Six Nights of Poetry

Local poet and poetry entrepeneur Frank Andrick has put together a poetry road show: This Thursday night (7/21), he will host Poetry Unplugged Day 1 at Luna's (1414 16th St., Sac., 8 pm), featuring Jennifer Blowdryer (from NYC), Alvin Orloff (SF), Alan Satow and Reubi Freyja. Poetry Unplugged Day 2 will take place Friday (7/22) at the J St. Cafe in Modesto (1030 J St., 7 pm) and will feature Jennifer Blowdryer, Frank Andrick, Joe Montoya, Chad Williams and Gilberto Rodriguez. Poetry Unplugged Day 3 will take place Saturday (7/23) at Hidden Passage Books in Placerville (352 Main St., 6pm) and will feature Jennifer Blowdryer, Frank Andrick, Joe Montoya, Gilberto Rodriguez, Reubi Freyja and Star Vaughn. Star, who writes under the name of s. v. taylor, is also publisher of Blue Fur haiku zine. Here is a taste of her work, which she calls "post-modernist haiku":

green-gold foxtails sway
in rhythm beside the tracks
a freight train passes

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streetlight branches dance
spooky kabuki window
windblown leaves tap glass

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daylight savings time:
now the days stretch out bright like
a railroad penny

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crash the divider
helicopter rhythms
levitate your name

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Thanks, Star!

Monday (tonight!), Shallene Peat McGrath will read at HQ (25th & R St., Sac.) at 7:30, sponsored by Sacramento Poetry Center.

Tuesday (7/19), Felicia Martinez and Tim McKee will read at HQ for the Third Tuesday Poetry Series, hosted by Art & Christina Montecon, 7pm.

Wednesday, July 20 will feature Todd Cirillo and Gene Avery at the South Natomas Public Library, 6pm, hosted by B.L. Kennedy.

Put those three readings in a row with the three Poetry Unplugged ones listed above, and you're set for the week! Six nights of poetry—shazam! (Stay home Sunday night and write...)

—Medusa