Featured Poets
Saturday, March 14
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hosted by: Wulf Losee
Featured poets: Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross and David Erdreich
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hosted by: Wulf Losee
Featured poets: Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross and David Erdreich
Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross
Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross is a multi-talented, award-winning Bay Area Native well-versed in singing, poetry/spoken word, and journalism. Aqueila has studied and performed throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and is a graduate of Napa Valley College and University of California, Berkeley. Her book of poetry, Stop Hurting and Dance, published by Pochino Press, is a collection of stories overcoming fear, oppression, gentrification, and police brutality; she honors what it means to live with resilience, love and prosperity. She holds the titles of Ms. Oakland Plus America 2014, SF Raw Performing Artist of the Year 2015, and was an Oakland Voices-KALW Community Journalist
Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross is a multi-talented, award-winning Bay Area Native well-versed in singing, poetry/spoken word, and journalism. Aqueila has studied and performed throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and is a graduate of Napa Valley College and University of California, Berkeley. Her book of poetry, Stop Hurting and Dance, published by Pochino Press, is a collection of stories overcoming fear, oppression, gentrification, and police brutality; she honors what it means to live with resilience, love and prosperity. She holds the titles of Ms. Oakland Plus America 2014, SF Raw Performing Artist of the Year 2015, and was an Oakland Voices-KALW Community Journalist
David Erdreich
David Erdreich, noted Bay Area poet and Jazz musician.
UPPER CRUST
I'm just a fallow fellow
My poems lie in weight
I greet the day
Go out to play
And feel the trees' pulse rate
Overcast time to transplant
Moon's first quarter
Sparkle, dance
Daffodil and jonquil send
Scents that dazzle, heal and mend
Shoots of green or death of twig
Fava beans
Grandsons grow big
Carrots I'll plant
Moon starts waning
Water often, stop complaining
Don't explain why you're annoyed
Turn the compost
David Erdreich, noted Bay Area poet and Jazz musician.
UPPER CRUST
I'm just a fallow fellow
My poems lie in weight
I greet the day
Go out to play
And feel the trees' pulse rate
Overcast time to transplant
Moon's first quarter
Sparkle, dance
Daffodil and jonquil send
Scents that dazzle, heal and mend
Shoots of green or death of twig
Fava beans
Grandsons grow big
Carrots I'll plant
Moon starts waning
Water often, stop complaining
Don't explain why you're annoyed
Turn the compost