how do you celebrate poetry?

The re­turn of the clas­sics. Thanks to David for com­ing with. Love you fam.

Sacra­men­to Po­et­ry Day
is on Thurs­day [oc­to­ber 26],
high­light­ed by po­et­ry cur­ricu­lum in lo­cal schools,
a con­test open to all ages
and a gala to celebrate
the art of spo­ken word.
 
Join­ing us
to talk about Sacra­men­to Po­et­ry Day
are
Sacra­men­to Poet Lau­re­ate An­dru Defeye
and
David ‘AndYes’ Loret De Mola,
an award winning,
na­tion­al­ly ranked slam poet.
—Vic­ki Gon­za­lez, cap­i­tal pub­lic radio
 

 

Around 38 min­utes in — our interview: 

 

This year, the Sac Po­et­ry Awards gala is sold out but there are still ways for every­one to celebrate. 

Ed­u­ca­tors around Sacra­men­to are teach­ing the cur­ricu­lum with their class­es and we’ve got two cash prize con­tests, one for youth and one for adults to en­ter and win some $$$. 

I ab­solute­ly LOVE that I get to teach my friends’ work in my work­shops. This cur­ricu­lum is so rel­e­vant and rep­re­sen­ta­tive. We did a great job on this if I do say so my­self. And I do. Cov­ers so much in­clud­ing men­tal health, sys­temic racism, joy, self-love, com­mu­ni­ty, and all the lit­er­ary devices. 

Down­load it for your class to­day at SacramentoPoetryDay.com (You can teach it all year around) (Did I men­tion it meets core ed­u­ca­tion­al stan­dards for every grade K‑12?)

For those of you who got their tick­ets to the gala we’ll see you Thurs­day night. 

Thank you to all our amaz­ing com­mu­ni­ty part­ners Sol Col­lec­tive Sacra­men­to Of­fice of Arts and Cul­ture The Sacra­men­to Po­et­ry Cen­ter Sacra­men­to Pub­lic Li­brary 916 Ink An­gelique Ash­by Katie Valen­zuela Caity Maple The James B. Mc­Clatchy Foun­da­tion I Am SAC Foun­da­tion TAP Wine Lounge Canon East Sacra­men­to Burly Bev­er­ages House Ver­bal Mag­net­ic Po­et­ry and all of you for mak­ing this year’s Sacra­men­to Po­et­ry Day such a mag­ic event all over the city. 

Cur­ricu­lum fea­tures Danielle M. Hol­loway-Weems, Di­a­mond Key, Grace Loesch­er, David Reaume Loret de Mola, Mar­vin Xia, Jack Bal­las, Av­ery Geter, Khaya Os­borne, Farah Bil­lah, Rus­sell Cum­mings, The Phil­har­monik, As­an­te­waa RN, Jeanette Rowe, An­tho­ny Rob­les, April Walk­er, and me.

Eggs are ex­pen­sive y’all, so make sure you en­ter the con­test.

 

—an­dru defeye

Flom­mist An­dru De­f­eye is the Guer­ril­la Poet Lau­re­ate of Sacra­men­to. Copy­right © 2023 An­dru Defeye.

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