In honor of National Poetry Month, our inaugural City Poet Steven Reigns has organized this Poetry Banner Program to bring poetry into the streets of West Hollywood. During the entire month of April you can see these banners on display along Santa Monica Boulevard. For more information on each of the poets please click on the informational links after each poets' names.

The City of West Hollywood created the new City Poet program in 2014, and Steven Reigns was inaugurated into the postion in October 2014.

West Hollywood Poetry Banner Poets

Rafael Campo, http://www.rafaelcampo.com/,  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/rafael-campo,

Marilyn Chin, http://www.marilynchin.org/, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/marilyn-chin,

Cheryl Clarke,  http://www.cherylclarkepoet.com/,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Clarke

Toi Derricotte, http://toiderricotte.com , http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/toi-derricotte

Mark Doty.  http://www.markdoty.org/,   http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/mark-doty

Rita Dove, http://people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b/,   http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/rita-dove

Teka-Lark Fleming,  http://www.culturalweekly.com/author/teka/,  http://www.labeez.org/articles/authors/teka-lark-fleming/

Amy Gerstler, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/amy-gerstler, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Gerstler

Eloise Klein Healy, http://www.eloisekleinhealy.com/,   http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/eloise-klein-healy

Marie Howe, http://www.mariehowe.com/,  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/marie-howe, 

Collin Kelley, http://collinkelley.blogspot.com/,  https://twitter.com/collinkelley,

Dorianne Laux, http://doriannelaux.net/,  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/dorianne-laux, 

Michael Klein, http://www.hauntedimportantly.com/,  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/michael-klein  

WS Merwin, http://www.merwinconservancy.org/about-w-s-merwin/,  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/w-s-merwin

Sharon Olds,  http://www.sharonolds.net/, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sharon-olds,  

Minnie Bruc Pratt, http://www.mbpratt.org/, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/minnie-bruce-pratt

Steven Reigns, http://www.stevenreigns.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Reigns

Luis Rodriguez, http://www.luisjrodriguez.com  

Mike Sonksen, http://mikethepoetla.tumblr.com/, http://aliveinlosangeles.com/

David Trinidad, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/david-trinidad

Quincy Troupe, http://www.quincytroupe.com/, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/quincy-troupe

Terry Wolverton, http://www.terrywolverton.com, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/terry-wolverton