Thursday, September 21 — 7:00 pm (7:30 start)
3 excellent poets whose stories, lyricism and insight will inspire you
Ayaz Pirani reading from “How Beautiful People Are” (Gordon Hill)
Plus… Anne-Marie Burrus & Melissa Thorne
The Northumberland Room — The Best Western Cobourg Inn
Admission: PWYC — Pay What You Can — but if you want a suggestion, maybe $5 would work
Poetry readings happen the 3rd Thursday of every month.
The Featured Poet is Ayaz Pirani who was born in Musoma, Tanzania but grew up in Canada. His parents were born in Kenya and Tanzania with ancestral roots in South Asia.
He studied humanities and writing at York University’s Glendon College, and at Concordia University in Montreal. He also studied at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
His other books include:
“Bachelor of Art” — chapbook — (Anstruther Press, 2020)
“Kabir’s Jacket Has a Thousand Pockets” (Mawenzi House, 2019), and,
“Happy You Are Here” (The Word Works, 2016)
His work has recently appeared in ARC Poetry Magazine, The Antigonish Review, The Malahat Review, and Guest 16. He lives near Monterey Bay, California
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Someone sent some of my poetry to a publisher and poet named Allan Breismaster at Outlook. He wrote back that I need to get my poetry out there at readings. What are the requirements for the open Mike and will the November one be held at the same place. There is nothing that I can find in the Kawarthas where I live. I attended one out of Trent and it was all rap style rants in rhyming couples. I did not fit in.