Poetry in Motion

Poetry at the Station Bistro (downtown Auburn)

rosebud — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:15:35 +0000

The Station Bistro

110 Second Street SW, # 125

Auburn, WA

featured poets and open mic

first Monday every month 7 p.m.

Monday May, 7

We are pleased to present Connie Walle! and Jim Teeters!

please join us!

Jim Teeters

Jim is a local retired social worker, writer, and seminar leader. He holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Hawaii and a Writer’s Certificate from the University of Washington Extension. Jim is the author of two how to teach books: Teach with Style (Redleaf Press, 2001 – soon to be republished by ASTD Press) and Going Intergenerational (Barclay Press 2010). His poetry collections are as follows: Being, Doing, Loving (2002), If I Should Wake before I Die (2006), Morning Wings (2008), Don’t Turn Away (CreateSpace 2011), and Reservations (2012 Finishing Line Press). His poems have appeared in Beginnings, Arnazella, and Poets at the Kent Canterbury Faire and two Anthologies on parenting and motherhood. He taught English through poetry in China and has published articles in the China Daily News. Jim lives in Kent with his wife, Rebecca. Jim and Rebecca have four grown children and eight grandchildren.

Connie Walle

Connie is president of the Puget Sound Poetry Connection and coordinates the Distinguished Writer Series in Tacoma. She began writing about 1970 when she created special greeting cards with special poems. She was first published in a Tacoma literary quarterly named Aristos, and since then her poems have been published in multiple local, national, and international publications, including Womankind, Raven Chronicles, PoetsWest, Talus and Scree, A Small Garlic Press, Dark Orchid, Writing for Our Lives, Tahoma West,The Reporter, Green Tricycle, Apricorn, the American Journal of Pain (under the Journal of the American Medical Association), and The Raven Chronicles. She has also been published in the following anthologies and books: Ars Veritatis (anthology from The Philosophy Club of the U of Maine), Through the Year with Feelings, Heart Rise (Windstar Foundation). She is also published in two books of hers, Not For Children, and Checking My Pockets for Mustard. She has been president and the driving force behind Puget Sound Poetry Connection. She also runs the teen contest, “In Our Own Words” with the Pierce County Library, and Pierce Transit. She is the 2003 winner of the Faith Beamer Cooke Award from the Washington Poets Association for service to the poetry community.

Presented by The Station Bistro,

The Northwest Renaissance,

and Auburn Striped Water Poets.

For more information, contact: marjorie.rommel@gmail.com, emilierommel@hotmail.com, or mcbreenpost@aol.com

National Poetry Month April 2012

zara — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:46:21 +0000

National Poetry Month April 2012 ~
March 24, Poets Dinner 8520 Pardee Drive Oakland, CA ~ (11:30-3:30)
Ellaraine and Sharmagne Book sales & Kick off tour.

April 1st-3rd Travel Day ~ Sharmagne

April 4 ~ 6:30pm-8:30pm ~ Match Coffee and Wine Bar 15705 Main Street NE, Duval, WA 98019~ Jane Alynn, Lisa Wible,. Feature & Sharmagne & Mary Crane on Open mic

April 5th~11th OPEN

April 12th~ Travel Day Ellaraine Lockie & Sandy Shreve
April 12 ~7pm ~ fogdog gallery ~ 233 Olympic Avenue, Arlington, Washington, 98223. w/ The Quill & Parchment Poets. Ellaraine Lockie , Jane Alynn, Sharmagne, Sandy Shreve, Mary Crane. [claire@fogdoggallery.com]

April 13 ~ 7-9pm ~ People’s Co-op Bookstore ~ 1391 Commercial Drive ~ Vancouver, BC V5L 3X5 Canada (604) 253-6442 Sandy Shreve, Kate Braid, Ellaraine Lockie & Sharmagne Villanelles Kickoff

April 14 ~ 7pm Community Centre Library ~ 1487 Gulf Road, Point Roberts, WA 98281 Ellaraine Lockie, Sharmagne, Sandy Shreve

April15 &16 Rest and travel Days. Ellaraine Lockie back to Seattle 4/1501

April 17th-18th ~OPEN

April 19 ~ 6-8pm The Black Dog Wine Bar ~ 8062 Railroad Ave. SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065 ~ Sharmagne and Peggy Barnett [cris@blackdogsnoqualmie.com]

April 20th OPEN

April 21st ~ (1-4pm) ~ Marysville Library ~ 6120 Grove St., Marysville, WA
Jane Alynn, Sharmagne and Peggy Barnett [LHanson@sno-isle.org]

22-25th OPEN

April 28th~ 11am – 12pm Poetry workshop 1:30 -4pm Poetry The Next Chapter Book Store ~ La Conner WA 721 1st Street La Conner , Washington 98257-9448. (360) 466-2665 ~ Sharmagne and ? (Saturday)

The Quill and Parchment Poets National Poetry Month Tour April 2011

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April 8th, (7pm)

Village Books, 1200 Eleventh Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
Sharmagne Leland-St. John~ Solo (Book Signing event for La Kalima) (Friday)

April 9th,~ (2-5 pm)

~ Marysville Library 6120 Grove St. Marysville, WA 98270-4127~ 360 658 5000
(Saturday) Sharmagne Leland-St. John + Lisa Wible. We are doing a 30-45 minute poetry workshop
after the reading.

10 -12 Open (Contact us for booking)

April 13th (7 to 8:30PM)

Parkplace Books 348 Parkplace Ctr., Kirkland, WA (Wednesday) Sharmagne
Leland-St. John + Geoff M. Pope+ Peter Ludwin.

April 14th ~ (6pm)

~ Seattle Public Library ~ Ballard branch ~ 5614 22nd Ave. N.W.. Seattle, WA ~
Open Mic only (we can promote the other shows) (Thursday) All of the Q & P poets who are in town
and able to sign up.

April 15th (7pm-9pm)

Bookworm Exchange 4860 Rainier Ave S #A Seattle, Seattle, WA (Columbia City neighborhood)
(Friday): Sharmagne Leland-St. John + Geoff M. Pope+ Peter Ludwin + David Matthews.

April 16th ~ (4pm)

~Seattle Public Library ~ Green Lake Branch ~ 7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N., Seattle, WA
(Saturday) David Matthews. Curtis Whitecarroll+ Sharmagne Leland-St. John+ open Mic

April 17, ~ OPEN – Sunday ) (Available for booking)

April 18 ~ OPEN – Monday (Available for booking)

April 19 ~ (7pm)

~ Arlington Public Library 135 N. Washington Ave,, Arlington, WA (Tuesday) Sharmagne
Leland-St. John + Geoff Pope

April 20th ~ (7pm)

~ The Creekside, 18200 Woodinville, Snohomish Rd NE, Woodinville, WA (Intersection
of Woodinville-Snohomish Rd NE and 140th Avenue NE) 425.286.1182 (Wednesday) Sharmagne
Leland-St. John+ Ellaraine Lockie + open mic.

April 21st ~ (7pm)

~ SoulFood Books 15748 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA (a suburb of Seattle)
( a suburb of Seattle) (Thursday) Sharmagne Leland-St. John + Ellaraine Lockie+ open mic

OPEN (For Booking)

April 22 (Friday)
April 23 Saturday)
April 24 (Easter Sunday) Down time
April 25 (Monday)
April 26 Tuesday
April 27 Wednesday
April 28 (Thursday)
April 29 (Friday)
April 30 Saturday OPEN

Poet, Dean Pasch, Quill and Parchment’s November featured poet will be featuring at the following venues on his 2010 California tour

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:14:19 +0000

Poet, Dean Pasch, Quill and Parchment’s November featured poet will be featuring at the following venues on his 2010 California tour

Sunday 7 November:
Radio Interview with Lois P. Jones on KPFK – at 10am-12 noon

Sunday 7 November:
Joint Presentation with Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Stories Books & Café
1716 Sunset Blvd
Echo Park, CA 90026
2 pm

Monday 8 November:
Joint Presentation with Susan Suntree
Moonday Poetry at Village Books
A West Side Reading
Village Books
1049 Swarthmore Ave.
Pacific Palisades, California
7.30 pm

Tuesday 9 November:
The Artists’ Union Gallery
330 South California Street Plaza, Ventura, California 93001.
7.30 pm

Saturday 13 November:
Pasadena Public Library
Saturday Afternoon Poetry
backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.
3 pm

Sunday 14 November:
Joint Presentation with Lois
Church in Ocean Park
235 Hill Street, Santa Monica CA 90405
2 pm

Sunday 14 November:
Joint Presentation with Sharmagne Leland-St.John
Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Bl. Venice, CA 90291
7.30 pm

One Man One Woman Nov 14th at Beyond Baroque

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Dean Pasch & Sharmagne Leland-St.John
Present their Poetry at Beyond Baroque

Sunday, 14th November 2010, at 7:30pm

681 Venice Blvd
Venice, CA, 90291

Beyond_Baroque

Sharmagne Leland-St. John at Artists Union Gallery

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:17:48 +0000

Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Featured Poet

at Artists Union Gallery 330 S. Californi a St.,

Ventura. CA

Tuesday ~ October 6th 7PM

Emerging Urban Poets on Tour

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EUPers Don Kingfisher Campbell,, Sharmagne Leland-St.John, Michelle Angelini, CaLokie, , Marvin Dorsey, and Eli Goitein, will be doing a mini-tour of northern California this coming week! Here are the dates (catch us if you can):

1
Monday, August 10th, 7pm
Word Dancing Open Reading
It’s A Grind Coffee House
1800 Polk St
San Francisco, CA

2
Tuesday, August 11th, 7:30pm
St. Mark’s Church Poetry Group
566 Robin Dr
Santa Clara, CA
Host: Anita Holzberg

3
Thursday, August 13th, 8pm
Poetry Unplugged Open Reading
Luna’s Cafe
1414 16th St
Sacramento, CA
Hosts: Frank Andrick, Mario Ellis Hill, Geoffrey Neil, and B.L. Kennedy
$2 cover

4
Friday, August 14th, 7pm
Last Word Open Reading
Nefeli Cafe
1854 Euclid Ave (near Hurst)
Berkeley, CA
Hosts: Dale Jensen, Diana Q.

5
Sunday, August 16th, 7pm
Corners of the Mouth Open Reading
Linnaea’s Cafe
1110 Garden St
San Luis Obispo, CA
Host: Kevin Patrick Sullivan

Fundraiser for the Deaf and Hearing Production of HAiR

rosebud — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:59:43 +0000

DATE to be Announced:

Sharmagne Leland-St. John
accompanied by
American Sign Language translators
Michael Purcel and Mona Jean Cedar
will present Ms. Leland-St. John’s poetry
at a fundraiser to benefit
the first deaf production of the 1960s anti-war rock musical HAiR
HAiR will include deaf, hearing, and hard of hearing actors
At The Met Theatre,
1089 N. Oxford Avenue, Hollywood, CA .
(exact date to be announced.)
Theatre space graciously donated by Paul Koslo

Silent Auction Items:

*Hand Crafted Masaai Walking stick $250.00 value
*Hand crafted Native American wooden flute by flute maker Paul Nyenhuis $1000.00 value
*A day of guided fly fishing in beautiful Washington State w/ John Farrar $300.00 value
*4 days and 4 nights at “Brown Hackle Lodge” a vacation home situated on the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River in beautiful Arlington, WA. (98223) $600.00 value
*3 nights at Equus Hotel In Hawaii $477.00 value
*A Knitting Kit (Needles yarn, etc.) and free knitting lessons.
*Rose Quartz Salt rock lamp ~ value $40.00
*Confetti Scarf~ value $100.00
*One year membership to SportsClubLA $3,300.00 value
*Gift Basket from Feeding Birds Boutique ~ Echo Park
*Pane e Vino Restaurant Gift Certificate $50.00 value

Services:
*Complimentary massage ~ Audrey Goodbar, ~ value $75.00
*Chiropractic exam and adjustment ~ Dr. MhaAtma Khalsa~ Gift certificate ~$90.00 value
*Reflexology session on Ears, Feet and Hands ~ Michele Milder~ value $65.00
*Eye Exam Dr Dean Steinberger Studio City $90.00 value
*A coaching session (acting techniques for everyday life)~value $150

Books and DVD’s
A 3 set Collection of Poetry books by poet Sharmagne Leland-St. John ~$41.00 value
*Unsung Songs
*Silver Tears and Time
*Contingencies

A 3 set Collection of books by author/poet Ellarane Lockie:
*The Gourmet Paper Maker
*All Because of a Button~ Folklore, Fact, And Fiction
*Wedding Keepsakes~ value of all 3 books $64.50

A Collection by author Jane Marla Robbins
*Acting Techniques for Everyday Life: Look and Feel Self-Confident in Difficult Real-Life Situations, now in its fifth printing. ~value $14.95
*Dogs in Topanga: Poems by ~ value $8.
*Flash cards: Perform at Your Best: Acting Techniques for Business, Personal & Social Success (Box set) ~value 19.95

A collection of books from Publisher Harvey Arden
Possible titles:
Tavels in a Stone Canoe
Wisdom Keepers
Prison Writings ~ My Life is My Sundance~ by Leonard Peltier
Have You Thought About Leonard Peltier Lately?

*Alchemical Healing~ : A Guide to Spiritual, Physical, and Transformational Medicine ~ by Nicki Scully~ value $18.00
2 copies of Good Hair Days ~ by Johnathon Johnson ~ $45.90 value
*Signed copy of Expendable Elite~One Soldier’s Journey into Covert Warfare ~ by Lieut. Col.(ret) Dan Marvin value $19.95

2 copies of the DVD “Pope Joan.”

Art and Photography
Iris Klein
“Japan” 2007
15″ x 19″
Signed limited edition printed on Somerset Archival Paper
8- ply mat
$250.00

Michael Pliskin
12″ x 18″ archival, museum-quality print,
matted in an 18×24″ Bainbridge museum matte.
The original image was made in Everglades National Park in December 2008.

Kim Gotlieb Walker
Colour print of Bob Marley’s
High Times Cover 1975
signed by photographer.
# 5/10
$500.00-$1000.00 value

We will gratefully accept further donations of gifts and cash to make gift baskets for this 501c3 fundraising event.

Poetry Slam

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Hosted by Jesse Bliss & Josephina Lopez

ONE NIGHT ONLY ! Saturday Apr 25, 2009, doors open at 7:40pm, show begins at 8 pm

$250 prize for winner, $5 donation at the door

CASA 0101 Theatre

2009 E. First St

LA, CA 90033

(323) 263-7684

casa0101.org

Sharmagne Leland St John poetry readings

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:28:15 +0000

Sharmagne will be performing at:

April 25 ,2009~Claremont Forum

586 W. 1st Street Claremont, Ca. 91711 ~ 6-9pm

May 14, 2009 ~ Pasadena City College Poetry Slam

7- 8:30pm (Campus Location TBA)

May 23, 2009 ~ Small Press Book Fair

Santa Monica, CA 10am~4pm (Location TBA)

September

West Hollywood Book Fair – Panelist

Guest of the National Women’s Book Association (exact date TBA)