San Francisco Public Library
Presents
21st Annual
Poems Under the Dome
April 24th 2026, 5:30-8:00pm
North Light Court, San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco Public Library presents Poems Under the Dome at San Francisco’s majestic City Hall. The 21st annual event features an all-ages open mic to celebrate National Poetry Month. San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim will read the first poem. All poets and poetry lovers are welcome to attend. Participants put their name in a hat for a chance to read one poem in under three minutes in the North Light Court of San Francisco City Hall.
WHO is coming???
SF Poet Laureate Genny Lim
reads the First Poem!
Youth Poets!
And…
E.K. Keith
and
Global Val Ibarra
and
Charlie Getter
and
Richard Ivanhoe
and
Dan Brady
will be there too!
Jorge Molina
will give us a community blessing!
And….
and you come too!
See you there!
Special thanks to the San Francisco Public Library, and the Friends of SFPL, the Mayor, & the Board of Supervisors,
for all these years of support for this amazing community event!
In Loving Memory of Poems Under the Dome Organizer Diamond Dave Whitaker (1937-2026)
“Cast a wide net!
Find the common thread!
Let life flourish!
Don’t panic… Keep it organic!”
