Joel Fallon

Joel Fallon (June 16, 1931 – August 11, 2016)^[1] was the first Poet laureate of Benicia, California. He is the namesake of the Joel Fallon poetry scholarship^[2] awarded annually since 2015^[3] to high school students in Benicia, California. He was a founding member of the Benicia First Tuesday Poets, which meets at the Benicia Library monthly since 2003,^[4] and also helped begin the Benicia Love Poetry Contest^[2] and the annual Poets’ Picnic.^[2] He was named Benicia's first poet laureate in 2005.^[4] He helped Genea Brice^[4] advocate for a poet laureate program in neighboring Vallejo, California. He also served as a vice president of Arts Benicia.^[1] Fallon began writing poetry while serving overseas in the United States Army.^[4] He was influenced by Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Charles Bukowski.^[3]

Joel Fallon
Benicia Poet Laureate Joel Fallon
Born	(1931-06-16)June 16, 1931
Died	August 11, 2016(2016-08-11) (aged 85)
Occupation	Poet laureate of Benicia, California

Works

Collections

• Peery, Don, ed. The Book of Joel (Benicia Literary Arts, 2019)^[5]

Chapbooks

• Apple Wind^[3]
• A Gathering of Angels^[3]
• Clean Sheets, Dirty Woman^[3]
• Shanghai Wilson^[3]

Albums

• Fallon Reads Fallon (2010)^[3]

See also

• Poetry portal

• Robert Shelby
• List of municipal poets laureate in California