Bringing Erotic Poetry to Life

Back in September 2009, I had the genuine and rare privileged to execute my erotic poetry in persona to the public at an erotic art festival called Art Undressed. It was a celebration of a new erotic anthology produced by Erotic Signature. The group, out of Florida, was conducting a tour across the United States, calling out for all erotic artists to join in the celebration. I gladly stepped up to that call, and joined in a wonderful celebration of raw art! In fact, I was the only Poet representing erotica, and I was so pleased to be given the creative freedom to showcase my work in the fashion I desired.

Night 1: Burlesque adorned as Raw Bits flew from my lips to entice the audience around me. During this opening night, I had quite a variety of attentive listeners, and many dear friends supporting this feat.

Night 2: The Dominatrix unleashed herself in a fragrant display of perversion, involving much audience participation along the way. Language fleeing from lips and eyes in moments, hypnotizing the attentive.

Night 3: A lovely display of perverse story time, as all gathered around on the carpet, eagerly awaiting their imaginations to be held and moved along the edge.


The above clip is a slideshow of images in order of the events listed above. I hope you enjoy, and I do hope I get to do this again! :) <3

Writers' Row: May 16, 2012, Featuring Brendan Constantine!

Tonight, make your way to downtown LA, and park your feet at 5th and Spring St.; home of the Last Bookstore!

We are proud to feature two emerging poets and one of the great LA poets, Brendan Constantine!

 Jessica Ceballos has been writing for over 20 years but has begun taking it seriously over the last two. Her work has appeared in Centre Review and more recently in Hinchas de Poesia Issue #6. She is also a facilitator for the 20th Century Latin American Poetry Workshop held on Thursday nights at Beyond Baroque. Though she was born and raised in Los Angeles, you will always find her trying to figure out why it is she stays. 

http://foundsideoflost.tumblr.com/

 Uriel Tovar is an aspiring poet born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. Born to a Catholic family, his parents instilled religion in him at an early age which fostered his development and discipline. He attended St. Genevieve School for twelve years, then went to St. John's Seminary to pursue the priesthood. Developing most of his writing craft during those years, it is no surprise that the philosophical and theological writings which he was studying influence his poetry.

 Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Hollywood. His most recent collections are 'Birthday Girl With Possum' (2011 Write Bloody Publishing) and 'Calamity Joe' (2012 Red Hen Press). He is currently poet-in-residence at the Windward School.  In addition, Mr. Constantine regularly conducts workshops in hospitals, foster homes, & with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project.

Please visit brendanconstantine.com

Writers' Row tonight!

453 S. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 (corner of 5th and Spring)

Time: 7:30-10pm

+Open Reading (2 pieces, 5 mins max)

Free of charge

Snacks from Los Angeles Poet Society

Enjoy the ambiance, network, and become inspired at the beautiful Last Bookstore! 

Books and Music now sold in the Last Bookstore! Come check it out!

Los Angeles Poet Society Summer Poetry Contest!

Los Angeles Poet Society & Writers' Row bring you a NEW summer poetry contest!


This poetry contest is asking all entrants to respond to the following question:
"Why did you come to LA?"


In no more than 200 lines, send us your poem telling us Why you came to Los Angeles.

All submitted work will be judged by Los Angeles Poet Society.
$1 donation per entry (details below).


The Prize
The sole winner will win all the proceeds from the contest entry donations.
The winner will also be published online at the Writers' Row website and the Los Angeles Poet Society blog.
The winning author will also be asked to feature at a Writers' Row event celebrating the publication.


For the Runners' Up
Notable submissions will be published online at the Writers' Row website and the Los Angeles Poet Society blog.

Authors will also be asked to join in a feature at a Writers' Row event celebrating the publication.


Criteria to Enter
This contest is open to current Los Angeles county residents only
Submit up to 3 poems max per person
Poems must be less than 200 lines
Submitted work must not be previously published

*** Please make sure that your name only appears on your cover page, and not on each page of your poem(s).***

Submission Deadline is August 15th, midnight


How to Enter
Email a text document (.doc, .rtf, pdf, .txt) to venicesoapboxpoets@gmail.com with subject line:
 “Why I came to LA”; first name last name

Deadline for entry: August 15^, 2012

$1 donation asked for each entry. Donations can be made as a gift to our paypal account: wilson9jm@yahoo.com  Make sure to send as a gift so the full $1.00 is posted to paypal.

Good luck to all of you!

Coming to Fruition

Today I received an endorsement of my book, Marie Morrison. This was not just any endorsement...yet honestly, any received is just an accomplishment in itself.
As long as the feedback is accurate in what the reader experiences, I am happy to hear it.

I received a blurb from Maurya Simon. She is an amazing contemporary Poet who I am blessed to have learned from. Her poetry holds such beauty and preciseness, along with a lyricism that captures my heart each time. Hearing words fall from her lips is like a lullaby of sounds; she enchants me. Today, I earned more words, though this time on behalf of my own creation of work. I am simply just proud to hear from her...anything she has to tell me is, to me, the most important.

She embraced my work, and now in recollection, I am weeping. I am proud to have her in my life as a friend, muse, and someone that I forever admire. The reason I am even able to write Marie Morrison is due to her patience and strong tutelage which re-lit a fuse in my soul to continue on my path.

Maurya states that my collection of work is "compelling and thought provoking", and beyond this, believes the collection is a great debut of a "unique vision". I am greatly appreciative and simply proud of my journey. I embrace all blessings to "write on".

More Maurya Simon. <3

Will I find God?

I am of the school of "if it feels go do it"... and I also stop to smell the roses. Hence, the photo below :) <3

Happy National Poetry Month!

Just had to acknowledge that Poets and Poetry have their own month! Happy April!

For readings in your area, please visit: http://poetix.net/calendar.htm

Read on!

It's nice to hear good things!

I got this note today from Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, and it truly moved me. It's nice when you are appreciated, and especially nice when your work gets noted unexpectedly.
I am grateful for the attention that has been made to my work as a Poet. It's a craft that is done for self-pleasure, and at the same time, I do hope to reach the ears and eyes and minds of those who come across it.

Many times, I am unaware of the power my words can hold...Power may be too strong of a word. At this time, I am very humble, and very glad that others simply "see" me.

Here is what the editors from Connotation Press had to say:



From Editor-in-Cheif (Ken Robidoux)

"From back alleyways in Downtown Los Angeles to the Venice Beach boardwalk and all points of the Southland between,Jessica Wilson fearlessly gives venue to the poetry of others-- the poetry of the street. Now it's her turn. Poetry is a multifaceted gem, and for that aren't we the fortunate ones. Give 'em hell, Jess! Connotation Press: Service Repeats"


Kaite Hillenbrand "Jessica comes up with surprising, perfect phrases over and over. And there's such passion in her poetry. I'm so glad to have gotten to publish this work, and to give a home to the poetry of a poet who's a serious advocate for the arts."


Thank you so much for this acknowledgement!
<3