Spot light of fun shone its way into Oxnard’s Scholar’s series with an array of entertaining and surreal poetry.

On March 15, George Wallace, Suffolk County poet laureate exposed Oxnard students to the playful and fun side of language at the Scholars’ Series. Wallace’s poetry brought life to an already serious poetic mood. In an excerpt from his books “Burn My Heart in Wet Sand” and “A Gift of Flowers,” he recites; “I was late, I was sorry, you get no apologies from me,” he read. “Sometimes I name myself in an oceanic wind.” Poetry must be entertaining and I hope my audience today will get a broader sense of what poetry is,” he said. Wallace is the sixth speaker in the ongoing Oxnard College Scholars’ Lecture Series.

The series is presented at noon on every Wednesday and are open to all students’ faculty and community. Wallace, who runs a monthly reading series at the Huntington Poetry Barn at Long Island, reads his own work and also discusses the importance of having fun and playing with language.

“I was always shy growing up, so one way I could speak out was through my writing.”

Wallace said.” He also spoke of the importance of a writer being able to tune into his or her inner voice and represent themselves and not what others perceived their writing to be. “One must practice writing every day as if it was a sport and train your mind to be able to tap into your inner voice,” he said.