Photos of the Storefront Galleries in July and August, 2008. This project is a collaboration among the Public Arts Program of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Santa Cruz, the County of Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency and Poetry Santa Cruz.  Photos courtesy of Pam O’Shaughnessy.

Poems by Ellen Bass and Dan Gerber next to the Del Mar Theatre on Pacific Avenue.

Poems by Taha Muhammad Ali and Yehudi Amichai at 603 Front Street at Soquel Avenue

Poems by Joseph Stroud and Gary Young at 603 Front Street

Poetry Santa Cruz events are funded, in part, by a grant from The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County.

Poetry Santa Cruz also is sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc., the William James Association, Bookshop Santa Cruz, the Museum of Art & History, the National Writers Union Local 7, KUSP, Capitola Book Café, Cabrillo College and The Attic.  Membership premiums have been donated by Graywolf Press, the University of Pittsburgh Press, Robert Sward, Coffee House Press and Farrar, Straus and Giroux.