by Carla Joy | Aug 11, 2025 | Blog, Links, Poetry
Starting way back in 2017, sitting at a back table in a local coffee cafe, sipping a Columbian brew, I started writing down ideas, hopes and dreams.
These jots of inspiration blossomed into poems that became the first two books in my series, A Kaleidoscope of Love and The Coffee Cafe.
by Carla Joy | Feb 29, 2024 | Blog
First Shot of Espresso Do you frequent Starbucks? Or hangout at Bakersfield’s icon – Dagny’s Coffee Shop? Or study in the cafe at Barnes & Nobles? For almost a decade, I have spent many afternoons in these establishments, enjoying an iced coffee and...
by Carla Joy | Feb 29, 2024 | Blog
First Friday Open Mics at Dagny’s – what’s it all about? What if I told you there was a place in Bakersfield where people met once a month to share their creative endeavors? Would you believe there was a place for original poetry, music and art to be shared in...
by Carla Joy | Sep 8, 2022 | Blog
WOK Ekphrastic Writing Seminarby Carla Joy Martin “A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS” I will be the featured presenter at the Writers of Kern Meeting on September 18, 2022, at Hodel’s Country Dining, 5917 Knudson Drive, Bakersfield at 9:00 a.m. We will be...
by Carla Joy | Sep 5, 2022 | Blog
I was thrilled to be the featured poet at Dagny’s First Saturday Open Mic on September 3, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. I read selections from my upcoming poetry chapbook, Coffee Café Customers: An Americana Collection. Over 25 folks filled the backroom and ohed and ahed and...
