Category: CupPL Event

Silicon Valley Reads Poetry Contest

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The Cupertino Courier published a nice story announcing the Silicon Valley Reads Poetry Contest.

Here’s an excerpt:

This will be the sixth year Cupertino will have an essay contest, and the first with a poetry contest for cash prizes. The essay contest is open to Cupertino adults and teens in grades 9-12, and focuses on responses to a question based off the two featured books from the 2014 Silicon Valley Reads program. This year’s selections are “The Shallows: What is the Internet Doing to our Brains” by Nicholas Carr, and “Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore” by Robin Sloan.

This year’s essay contest question asks “Is technology changing the way you read and access information? Is this bad or good?”

Cash prizes will be awarded by the Cupertino Library Foundation in all age categories, with the grand prize for the essay contest being $500 for the top teen and adult; $300 each for the second prize adult and teen. For the poetry contest, there is a cash award of $350 each for the top adult, teen and middle-school entrant. Second prize is $200 each for an adult, teen and middle-school ages.

Nice Article About Welcome Ceremony

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Thanks to Crystal Tai for this nice write up about the Welcome Ceremony in Cupertino Patch. Several fun photos of me, David Denny, and the mayor.

You can read about Dave Denny’s first poetry reading, October 2011, when he was Cupertino’s Poet Laureate, in another Patch article with even more photos. There’s a lot of nice history of the CupPL project in Cupertino Patch.

Magnetic Poetry

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Magnetic Poetry

I brought magnetic poetry boards and words to the Welcome Ceremony to see if the audience would engage in word play. It worked! This photo also shows the fun someone had with Haikubes.

Cupertino Poet Laureate Welcome Ceremony

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Cupertino Poet Laureate Welcome Ceremony

Last Sunday, November 10, 2013, I was feted, celebrated, honored, embarrassed, surprised, crowned, and genuinely moved by the welcome ceremony the city held in my honor. Here are some photos of the event. (I’m still getting used to this blog format, so pardon me if my posts are bumpy for a while.) This is me, with my gorgeous laurel wreath, courtesy of Anne and Ron Miller, and Erica Goss, current Poet Laureate of Los Gatos.