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For its 5th edition, the Poetry Downtown Festival shines a spotlight on American Indian poetry—celebrating the rich traditions, vibrant voices, and visionary perspectives Indigenous poets bring to our stages!

Brooklyn Free Radio Interview – April 2023

Listen back this great E.W. Conundrum Demure interview with Erik van Loon. Brooklyn Free RadioE.W. Conundrum Demure – April 11, 2022


August 22, 2023 0
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Video about John Haag from the Venice West Poets Cafe

Due to pressure from the Ocean Front Improvement Association the Venice West Poets Cafe had to close his doors because the landlord sought to evict the coffee shop after experiencing trouble renting out spaces adjoining the noisy cafe. John Haag was the owner of that cafe and a leader of the Venice, California, progressive community…
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August 17, 2023 0

Top 10: Train Books according to the Guardian

1. Mugby Junction by Charles Dickens (1866)2. La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola (1890)3. The Railway Children by E Nesbit (1906)4. Stories of the Railway by VL Whitechurch (1912)5. Bradshaw’s April 1910 Railway Guide (1968)6. The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux (1975)7. The Railway Station: A Social History by Jeffrey Richards and John M Mackenzie (1986)8. Fire and Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain…
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August 15, 2023 0

2nd Poetry Train will leave from Boston

To honor Sylvia Plath the Poetry Train will leave this year from Boston. The birthplace of Sylvia Plath. This are the extra stops and dates. Hereby the extra Poetry Train stops this year. City Day Miles Time (am/pm) City / Station State 1 Tue 19 Sep 0 7.55 pm Boston – South Station MA 2…
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August 15, 2023 0

BRING US FURTHER

I need two drivers in LA for the XL Poetry Cab’s. I rented three big vans and now I need at September 22 two extra drivers for You don’t have to paint the car like I did with the poetry cab. You only need to drive local poets and poets from the Poetry Train to…
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August 8, 2023 0

Our anthology will get this design

We will have a new design and we wonder if you like it


August 7, 2023 0
Lines in the sand: Poet Sylvia Plath during a beach holiday in 1953, three years before she met Ted Hughes

Extra leg

Hi we consider to add this year 9 extra stops to the Poetry Train by adding the Poetry Train 2.0 from Boston to New York. The Poetry Train will leave at September 19 at 8 pm and it will stop at the following stations, cities and states. Time table 8.00p – Boston, Massachusetts – Back…
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July 31, 2023 0

Make America Green Again

He guys, I want to Make America Green Again. In the map above you find the states from where we got last year poems. This year I want to get poems from:– Missouri– Ohio– Delaware – ColoradoIn those states the Poetry Train stops each year And I want to get poems from:– Oregon– Washington– Florida–…
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March 13, 2023 0

This is our flyer

Hereby the LA Poetry Beach Festival flyer 2023. This flyer I will spread in 35,000 prints between New York and Los Angeles.


March 13, 2023 0

Eric Epstein reading Magic

Today I got several emails from Hiram Larew. In one of his emails he wrote me about Eric Epsteins ASL interpretation of his poem Magic and I love it. I would love to have an ASL reading(s) as part of Los Angeles Poetry Downtown on Saturday. Let’s see what I can do. In 2018 the…
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February 22, 2023 0