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by Ingrid Keir
April was National Poetry Month and it kept us busy here
at The Wordparty!
We kicked it off with
a Canned Poetry reading at Frankenart
Mart, a cool storefront art gallery in the Richmond district. Many of
you contributed poetry to be sold in a real CAN! (See photos). Nothing like
putting some poetry in the pantry just in case of an emergency!
The following week Jennifer Barone and I performed at New Blood,
a reading hosted by our own Jimmy Hammond! We heard fresh new work from some
our favorites including Sharon Doubiago, Monique de Magdalena, Apostle and
Jesse Whiley.
Yours truly was invited
to feature at Poetry Mission held at Dalva. I believe the
intimate setting, the low lighting, and that darn sexy backroom put a spell
on me. I was so honored that many of my fellow poets came out to listen to
me read!
We continued the National Poetry Month marathon at the 2nd Annual
Poem Dome at City Hall, the largest open mic San Francisco has to
offer! The Wordparty helped out Diamond Dave Whitaker, E.K. Keith and Charlie
Getter with this year’s event. I was lucky enough to read a poem during
the three solid hours of poetry. I was wowed by the San Francisco open mic
scene! It was truly an amazing to hear poetry in countless varying forms.
As if that wasn’t enough, Jennifer Barone represented at the Beat
Museum’s own National Poetry Month Celebration alongside San
Francisco’s Poet Laureate, Jack Hirschman, Sharon Doubiago, Monique
de Magdalena, Jimmy Hammond, Rudy Waltz & Guinevere!
Whew, once April was over, we took a little poetry vacation in the Sutro Heights
Park with Clara Hsu and Dan Brady’s Poets with Trees Picnic.
This reading was special because it was not only outside, but we had our own
Wordparty Tree! Special thanks to Miss Nicole Henares for bringing her High
School kids out to the event, many of them participated by reading a poem
or two!
Our own Jennifer Barone is the recipient of the prestigious Poet’s
11 award! She was hand picked by Jack Hirschman (SF’s Poet
Laureate) for three poems she submitted to the contest, “Santa Lucia,”
“I Won’t Speak,” and “A Political Poem”! Please
join me in congratulating Jennifer on her award!!
That brings us to some things we did just for fun! Jazz Cat in the Hat, a
poetry swap and a button contest! Please take a look at some of the photos
we have posted to see how fun it is to get down with poetry! If you have any
ideas for poetry themes, please let us know. We are going to continue to bring
you innovative & fun poetry themed nights in the coming months.
— Ingrid
Frankenart Mart's Poetry
in Can
Ingrid Keir Features at
Dalva
Ingrid @ Poem Under the
Dome
Ingrid, Clara Hsu &
Jennifer at our tree at the Poets with Trees Picnic
Jack Hirschman & Jennifer
at the North Beach Branch Library
The Word
Party.
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