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courtesy of  radioactiveart :
I first wrote this poem in 2008 for a sick friend, the extraordinary poet Brenda Moossy, who eventually passed from cancer. Tonight, almost a year to the day from Brenda's transition, the slam community is mourning the passing and celebrating the life of Gabrielle Bouliane, who left us tonight after a brief struggle with cancer. In ( Read more... )

gab gaby gabrielle. i remember you from the first nationals i went to. chicago. 2003. my first remembrance of seeing you, a dirty low ceilinged ballroom, filled with drunk poets. you, a beautiful redhead. what a smile you have. lady, what a smile you have. i dont know who the mother of this crazy family is but i know you're one of them. or rather ( Read more... )

so far:

karen g and cynthia french arrives this wednesday,
cynthia is here through weekend
karen not yet sure for how long

this weekend: 1/22
baz

next weekend: 1/29
marty
daemond laura yes yes

rachel mckibbens-2/3

trying not to mourn. trying to keep trees and rabbits.