Please join us for my featured reading for In Memory at Alberta Street Pub on Monday, January 20
On Monday at 7pm, I will be the featured reader for Benjamin Fisher’s recently established, excellent open mic at Alberta Street Pub, 1036 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211-4534. According to our emcee, In Memory is a “poetry open mic reading series, with a focus on remembering the poets who inspired and influenced us, both personally and historically.”
As you know, there are many recently deceased poets to acknowledge, mourn, and celebrate. Much love, much respect to Patrick Bocarde, Nikki Giovanni, Dennis McBride, John Patsynski, and Michael Spring, just to name a few.
I would also like to express my eternal respect and gratitude to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We need to practice his message of love and justice more than ever.
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Hope to see you there!
Until then, I leave you with two recent poems from my Dispatches from the Blue Chair series:
Respect. Thank you for doing this.