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Delores Fisher: Quick Update and Hello for April 2026 Poetry Month in the United States

Hello everyone. It has been a really busy global roller coaster rocket spin year!!!!

Just a few updates for us to chat about since the last post.

 

     

 Delores Fisher Blogger, Poet, Musician  

Flashback Time: Gathering of national and international poets at the San Diego Valencia Park Malcolm X Library:

              BACK ROW: Alfred Williams, Michael Turner-Ortega,  Delores Fisher, 

                MID ROW: Joe Milosch, Chris Vannoy, Pilar Rodriguez Aranda, 

                         FRONT ROW: Reg. E. Gaines 

Update 2026: Still performing from time to time with the above poets.

Currently however, I am performing with various reader's theater groups. Last month, I was on stage with a new semi-theatrical troupe on March 18th  at the San Diego Malcolm X Library and  we'll hopefully continue as the year opens into a possible regional touring reader's theater group. We are coached by Pamela Britain, a performer and member of the San Diego branch of the national literary organization Write Out Loud.  https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/readers-theatre-write-out-loud-520163

          

         Director Pamela Britain, Reader/Performers Delores,  Alan,  Donita  

Although we read a few prose selections, our focus for this initial performance was Poetry! We had fun sharing various well known poets' work with a small, but attentive audience. Pamela's direction during rehearsals is a guidepost that helps our onstage rhythmic continuity as we move through various atmospheres and moods in our interpretations. 


                                     

                The Performers after rehearsal : Delores,  Allan,  Donita

                                      

 The Valencia Park/ Malcolm X Branch Library Group hopefully photos and reviews to come.

Now, In Memoriam:  San Diego lost area linked poets in 2025:

Fanny Howe--essayist and poet, (thank you Night Boat Books) died in also a professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/fanny-howe 

 

Jim Hornsby Moreno-Poet and activist, educator, mentor

 https://lomabeat.com/a-tribute-and-reading-for-san-diego-poet-jim-moreno/

 

Viet Ma-Poet, educator

 https://youtu.be/0BkRDDOHQsA?si=5_-uLLRE743ELILV

 

Among various April celebrations,  April is poetry month  . . .celebrate your favorite poet(s). 

Read their works silently or out loud. 

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 Delores Fisher

 

Whether you listen to a beginning or a seasoned poet, encourage and show appreciation.

As we said in 1960s in our African American community:

"Give them their flowers while they yet live!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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