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Sacred Grounds Newsletter –
for 04/30/202 Sign-in @ 6:45pm San Francisco time Our Facebook Zoomroom
Features Cafe Days Videos The Global Open
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Guide to San Francisco Poetry Venues ` Part One: This weekÕs Feature * Zoom Info * The Team * Upcoming Features Part Two:
Last week: the readers and
the feature in notes and near quotes Our First
Show starts at about 7pm, the Second
at about 8:20 or a bit later. We hold to a 4-minute limit – participants observe their time. Part One. Our feature, Frej Barty, is an aspiring filmmaker, cinematographer, and
general multi-hyphenate storyteller who hates that neologism. Defined by
finding and giving hope, he is an all around nerd with a love for anything
analog— from the Mendocino High School Radio Station KAKX to pinball to
his Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureateship. The bio just keeps shifting,
though, because he is still finding a voice and a way of living. For
example: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ydJyygKQfw Zoom
Information: The
meeting number: 221-224-5102 – and the password: 135246 If zoom
is ever compromised an update will be posted - either in the
newsletter: https://www.drdan.solutions/Sacred'sWeeklyNews.htm - or on the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715/ The
Team:
Upcoming
Features: May 2025 7
Eleanor McIntire, a voice
new to the Sacred community; a passionately compassionate person 14 Jack Mellender will be the feature for our Second Wednesday hybrid live at Faithful Fools! Faithful
Fools, 234 Hyde between Turk and Eddy for which I host the zoom-room from home. This cooperative starts
more quickly and we keep to time constraints to accommodate the needs of the
live venue, which closes at 9pm – even as the zoom room continues on. One rings the front door bell to get in. The
reading is on the second floor. If you are using MUNI, the 38 Geary, 27
Bryant, and the 31 Balboa have stops near to the address while the Civic
Center is the closest BART Station. This is a link to the MUNI system –
it may prove handy. https://www.sfmta.com/media/37783/download?inline –
21 Paul
Coreman-Roberts This will be wonderful, Paul is quite the
passionate, activist, perceptive poet whose renown knows no bounds! 28 Recommendations anyone? June 2025 4
Taneesh Kaur, a compassionately passionate writer with
life experience that is worthy of the muse and more 11 Dan OÕConnell, DanÕs is a powerful voice of long standing
note; this will be very special 18 Gavin KD, a poet new to Sacred with a voice and
perspective worthy and wondrous! 25 Johannah Ely, a return feature by a wonderful poet, come
one come all! July 2025 2 Sally Love
Saunders, a long time
supporter of poetry, the arts, and bringing poetry to people in a wide
variety of circumstances, hospitals, businesses, help centers, and more Part
Two See Sacred
features from our Zoomroom Keynote,
Karen Pierce Gonzalez: read
ÒVillage FamilyÓ from Ten Thousand
Miles, Poems and Poetry of Michael Hills, by FolkHeart Press:
linktr.ee/KPGFolkHeart/ -
KarenPG: Ò...
static clouds of combat smokeÉ too heavy for wind to moveÉ sun, unable to
wake upÉ gun metal skyÉ soldiers sleeplessnessÉ innocence seeking shelterÉ -
JohannaE: Òa
tulip... she bears a wine cup through the wildernessÉ the Netherlands springÉ
the brilliant yellows and oranges of a sunÉ from ancient PersiaÉ graceful
form, blood red, sea blueÉ woven into Ottoman carpetÉ her petalsÉ long
sensual fingersÉ the thin petals, not quite openÉ wind from the Bosporus É a
tulip, a shining goblet in the eastern skyÉÓ-
JackM: Ò... fearÉ
forget its griefsÉ forgive its opting outÉ to be there, is to laughÉ the
earthÕs twirlÉ it only seems like its stillÉ the Milky WayÉ since time beganÉ
there may just be the upside of time and immortalityÉ the mind at lastÉ can
not be boredÉÓ- EdM: Ò... the turningÉ in enter the westÉ to
this shore, listening to the marmalade wavesÉ with lights in the waterÉ this
is a place that came to meet meÉ drenched fleshÉ splendidÉ here where unacknowledged
nature on a road that slants upÉ the incredible factor, a view of the sunÉ
the Gods died in our sleepÉÓ - KathyM, debut: on the theme Ò... what if everyone could speak up and be
heard? The American beauty, roseÉ fertilized by blood shed for freedomÉ now
the days are dark, the leader retreated to cluster with oligarchsÉ took an
oath to protect and defendÉ many now hide, in carsÉ many afraid to express
voicesÉ choicesÉ afraid lest they are cut off from their rootsÉ American
Beauty that needed loveÉ not pruned with care but hacked, sliced to their
rootsÉ a world wonders when will they bloom again? - TommiAM: Ò... shove the smell of plant genitals in
every nook and cranny, spray it in the mouthÉ into those nasty places between
the legsÉ time for 24 hour protectionÉ relief from the pesky sweat glandsÉ
they say a dog can sniff another dogÕs butt and learn more than Sherlock
HolmesÉÓ - JohnC:
Ò... thanks for reminding meÉ before my core ever melted for the very first
timeÉ before I ever lost my heartÉ in the sandstone desert heatÉ I worried if
I was capable of what love was to beÉ she comes in her own time, if she comes
at allÉ intimate othersÉ I head so much about intimacyÉ then I devoured loveÉ
swallowed in such large gulpsÉ and I thirsted... I gave up on sexÉ without a
partner I felt ungroundedÉ and I wanted only to be aloneÉÓ - KarenMM:
Ò... the world will miss the Pope who prayed for peace, an end to war,
poverty, and for justiceÉÓ a great piece for a being who did work to improve
matters hereÉ this poet has a wonderful take on life and living - RichardI:
Ò... conduit, can do it, despite anything I might do, I keep getting older,
maybe I can be a conduit from the past, a slower way of life, trust in the
basic goodness of humanity, harboring an expectation that life will get
betterÉ we can do it, break the mold, begin with wonderÉ at stars, at a
babyÕs tiny had, at a birdsÕ flight, at all the different sizes and shapes of
peopleÉ let your wonder be contagious... a pipeline of joyÉÓ- BarbaraS:
Ò... slowmo Stanford historyÉ 1955 for a mere one million dollarsÉ she funded
a place for women to liveÉ it may have been an expression of somethingÉ the
students had a role in the design
É while on campus row on row of housing was available only to
menÉÓ -
Roarshock: a poem by
ee cummnigsÉ famed for the line ÒÉ and how do you like your blue eyed boy Mr.
DeathÓ and then his Unicorn https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47244/buffalo-bill-s Ò... in an herb garden long agoÉ a
unicorn so good and fairÉ walk on green hills, bring with you spring... you
drink at clear springsÉ sparkling on your silver hornÉ you can see the poet
writing verse in a cloth bound bookÉ and a maidenÉ you watchÉ she alone can
tame youÉ you must watch themÉ human, alive, loving one anotherÉ you must
bless them and turn and goÉÓ - DanB: An Advisory Advisement and Fair Helen - SamH:
Ò... if possibility is a giftÉ time spent wondering if I was going insaneÉ
was I to blameÉ back in the day women were taught to obeyÉ something happened
to make me the survivor I am today... years of therapyÉ finally made a dentÉ
my vocabulary changed upÉ we are not victims but people who overcomeÉ to
persevere each day, more important than my pain is what IÕve done with itÓ
See her You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaperBagPoet
her website https://www.samharty.com, and her Blog https://vocal.media/authors/ty-tp550e0m
Feature,
Jeffrey Kingman, gave us a
tour of his latest, Beyond That Hill I Gather, a collection themed with
presentations, portraits of women important to himÉ on Patti Smith, he has
Lost Objects, ÒÉ pantry quietly
slowing, tiny black fish breathe the briny oxygen aliveÉ sink dripsÉ daughter, husband,
coffeeÉ small photograph for the cameraÉ sit behind it, screen doorÉ the picture taker leaving, is he a
William or a Fred? I am dying now he saysÉ but still, he saves herÉ leaves
her herself— at the bungalow, going away, saying helloÉÓ – Garbo
Dietrich, ÒÉ how my sister and I made believe we were boysÉ you spoke loud, everyone could hear
your trail of meÉ your voice was the phonographÉ my unpainted lips were the
burgundy you expected yours to beÉ I brought up handfuls of primrose and you
shruggedÉ goÉ shock them with
your pants and necktieÉ pretend we never met, clasp my unconscious bodyÉ my body
slipped to the groundÉ we should have rehearsedÉÓ – then a salient
scene from another – ÒÉ the children loose patience and get back on the
bus, it takes two to operate the giant steering wheel, a third for the
pedals, at 7-ll they eat ice creamÉ when they report their teacher missing a
search team goes out... a few minutesÉ one of the coffins is hauntedÉ rain
clouds crossed the skyÉ one of the cops talks and talks about how lovely the
spring blossoms areÉÓ— history, Òyoung familyÉ motherÕs eyes distantÉ
baby in her armsÉ father is accepting, holds little boyÕs handÉ in sixty years there will still be
wars, like the one weÕre enduring right nowÉ or worseÉ theyÕll look back and
think that we did not understand ourselvesÉ but we always know!Ó See Sacred
features from our Zoomroom Last Word,
Britt Peter: Ò...
conduit, a pipe, a path, a trial a line of communicationÉ poem tomeÉ Levi
stopping at villages to drinkÉ the old house on Dwight wayÉ a toilet with a
pull chain É rent twenty dollars a monthÉ aching pipesÉ conduits to the bayÉÓ
- JulianM: just visiting in for a while, thank you - Melody:
visiting to listen in to the feature, thanks for showingÉÓ - GarrettM:
his new classic, ÒSome call it yesterdayÓ retelling the perspective of the
denialist movementÉ Yes!
And then the poem on ÒtoughÓ everyone wants it, loves it, and tough
talk, standards, cops, religionsÉ and on and onÉ the change is unsavory, his
voice is a counterweight! Mini
Feature, Brett Benson: was unable
to attend tonight, sorry to say DavidE: ÒÉ deep set repository keeper of the flameÉ
teacher not just in nameÉ teacher transforms on stageÉ dance is all the rageÉ
diversityÉ outstanding bold, each step of the endeavorÉÓand a beautiful
ek`phrastic piece, he names the artists, places pieces, settings, all the way
to living room jam sessionsÉ great voiceÉ love the time travelÉ the mystical
magical mental experience! -
QRQuasar: Ò... on
quantum foam, definition given, quark soup, the early hot universeÉÓ the
quark soup was every ready to turn sour, bound to go foulÉ it would not stay
downÉ its urge was to emergeÉ it grewÉ suns, myriad planetsÉ and all the
songs say, one way or another, the quark soup was going to turn sourÉ the
voiceÉ with silenceÉÓ - Nicole, on the theme, if the fingers on the
keyboardÉ just get a new pencilÉ restÉ keep writingÉ because the water fills
our pipe, but, instead of drowning we let the water pourÉ we keep writing, we
are not aloneÉÓ Clincher
Closer Super Duper Bulldozer, Britt Peter:
Ò... Thomas TranstrumerÉ read him on this grey morning with fatigue and some
joyÉ words from an enforced silenceÉ the air from the sea moving over treesÉ
a desire for a realm of peaceÉ
then he read ÒUnder PressureÓ, a poem by Thomas Transtrumer he was a
Nobel winning Swedish poet IMHO he should have gotten it way earlier. Info of note for Avotcja: learn about her events and books: With
Every Step I Take 2" by Avotcja (Taurean Horn Press / distributed by
Ingram Distribution "Uncommon Ground" edited by Shizue Seigel
(Pease Press 2022) "Matter Is" by Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
(doubleOone Records) "One Note At A Time" by Erik Jekabson Sextet
III (Wide Hive Records) Her venue: La Palabra Musical / The Music of The Word
3-5PM PST 4th Saturdays on zoom. Check my website for info www.Avotcja.org Clincher
Closer Super Duper Bulldozer, Garrett Murphy:
Scooting Along, a comparison with the treatment of scooters with the needs of
the homeless, one is allowedÉ while the other isÉ not. ÒThe Economy and BustÓ
an overview of the idiocracy of our current devolution, so very well done |
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