• Source: Kathleen Herrmann

      • Kathleen Herrmann is an American poet. She serves concurrently with Jacalyn Eyvonne as poet laureate of Vallejo, California.


      Writing


      Kathleen Herrmann's poetry has been published in anthologies in Africa, Australia, and North America, and in the Benicia Herald newspaper. She has received awards in poetry from the Solano County Fair and Ina Coolbrith Poetry Circle. Herrmann performed for the Flyway Festival, Vallejo Poetry Festival, Napa Valley Writers Club, Alameda Island Poets, the American Association of University Women, Benicia First Tuesday Poets, Poetry by the Bay, and KZCT. Herrmann serves concurrently with Jacalyn Eyvonne as poet laureate of Vallejo, California. Since being appointed Vallejo's poet laureate, Herrmann has performed at the Mad Hatter Holiday Festival, a Martin Luther King Day event, a Black History Month event, Fiestas Primavera in Benicia, Art Walk, Alibi Bookshop, the Earth Daze Festival, a climate change themed art exhibit at Vallejo Art Lofts Gallery, on the Vallejo waterfront, and the Solano County Fair. Eyvonne and Herrmann hosted an event at the Empress Theater encouraging voting.
      Like their predecessors, Herrmann and Eyvonne hosted the Poetry in Notion poetry circle at the John F. Kennedy Library in Vallejo. Founded in 2015 by Genea Brice Poetry in Notion's in-person meetings were cancelled in 2020 due to restrictions on public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two also launched a new poetry open mic series called Tea House Poetry. The co-poets laureate plan to create a youth anthology in cooperation with the Vallejo Unified School District. They held events for youth including a chalk art festival and literacy awareness night. Herrmann is a retired teacher with an M.A. in Teaching Leadership from St. Mary's College of California and a B.A. in English Literature from University of California Berkeley. Herrmann is also a singer, pianist, guitarist, and ukulele player.


      Works




      = Poems

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      Herrmann, Kathleen, "A Perfect Day" Benicia Herald, April 22, 2020
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Day 47" Benicia Herald, May 17, 2020
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Say Her Name" Benicia Herald, July 24, 2020
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Icarus In The 21st Century" Benicia Herald, September 6, 2020
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Spellbound" Benicia Herald, September 25, 2020
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Freefall" Benicia Herald, October 28, 2020
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "High Hopes" Benicia Herald, January 15, 2021
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Say it LOUD" Benicia Herald, April 28, 2021
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Unwanted" Benicia Herald, September 22, 2021
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "High Hopes Revisited January 6, 2022" Benicia Herald, January 14, 2022
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "The Day I Met Homer Smith at the Movies" Benicia Herald, February 16, 2022
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Believe" Benicia Herald, March 9, 2022
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Amelia’s Song" Benicia Herald, May 1, 2022
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "A Woman's Work" Work & The Anthropocene, Ice Floe Press, September 2, 2022
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "The Day Lahaina Burned" Benicia Herald, September 6, 2023
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Resolve" Benicia Herald, January 12, 2024
      Herrmann, Kathleen, “Elmira” Benicia Herald, February 25, 2024
      Herrmann, Kathleen, "Say it LOUD" Vallejo Weekly, Vol. 12, No. 10, March 8, 2024
      Herrmann, Kathleen, “Polar Wolf” Benicia Herald, April 5, 2024
      Herrmann, Kathleen, “Planet vs. Plastics” Benicia Herald, April 28, 2024


      = Anthologies

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      Musings During A Time of Pandemic Kistrech Poetry Festival. 2020. ISBN 9789966955951
      Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité Moonstone Press. 2021. ISBN 9781954499201
      I Can’t Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice Kistrech Poetry Festival. 2021. ISBN 9789914988505
      Friendship: Lifespan Vol. 3 Pure Slush Books. 2021. ISBN 9781922427243
      Third Harvest: Napa Valley Writers Club 2021 Gnarly Vine Press. 2021. ISBN 9780998510835
      Yearning to Breathe Free: A Community Journal of 2020 Benicia Literary Arts. 2022. ISBN 9781735499925
      Post-Roe Alternatives: Fighting Back B Cubed Press. 2022. ISBN 9781949476316
      Support Ukraine Moonstone Press. 2022. ISBN 9781954499690
      Nooks and Crannies Benicia Literary Arts. 2022. ISBN 9781735499918
      Coming Out of Isolation Kistrech Poetry Festival. 2022. ISBN 9783947911738
      Opus IV: Napa Valley Writers Club 2023 Gnarly Vine Press. 2023. ISBN 9780998510828
      Loss: Lifespan, Vol. 9 Pure Slush Books. 2024. ISBN 9781922427366
      Unsettled Benicia Literary Arts. 2024. ISBN 9781735499963
      All About Animals Poetic Edge Publishers. 2024. ISBN 9781917408011


      See also



      Genea Brice
      D. L. Lang
      Jeremy Snyder
      List of municipal poets laureate in California


      References

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