August’s Open Poetry Reading TOMORROW Saturday 8/15 at 10:30am Pacific
An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula) (ca. 1580) by El Greco Open Mike Saturday 8/15 (TOMORROW) at 10:30am on...
June’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 7/18 at 10:30am Pacific
Cloud Study by John Constable Open Mike Saturday 7/18 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading every third Saturday at...
June’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 6/20 at 10:30am Pacific
Henri Rousseau's The Sleeping Gypsy (La Bohémienne endormie) (1897) Open Mike Saturday 6/20 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry...
May’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 5/16 at 10:30am Pacific
Blue and pink ellipse with squares on brown and blue background (1918) vintage illustration by Vilhelm Lundstrom. Open Mike Saturday 5/16 at 10:30am on...
April’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 4/18 at 10:30am Pacific
Spaceship Earth: Original public domain image from NASA. Open Mike Saturday 4/18 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading...
March’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 3/21 at 10:30am Pacific
The Pink Cloud (ca. 1896) painting by Henri-Edmond Cross. Open Mike Saturday 3/21 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading...
Write poems with me Saturday 3/7 at the Beacon Art Show
"Hosting an Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop based on award-winning art this Saturday at 10am!"
February's Open Poetry Reading Saturday 2/21 at 10:30am Pacific
Odilon Redon (1840-1916). "Etude de fleurs". Open Mike Saturday 2/21 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join your host Misty Wycoff for an open mike poetry...
January’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 12/20 at 10:30am Pacific
Young woman with wavy hair in front of a sea with ships (1900) by Jan Toorop. Open Mike Saturday 1/17 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open...
December’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 12/20 at 10:30am Pacific
Violet (1923) by Wassily Kandinsky Open Mike Saturday 12/20 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading every third Saturday at...
November’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 11/15 at 10:30am Pacific
Enough! digital painting and lettering by Benjamin Daniel Lawless Open Mike Saturday 11/15 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry...
🚷 October’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 10/18 at 10:30am Pacific
Portrait of an unknown woman (Portret van een onbekende vrouw) (1913) print by Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita Open Mike Saturday 10/18 at 10:30am on Google Meet...
🏞️ September’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 9/20 at 10:30am Pacific
Painting from the Art Institute of Chicago on Unsplash Open Mike Saturday 9/20 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading every...
🐦⬛ August’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 8/16 at 10:30am Pacific
Flying magpies, illustration from Seitei Kacho Gafu (1890–1891) by Wantanabe Seitei, a prominent Kacho-ga artist. Open Mike Saturday 8/16 at 10:30am on...
🎏 July’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 7/19 at 10:30am Pacific
Fish by Kōno Bairei (1844-1895). Open Mike Saturday 7/19 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading every third Saturday at...
🌻 June’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 6/21 at 10:30am Pacific
Coriacea from The Ivy, a Monograph (1872). Open Mike Saturday 6/21 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading every third...
🌡️ May’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 5/17 at 10:30am Pacific
Thermometer (1930), illustration by Mikulas Galanda. Open Mike Saturday 5/17 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me for an open mike poetry reading every...
☮️ April’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 4/19 at 10:30am Pacific
Photo of Waves in Huntington beach, California by Rawpixel. Caption by Benjamin Daniel Lawless. Open Mike Saturday 4/19 at 10:30am on Google Meet Happy...
☮️ March’s Open Poetry Reading Saturday 2/15 at 10:30am Pacific
Sarah by Flo Bartell. Encaustic with mixed media. Winner Best in Show, 2025 Beacon Art Show Open Mike Saturday 3/15 at 10:30am on Google Meet Please join me...
Submit poems for the Beacon Poetry Workshop by Noon Monday
Beacon Art Show Poetry Submission and Performance Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop: In person today, from 10am-12pm Pacific, or anytime by viewing the gallery...