Ukubhalisela imakrofoni evuliweyo kuyafuneka!  Ukubhalisela ukufunda kuyafika kuqala, kunikezelwe kuqala. Ungazongeza ngokwakho kumgca womfundi xa ubhalisa (ngezantsi). 

Nceda ujoyine iimbongi zaseCalifornia kwiZikolo zoluntu oluvula imakrofoni ngo-7pm, ngeCawa, nge-12 kaDisemba.  Siza kubhiyozela kwaye sive imibongo evela ku-Ella Wen - imbongi yoLutsha eLaureate yaseSonoma County kunye noKirsten Casey - imbongi eLaureate yaseNevada County.  U-Angelina Leaños, uMbongi woLutsha oLaureate waseVentura County, uya ku-emcee. 

Lo mnyhadala uyinxalenye yoluhlu lwekota lwemisitho evulelekileyo yemakrofoni eyenzelwe ukukhuthaza uluntu phakathi kothungelwano lwethu, kunye nokuqaqambisa iimbongi zethu ezintle.  Umnyhadala ngamnye uya kujongisa imbongi enye okanye ezimbini ezivela kuthungelwano lweCalPoets njengabafundi abafakiweyo, kunye ne-emcee (ekwavela kuthungelwano). Ngomhla we-12, abafundi bethu ababonisiweyo baya kuphehlelela umsitho ngokufunda imizuzu eli-15 (nganye) kwaye emva koko siya kutshintshela kwi-mic evulekileyo. 

• ulutsha 14+ & abadala bamkelekile
• bhalisa kwi-intanethi kwaye ujoyine ikhonkco liya kuthunyelwa ngaphambi komsitho
• isiganeko sizakwenzeka kwiZoom
• isiganeko asizukusasazwa ngqo
• kuya kubakho ixesha labafundi bemakrofoni abavulekileyo abangama-20, nika okanye uthathe
• umfundi ngamnye uya kuba 3(ish) imizuzu ukufunda okanye ukwenza
• iindawo zokubeka umfundi ziza kuqala, zanikwa kuqala ... Ukuba unomdla wokufunda, nceda uqaphele kwifom yobhaliso.
• enkosi ngokuzisa imibongo elungele yonke iminyaka eyi-14+

Emcee:

U-Angelina Leaños ungumfundi kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia Lutheran enethemba lokuba ngumbhali opapashiweyo, kunye notitshala wesiNgesi. Kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, uphumelele ukhuphiswano lwePoetry Out Loud kwisikolo nakwinqanaba ledolophu kwaye sele ebuyile njengomqeqeshi kwabanye abathathi-nxaxheba. ULeaños unemibongo eliqela epapashiweyo kwaye uququzelela umbongo ovulekileyo wenyanga neVentura County Arts Council ngokubambisana nethala leencwadi likawonke-wonke laseOxnard.  Ulelona lungu litsha lebhodi kwiimbongi zaseCalifornia kwiZikolo kunye nembongi yoLutsha eLaureate yangoku yaseVentura County.

Abafundi abakhoyo: 

UElla Wen ngumfundi wesibini ofunda kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iMaria Carilla kwiNqila yaseSonoma.  Ngokuzingca uphuma kwimvelaphi etyebileyo yenkcubeko yamaTshayina kunye nosapho oluhlangeneyo olunamalungu amane.  Wayeyintshatsheli yeSonoma County Poetry Out Loud ngo-2021.   Upapashiwe eWhoa Nelly Press kwaye wayengumdlali owandulela owamanqam kuKhuphiswano lwePiano lweBay ka-2021.  Owona mnqweno mkhulu ka-Ella kukudlulisa ulwazi loluntu kunye neembono ezintsha ngelizwi elibhaliweyo.

Kirsten Casey  yimbongi yangoku yeNevada County, kunye nembongi esebenzayo yaseCalifornia eZikolweni. Ingqokelela yakhe yemibongo, Ex Vivo: Out of the Living Body, eyapapashwa nguHip Pocket Press ngo-2012, iphefumlelwe ngamabali angaqhelekanga, amagama amangalisayo, kunye neemfihlakalo zomzimba womntu. Incwadi yakhe yesibini yemibongo, (enesihloko esisebenzayo sokuGqibela ngokukhawuleza,) iphonononga abalinganiswa bembali kunye nababhali abazamana nemidiya yoluntu. Ngo-2019, wafundisa iindibano zocweyo zamabanga aphakamileyo njengenxalenye yeAkhademi ye-American Poets Laureate yobudlelwane eyanikwa uMolly Fisk, ukuququzelela i-anthology yemibongo, iCalifornia Fire & Water, ephendula ingxaki yemozulu yaseCalifornia. Wayengumdidiyeli wencwadi, equka omnye wemibongo yakhe. Okwangoku, ungumhleli onxibeleleneyo wencwadi ethi, Izinto Ezincinci, Eziqaqambileyo, ingqokelela yamabali anamagama ali-100 lulutsha, kunye nombhali kunye nomhleli wasekhaya, uKim Culbertson. Njengowongwe, ubhala imibongo ebhiyozela iindawo zembali yalapha, abantu kunye neziganeko. Kananjalo, ubambe iindibano zocweyo zoluntu ukukhuthaza imibongo nokwenza inkqubo yokuyilwa kwayo ifikeleleke ngakumbi. Uhleli kwisiXeko saseNevada iminyaka engama-28 nomyeni wakhe, kwaye unabantwana abathathu abakwiminyaka yabo yamashumi amabini, abamncedisa ngomonde ngobuchwephesha.