The mind, a dormant stone

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 flee...

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 ...

Los Angeles Poet Society  & Writers' Row bring you a NEW summer poetry contest with a minimum $25 cash prize! 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 $25, plus  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 pub...

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 ...

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