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Poetry on the Patio

Upcoming Events

All events currently planned are virtual. Please email for the Zoom information or check Chera's Facebook page. 

March 23, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern: Author talk with Melanie Finn and Chera Hammons, hosted by Bear Pond Books and the
Kellogg-Hubbard Library. More information here.

April 10, 2021: Visiting speaker at Women Who Submit

April 17, 2021: Texas Institute of Letters virtual event (details TBD)

If you would like to contact Chera to set up an event, please email.



Past Events

Visiting alumna reading and "Red Wheelbarrow: Writing Detail" workshop: Goddard College: January 10-11, 2021

Poetry and prose reading and "Poetic Prose" workshop: Cochise Creative Writing Celebration: August 21st, 2020

Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom book launch: Burrowing Owl Books and Torrey House Press: August 18th, 2020


Book signings (novel and poetry collection) and offsite Sundress Publications reading, AWP: March 4-7, 2020, San Antonio, TX

"Announcing Your Place in the Family of Things" Workshop, West Texas Writers' Academy: June 12, 2019: West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX

"Poets & Poetry at High Noon" Panel, Amarillo ArtsFest: May 11, 2019: Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX


Poetry Reading & Discussion with Creative Writing Students: October 10, 2018: Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX

Poetry Reading: September 25, 2018: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX. Sponsored by the High Plains Poetry Project, CSAW, and WTAMU's Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages

Poetry Reading: June 21, 2018: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX. Sponsored by the High Plains Poetry Project, CSAW, and WTAMU's Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages

Poetry Reading: May 10, 2018: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX

Poetry Reading: September 3, 2017: Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, NM

Poetry Reading: May 20, 2017: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX

Scissortail Creative Writing Festival: April 7, 2017: East Central University, Ada, OK

Poetry Reading: January 28, 2017: Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Amarillo, TX

Poetry Reading: August 6, 2016: Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Amarillo, TX

Signing and Book Sale: June 3, 2016: Horsefeathers Studio at Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX  


Scissortail Creative Writing Festival: April 1, 2016: East Central University, Ada, OK

Poetry on the Patio: July 15, 2014: Amarillo Botanical Gardens, Amarillo, TX

Poetry Reading: September 2, 2013: Amarillo Public Library, Southwest Branch, Amarillo, TX

Pitkin Review Poetry Reading: June 28, 2013: Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT


Reading and Signing: March 16, 2013: Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC

Reading and Signing: March 16, 2013: Turkish House, Cary, NC

Reading and Signing: March 14, 2013: Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC


Creative Writing 101 ("A Crash Course"): November 26 - December 20, 2012: Amarillo Public Library, Southwest Branch, Amarillo, TX

Signing and Book Sale: October 5, 2012: Horsefeathers Studio at Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX