Poetic Tuesdays at Jessie Square | SoMa

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SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025

The 2025 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival hosts a full lineup of free outdoor music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. The Festival opens on Saturday, May 10, 2025 with La Santa Cecilia to kick off its 25th Anniversary Season.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Poetic Tuesday | SF’s Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2025

Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation. Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.

• Oscar Bermeo was born in Ecuador, raised in the Bronx, and lives in Oakland. He is the author of four poetry chapbooks including To the Break of Dawn. www.oscarbermeo.com
• John W. Evans is the author of two books, Young Widower: A Memoir (U. of Nebraska Press, 2014) and The Consolations: Poems (Trio House Press, 2014). He teaches creative writing at Stanford University.
• Katie Peterson is the author of three collections of poetry, This One Tree (New Issues, 2006), Permission (New Issues, 2013) and The Accounts (University of Chicago 2013). She was born in California and just moved back in June.
• Nikki Thompson is a poet, book artist (a.k.a Deconstructed Artichoke Press), and happily failed architect. She earned her MFA in creative writing from California College of the Arts in 2002. Her work has appeared in Palimpsest, Mason’s Road, and Cobalt Review.
• Singer-songwriter Kate Gaffney honed her skills in Philadelphia, toured from coast to coast, and laid roots in Northern California. She released “The Coachman” in 2008, and has performed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, High Sierra Music Festival, and Philadelphia Folk Festival.

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