Elizabeth Foster
Nika Grajqevci
Juno Phipps

w/ Event Presenter Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş

Join us from 12 noon-12:45 pm on Sunday, September 20, at Keller Street CoWork (140 Keller St) to hear three youth poets: Elizabeth Foster, Nika Grajqevci, and Juno Phipps. Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes, director of Marin County's first Youth Poet Laureate Program, will introduce the poets.

The Petaluma Poetry Walk returns to downtown Petaluma from 11 am to 7 pm, Sunday, September 20, 2026, celebrating its 29th year bringing live poetry readings to the heart of downtown Petaluma.

Founded by the late poet Geri Digiorno in 1996, the free, day-long event features over two dozen regionally and nationally recognized poets. Among them are: Maw Shein Win, the Berkeley Poetry Festival's 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner; Claire Drucker, our new Sonoma County Poet Laureate; and Cintia Santana, winner of the Northern California Book Award in Poetry.

Poets' books will be available for purchase at Copperfield's Books in September.

Go to petalumapoetrywalk.org for the full day's schedule of 24 poets and eight venues.