Njengoko isikolo sinyukela ekwindla, kunokuba luncedo ukongeza izicwangciso zezifundo ezitsha ezimbalwa kwikhithi yezixhobo zakho.  Sijoyine kwiNtlanganiso yeSidlo sasemini seCalPoets yesi-2 ngoLwesibini.  Ngomhla we-14 kuSeptemba siza kuva ngeembongi-ooTitshala abathathu abaza kunika iintetho ezimfutshane (imizuzu engama-20) zezifundo zesihobe ezisebenza kakuhle nolutsha lwe-K-12. 

Ngokukodwa, siya kuva kumalungu eNethiwekhi yeCalPoets:  UBrennan DeFrisco (uMququzeleli weNdawo, iContra Costa), uTama Brisbane (uMququzeleli weNdawo, iSan Joaquin) kunye neTerri Glass (uMququzeleli wendawo, iMarin).

UBrennan DeFrisco yimbongi, umfundisi-ntsapho, umhleli kunye nesiselo sekofu kwiNdawo yaseSan Francisco Bay. Uye waba ngumgqibeli weSizwe weMibongo yeSlam, umtyunjwa weBhaso lePushcart, iNtshatsheli yeGrand Slam ka-2017 ye-Oakland Poetry Slam, kunye nomnxibelelanisi wendawo yeCal Poets kwiContra Costa County. Ungumbhali we Intliziyo Engenazo Izikrweqe (Nomadic Press) kwaye usebenze njengomhleli wemibongo kwiimastheads zeTikiti leSidlo sasemini kunye neMeow Meow Pow Pow . UBrennan uququzelela iindibano zocweyo zokubhala kunye nokusebenza njengegcisa lokufundisa ezikolweni, kumaziko olutsha, kunye neenkqubo ezahlukeneyo zemfundo yobugcisa. Umsebenzi wakhe uye wapapashwa kuwo Amagama Umdaniso , I-Red Wheelbarrow, Drunk in a Midnight Choir , Collective Unrest , & kwenye indawo. Uphethe iMFA kwiCreative Writing evela kwiYunivesithi yaseAntiyokwe eLos Angeles.

UTama L. Brisbane  sisiXeko saseStockton sembongi eWongwe ngembasa. Ngoku esebenza ixesha lakhe lesine eliyimbali, uthe thaca ngaphezulu kwamaxesha angama-200, kubandakanywa nokumiselwa kukaMichael Tubbs, uSodolophu wokuqala omnyama wesixeko. Iprojekthi yakhe yokuqala ye-Poet Laureate yayikukunceda ukwenza i-Stockton's 2015 ibuyele kwisiXeko sase-All-American ngelizwi eliqhekezayo, lemizuzu eli-10 elithethiweyo leqela elidibanisa amazwi alishumi elinesibini kuMjikelo weSizwe eDenver. Ukulandela ukubonakala kwakhe ngo-2017 njengembongi yeeNdwendwe eMartin Luther King, Jr. Centre nakwi-Ebenezer Baptist Church e-Atlanta, uMartin Luther King III wamxelela, "Amazwi akho abalulekile."  UnguMlawuli oLawulayo weNgamazwi ethu,  a 12-ixesha ulutsha imibongo umqeqeshi slam, kunye Umnxibelelanisi County for California Iimbongi eZikolweni, enye yeenkqubo zokuhlala yokubhala inkulu kwisizwe. 

“UMama T” ukwangu: ophumelele iMbasa kaSusan B. Anthony kuBugcisa boBugcisa, iDyunivesithi yasePasifiki yoMfazi oDistinction, uMfazi oMnyama oQuquzelelweyo kwiNtshukumo yezoPolitiko eHonoree, iKomishini yobuGcisa yaseStockton ophumelele iMbasa yeComet, iCalifornia Vision 2020 Ambassador, kunye nelungu le-charter yeBrave New Voices National Network. Usebenza kwiibhodi zeTuleburg Press, Flourishing Families Inc., Central Valley Neighborhood Harvest kunye neStocktonia News Group. Umsebenzi wakhe ongadinwayo egameni leStockton kunye namazwi aseCentral Valley, ngakumbi amazwi amancinci ombala, uye wamkelwa zizo zombini izindlu zeNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseCalifornia kunye nezindlu zombini zeNkongolo yase-United States. 

UTerri Glass ngumbhali wemibongo, isincoko kunye nehaiku. Ufundise ngokubanzi kwindawo yaseBay kwimbongi yaseCalifornia kwiZikolo iminyaka engama-30 kwaye wasebenza njengeyabo  UMlawuli weNkqubo ukusuka ku-2008-2011. Ungumbhali wencwadi yemibongo yendalo, Ingoma kaEwe, incwadi yehaiku, Iintaka, iinyosi, iMithi, Uthando, uHee Hee ukusuka kwiFinishing Line Press, incwadi ye-e-ncwadi, Ihashe lasendle laseHaiku: Ubuhle kwi- Ukutshintsha iFomu , ekhoyo kwiAmazon, kunye nencwadi yemibongo, Ukuba sisilwanyane kwiiNcwadi zeKelsay.  Umsebenzi wakhe uvele kuPhononongo lweLitera lwe-Young Raven, uMlambo weSine, malunga neNdawo, iCalifornia Quarterly kunye nee-anthologies ezininzi ezibandakanya.  UMlilo neMvula; I-Ecopoetry yaseCalifornia,  kwaye  Iintsikelelo Zomhlaba .  Yena  Kananjalo inesikhokelo sesicwangciso sesifundo esibizwa ngokuba  Ulwimi Lwentliziyo Evukileyo  ekhoyo kwiwebhusayithi yakhe, www.terriglass.com .  Uyaqhubeka nokujonga inkqubo yeMarin yeCALPOETS kwaye ufundisa eMarin  kunye neengingqi zaseDel Norte.