada County, komanso wolemba ndakatulo wokangalika waku California ku Sukulu. Ndakatulo zake, Ex Vivo: Out of the Living Body, lofalitsidwa ndi Hip Pocket Press mu 2012, lidauziridwa ndi nkhani zodabwitsa, mawu odabwitsa, komanso zinsinsi za thupi la munthu. Bukhu lake lachiwiri la ndakatulo, (lomwe lili ndi mutu wogwira ntchito Instantaneous Obsolescence,) limayang'ana mbiri yakale komanso zolemba zomwe zikulimbana ndi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti. Mu 2019, adaphunzitsa maphunziro akusukulu yasekondale ngati gawo la chiyanjano cha Academy of American Poets Laureate choperekedwa kwa Molly Fisk, kuti atsogolere ndakatulo ya ndakatulo, California Fire & Water, yomwe imayankha zovuta zanyengo ku California. Iye anali mkonzi wina wa bukhuli, lomwe lili ndi imodzi mwa ndakatulo zake. Pakadali pano, ndi mkonzi wothandizira wa bukhu la Small, Bright Things, mndandanda wa nkhani zamawu 100 zolembedwa ndi achinyamata, ndi wolemba komanso mkonzi wakomweko, Kim Culbertson. Monga wopambana, akulemba ndakatulo zokondwerera malo am'deralo, anthu ndi zochitika. Komanso, akupanga zokambirana za anthu kuti alimbikitse ndakatulo komanso kuti ntchito yopangidwayo ikhale yosavuta. Akhala mumzinda wa Nevada kwa zaka 28 ndi mwamuna wake, ndipo ali ndi ana atatu azaka makumi awiri, omwe amamuthandiza moleza mtima ndi luso lamakono.