About this Event
Poetry of Place is an examination of the world around you and your relationship to it. A place can be physical, it can be the familiar, it can be a longing, it can also be a state of mind or a place, emotionally, that you hold on to. In this offering, we will be exploring the places that have stayed with us through time through embodied guided writing exercises.
We will use embodiment within these places, that align with our senses to gather all the details, and all the pertinent relationships that we have attached to this particular place. We will think about the places where we find comfort or familiarity, and also think about the places that have contributed the most to our growth. We will also explore the places that we go when things don't feel well for us. Is it a space in our mind, our heart, or in our history? What are the symbols of your place? What brings you there? Let’s examine how these lay out upon the page; revealing our own personal geography, the roadmap of our(self).
About the Poet:
Jessica M. Wilson Cárdenas, an International Chicana Poet, born in East Los Angeles, CA. She is a 3rd generation Beatnik, with a BA and MFA in Writing (UCR and Otis). In 2009 she founded the Los Angeles Poet Society and began a network of literary events and open mics in LA County! She's a California Poets in the Schools Poet Teache, and a lecturer at UCLA Extension. Jessica is an Artivist, a social justice publisher for Los Angeles Poet Society Press, amplifying QTBIPOC voices. She’s a DJ for Radio Ollin, (www.radioollin.org) Her books of poetry include: What Breathes, Raw Kit, Marie Morrison, Serious Longing, published by Swan World Press in Paris, France. She is a mother of two and a lover of one.
About Los Angeles Poets Society:
LA Poet Society is a literary organization dedicated to the community, to make the literary arts inclusive, accessible, and visibile!
LAPS has currently served: Downtown Los Angeles, Venice Beach and Venice, CA, North Hollywood and surrounding areas. Their literary arts and poetry showcases have included: Writers' Row -- a showcase of the written art during the popular DTLA Art Walk Thursday's, the SoapBox Poets Open Mic born from the Venice, CA boardwalk offering any artist the opportunity to step up to the SoapBox and be heard. Most recently, the LAPS produces an average of 75 shows a year, including the Poets & Writers ranked Literary series, Writer Wednesdays at Bob's Espresso Bar!
LAPS also participates heavily in 100 Thousand Poets for Change, 100 Thousand Musicians for Change, and has represented Los Angeles at Beyond Baroque since 100TPC began in 2010 bringing awareness and solidarity to the issues affecting the community. LAPS has also partnered with PEACE advocates around the world! LAPS participates in Lit Crawl LA and Lit Crawl Global - a collective action celebrating literacy around the world.
This programming is brought to you by the Los Angeles Parks Foundation and community members like you!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Campo De Cahuenga, 3919 Lankershim Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States
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