The mind, a dormant stone

This Saturday, I am honored to read with "The Chief", the Co-Founders of 100 Thousand Poets for Change (Official)  -  Michael Rothenberg  and  Terri Carrion ! They are in town with a new book out by Shabda Press! The reading will be at  Beyond Baroque , 8pm Come check it out! https://www.facebook.com/events/358547250983960/ All the details: MICHAEL ROTHENBERG & FRIENDS Shabda Press publisher and editor Teresa Mei Chuc will host a celebration of the publication of MICHAEL ROTHENBERG’s new book of poems, Indefinite Detention: A Dog Story. Guest readers include Terri Carrion, Iris De Anda, Youssef Alaoui, Jessica Wilson, Antonieta Villamil, Juan Cardenas, Mark Lipman and Yvonne De La Vega. General Admission Policy applies to all events, unless noted otherwise: Admission $10 Students/Seniors/Children $6 Members FREE.  *This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.

In lala land. Some photos along the way of a wonderful journey about town. 7th Street, DTLA Just a stroll down the avenue... and then the night falls...and all the lights come out to play to your twinkling eye...

Welcome to hippie school! Let the words saturate your skin until you are let into the field to unlock your chastity and sprinkle the sky with your smiles. - Jessica M. Wilson

Sharing the photos from the 2nd Annual Lit Crawl LA: NoHo! Just a whole lotta lovin and livin! Post by Los Angeles Poet Society . Here are the photos from the 1st Annual Lit Crawl LA: NoHo! Enjoy, shine your light, and rock on! Post by Los Angeles Poet Society .

​Hello Writers and Friends! This week the NoHo Arts District welcomes thousands of literary lovers to Lankershim Blvd where all the magic will unfold for the 2nd ANNUAL Lit Crawl LA: NoHo! ​​ The show is broken up into 3 Rounds...each round holding over a dozen events to choose from or hop around on your trek through the Crawl! The complete schedule of events can be found here:  http://litcrawl.org/la/schedule/ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​There are a variety of shows that measure literature through means of horror, erotica, humor, spoken word and mind tricks...and so much more! Definitely take a look at the schedule and mark your favorites for each round! The Los Angeles Poet Society is so proud to be a part of the show for the 2nd year in a row as a Community Sponsor. We are also hosting our own event,  A Night with a NoHo Beat!   This show features  Julio the Conga Poet Rodriguez  laying down the conga...

I've had the most amazing poetic journey...soul hours...hours of growth -- delivering the word and living up to it I feel so blessed and so happy to live the life that I have. In a whirlwind of travel Juan and I have truly unleashed truth -- in magnitudes we'd never imagine reachable... all in the name of POETRY From the beautiful open hills of Petaluma -- for the California Poets in the Schools retreat at IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences) which was the rebirth long needed, and in meeting new friends and soul mates of the same spirit and passion to teach our youth and aid them in their paths to positivity & creativity!!! To all the Poet Teachers -- I am HONORED to breathe beside you! From this wonderful experience, we made it back to our creative home, our ROCK, Beyond Baroque -- to the arms of a FULL CROWD of SoapBox Poets celebrating the work of the beautiful and FIERCE Poet  Alex...

We are so proud to announce the WINNER of the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Society SUMMER POETRY CONTEST: Photo of Alexis Fancher, DTLA, (c)2014  Alexis Fancher for her winning poem Tonight We Will Bloom for One Night Only Alexis will be awarded and give a reading of her poem at the SoapBox Poets Open Mic on October 12th, 2-4 pm, at Beyond Baroque! Address: 681 Venice Blvd. Venice, CA Free show with OPEN MIC! 7 minutes is yours for the taking! Alexis wins a $75 cash prize, publication of her poem on our LAPS website, and a LAPS event/reading of her poem! Runners up: Karen Vande Bossche 's poem July Musings  and Don Kingfisher Campbell ' s  Joshua Tree Trip  - both of these poems will also be published on the LAPS website. We received many amazing submissions and want to THANK YOU for submitting your work to the Los Angeles Poet Society!

It's an extraordinary feeling, as an artist or creative of any sort, to be backed by a BAND of artists! This type of nurturing is what I am experiencing having been newly added as the baby of the Punk Hostage Press publishing unit! Punk Hostage Press Wow -- I dig that name... let the bad-asses of literature LIVE, and let their words breathe to the people of the world. Epic. I am so honored and so glad to have been adopted by Iris Berry and A. Razor -- I hope I make them proud and ignite passion from my words! It's like having everything to gain and everything to lose on one coin...the gambler in me extends a hand to those dice. I'm all in baby! One of the 1st events I get to join the PHP with is 100 Thousand Poets for Change ! I'll be reading as one of the L.A. Women of Punk Hostage Press! What an honor! You know I'm all about LA and being a woman! Hells yes! Plus, 100 TPC is an event I hold dearly since its conception in 2010! September 27, ...

"Halloween in 1954, Spicer and five painter friends opened the “6” Gallery. Spicer soon left this position and moved east. In his absence, the “6” Gallery became the scene of the famous reading in October 1955 that featured the first public performance by Allen "Ginsberg of " Howl " and helped launch the Beat movement." That's right! My Beat grand-daddy never liked the title...never believed in the collective movement...but was such an influence on the Beat Generation. He was counter-culture to the counter-culture. Truly Beat. No accommodation. You dig?

On "Beat": "It never meant juvenile delinquents, it meant characters of a special spirituality who didn't gang up but were solitary Bartlebies staring out the dead wall window of our civilization..." - Jack Kerouac Dig.

I am so excited that my submission to Cliterature -- a journal dedicated to the sexuality of women, has been accepted to join their latest collection called DESIRE ! Woohoo! To enjoy the selection, please http://cliteraturejournal.com/desire/jessicawilson.html 

The Los Angeles Poet Society presents Writer Wednesdays! an open mic to all creative genres in the midst of the North Hollywood Arts District! Video by Annabel Romanos Writer Wednesday - each Weds at Bob's Espresso Bar 5251 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91604 Sign up at 6:30pm Show starts at 7pm All genres of creative art -- original work/no cover songs 5 minutes is given at the mic (or as time allows when there is a full house!) www.facebook.com/losangelespoetsociety 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 100 Thousand Poets and Musicians for Change – 2014, Los Angeles, CA September 27 – 28, 2014 (and all over the world!) Hosted by the Los Angeles Poet Society Locations: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd. Venice CA – Sept. 27 th 2pm-11pm Bob’s Espresso Bar, 5251 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91604 – Sept. 28 th 2pm-5pm The world movement started in 2010 by Poets and Editors of Big Bridge magazine, Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion in Santa Rosa, CA, has sprouted fully to its 4 th year – with over 700 events in 103 countries , from Cairo to Paris, Nigeria to Alaska! Artists are coming together, using their creative energies to stand in solidarity and encourage change. They are, as Mahatma Ghandhi stated, being the change they “wish to see in the world”. Artists are standing firm to be the agents of change in their communities, reaching out and expanding the efforts to unify and encourage a positive platform to achiev...