Did you know San Francisco had a Poet Laureate? You should. SFist has mentioned her before. Our Laureate, Diane DiPrima, is in charge of putting the spirit of our fair city into iambic pentameter (or free verse, sonnets, odes...it's up to her)... more ›

San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane DiPrima -- who is co-hosting the San Francisco International Poetry Festival that kicks off tonight with a party on Jack Kerouac Alley in North Beach -- provides us with our afternoon palate cleanser today. This is a bit of film taken of her reading at the Naropa Institute back in the late 70s/early80s, from a poem she wrote for her grandfather. more ›

Although we can hardly see our computer screen through the hurricane of tears pouring from our eyes, we present to you the following poem of pain for Tatiana the tiger, penned by SFist poet laureate Ginadee62 in response to "Tatiana the Tiger's Official MySpace Memorial Page." This reader easily wins the award for Comment of the Week. more ›