Sacramento is home to an evolving poetry community, one that has been emerging over decades from the quiet corners of the city’s cafes to now occupy public street corners and established venues.

With an entire week now dedicated to poetry in Sacramento each October, it’s no surprise that the heartbeat of the city is a community of word-slingers and literary artists, with multiple spaces furthering the art, including the long-standing Sacramento Poetry Center and Mahogany Urban Poetry Series. Newer spaces like Out the Way on J, Tea & Poetry Open Mic, and Sac Poets flesh out the scene, with opportunities to share and experience poetry in community.

Sacramento wasn’t always the hub of literary creativity it is now. Recent Sacramento Poet Laureate Andru Defeye, who brought the inaugural Sacr

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