Poetry Matters next Thursday

DOWNEY – Poet Bonnie Bolling, returning to the U.S. for a short visit, will share her work at Poetry Matters next Thursday, Oct. 16. Bolling lives in the Persian Gulf with her family, and is a powerful poet with a feminist point of view. She is active in the broader poetry world as editor of Verdad, an international lit magazine, and assistant editor of Pearl, a Long Beach-based poetry magazine.

Poetry Matters is free and open to the public. This presentation may contain adult language and themes.

Poetry Matters begins with an open microphone at 7:30 p.m. at Stay Gallery in downtown Downey. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Lorine Parks is the curator.

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Published: Oct. 9, 2014 - Volume 13 - Issue 26