This poem was written for my husband. I first read it at the September 17, 2013 Cupertino City Council meeting when I was officially appointed to the post of Cupertino’s second Poet Laureate. This is how it appeared on the back page of the program to my “Welcome Ceremony” on November 10, 2013.
Welcome Ceremony Write Up in Penninsula Press
The Peninsula Press, an online project of the Stanford graduate program in journalism, follows events in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. I had the good fortune to meet the writer with the Cupertino “beat” at my welcome ceremony, November 10. Kasia Grobelny wrote a lovely article and took some great photos. Enjoy them at this link.
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.
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.
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.
Cupertino Poet Laureate 