Tag: poetry

Main Street Rag Poetry Showcase at Prospero’s

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  • November 2, 2012

Sunday, November 25, 2012. 6:00pm
Prospero’s Books, 1800 W. 39th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111

This month’s Pit will feature special guests Rhiannon Dickerson and Jonathan Barrett.

$3 cover. Open-mic after.

Rhiannon Dickerson is a local mom, poet and professor who teaches at Park University and UMKC. She graduated with her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2008. She has published poetry in a variety of journals including Quarterly West, Horse Less Press, Pleaides, Mid-American Review, and The Laurel Review.

Jonathan Barrett lives in KC with his wife Megan and three sons. He spends most of his days in a cubicle. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals including Flyway, The Literary Review, The Minnesota Review, North American Review, Notre Dame Review, Pavement Saw, Phoebe, and Subtropics among others. He is co-edits the small literary journal cant.

Come on out and bring yo poe-try!
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Poetic Gratitude Thanksgiving Reading

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  • November 2, 2012

On Sunday November 25, the Ancient City Poets will gather for the month at The Gallery Café of St. Augustine, Florida (located at 1974 US1 South in the Staples Plaza) from 3 to 5 p.m. A sign-up sheet will be available 15 minutes before start time for all those who would like to read original poems or something from a favorite poet. The suggested theme is gratitude and giving thanks. The Ancient City Poets present monthly readings that are free and open to poets and poetry lovers of all ages. For more information, go to www.bodor.org or call the Gallery Cafe at (904) 825-9944.

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Black Kite Poetry #4

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  • November 1, 2012

Monday, November 19th.
Black Kite Coffee & Pies
2499 Collingwood, Toledo, Ohio 43620

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Alicia Young from Cincinnati features plus an open mic. Hosted by Michael Grover and Tara Armstrong.

Handbill: Mothpocalypse

Richard Vargas’ “i dream of tongues” Broadside

Richard Vargas was born and raised in L.A./Orange Counties. He studied under Gerald Locklin at CSULB. Graduated with MFA (awarded with distinction) from Creative Writing Program, University of New Mexico, 2010. Major themes are social injustice, working class issues, immigration, and standing up to institutionalized racism… fuck it, the guy writes political poetry. Served on faculty of 10th National Latino Writers’ Conference at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, May 2012. Currently residing in Albuquerque, where he edits/publishes The Más Tequila Review.

Richard will be reading at the Mothpocalypse on November 4th at the Harwood Arts Center in Albuquerque, NM.


“i dream of tongues” printed on red card stock, cut to 3.5 inches wide each.

Bud Smith’s “Love” Broadside

Bud Smith is 30, distracted, sleeps on his right side. He lives in Washington Heights, NYC and has written a collection of short stories called Or Something Like That. His car is on the verge of catching fire, so that’s all he dreams about. Putting the car out before it explodes. He also does heavy construction so if you have something heavy needing construcing, that’d be fine too.

Bud will be reading at the Mothpocalypse on November 4th at the Harwood Arts Center in Albuquerque, NM.


“Love”
Love by Bud Smith

Michele McDannold’s “Nothing to Lose” Broadside

Michele McDannold lives in central Illinois where she has lived for most of her life. She is the founder of The Literary Underground. She is currently the editor/publisher at Citizens For Decent Literature Press and one of the editors at Punk Hostage Press.

Michele will be reading at the Mothpocalypse on November 4th at the Harwood Arts Center in Albuquerque, NM.


“Nothing to Lose” printed on 8.5 x 14.
Nothing to Lose by Michele McDannold

Brian Fugett’s “This Is The Damn Poem” Broadside

Brian Fugett is a member of the slacker, fast food generation that has been branded with an ‘X’ by that Canadian-born, literary terrorist known as Douglas Coupland. Meanwhile, he sits in his pad all day consuming more oxygen than he’s worth. He’s been doing it for over 35 years now and has become quite effecient at it. Eating and voiding are the only things he really knows how to do. Between meals and trips to the shitter, he covertly milks ‘West Nile Virus’ from the tits of pregnant mosquitoes and uses it to butter the toast of local politicians. He is the editor/publisher of Zygote in my Coffee.

Brian will be reading at the Mothpocalypse on November 4th at the Harwood Arts Center in Albuquerque, NM.


“This is the Damn Poem” printed on ivory card stock.
This Is The Damn Poem by Brian Fugett

The Mothpocalypse. brought to you by The Literary Underground

The mothpocalypse is a gathering of multi-lingual vagabonds, writers and poets- communing like it’s early spring in the middle of fall and making noise while eating pages of history, mythology, science and noise- and spitting out cobwebs of poetry, prose and patented propaganda. The gathering of the wings will take place @ The Harwood Arts Center on 7th & Mountain in Downtown Albuquerque- Nov. 4th, 2012 5-7pm.

Toxic Abatement

Toxic Abatement: Spoken Words, Contaminated World… Full Of Crow’s Fashion For Collapse will host the first Toxic Abatement Poetry and Music Event on July 5, 2012 at Viracocha, San Francisco, California.
The event will feature local and visiting poets, and the 3x Bad Band.

Thursday, July 5, 2012 from 7:30-10:00 p.m. at Viracocha, 998 Valencia, San Francisco, California. Contact Lynn Alexander or Paul Corman-Roberts for more information. Please check back in a few weeks as we will be posting the featured readers and more details. Hope to see you there. We will also have event cards available soon, send an address if interested in helping us promote.

Chicago Poetry Bordello Celebrates Double Screw Steamers

May 19, 2012

NEW DATE: Saturday, June 16, 2012

Come aboard before the ship wrecks and we’ll suss out the tramps!
8PM to Midnight
May 19 Thalia Hall/Ristorante al Teatro, 1227 W 18th St Chicago
Chicago Poetry Bordello Celebrates Double Screw Steamers
(It’s a steamship, silly.)
Burlesque Beauty debut: Miss B.
Special Guests: Pinch and Squeal from Cleveland!
$5 if dressed Victorian. $10 if not.

City of Paris embarked on her maiden voyage in April 1889. A month later, she won the Blue Riband for the first westbound voyage under 6 days, making her the fastest ship on the north Atlantic route.

A year later, City of Paris was steaming towards Liverpool when her starboard propeller shaft broke, causing the starboard engine to race and then disintegrate. She was dead in the water and needed towing by the tramp steamer, Aldersgate.

In our steamship celebration, you’re the tramp wandering from port to port looking for the perfect poet! The tramp with the most ribbons wins! Each poetry whore will have three ribbons to give away during his or her first three private readings—the tramp with the most favors WINS a trophy worthy for christening!

Enjoy a wonderful dinner from Ristorante al Teatro! and a good time at the bordello! See you there!

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Visit the Chicago Poetry Bordello website here or join the event on facebook here.