An event you invented as Benicia’s first poet laureate, the poets’ picnic was held without you, only three days after you joined the realm that Benicia’s second laureate, Bob Shelby, beat you to by a fast five months. Benicia’s sixth laureate read a poem to the picnic-goers she posted online, a tribute to you and […]
Poetry Corner: Sherry Sheehan “Depot Delights”
Brush in hand, leaning over her just begun depot painting, Samantha McNally is on Saturday duty at the table by the entry when I walk into the Benicia Plein Air Gallery. Suddenly I remember that the depot sells See’s, so I walk down First towards the water, admiring Benicia’s sturdy palms on the west side […]