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Have the right to say

What needs to be said.

Bronx Poet Anne Leighton Presents First Real World Performance this Decade February 20

Night Dedicated to Spoken World Artist’s Late, Great 100 Year & Two Day Old Mom  

Art in the Basin Presents Working Gal Rock and Roll Poet and Spoken Word artist Anne Leighton, who will share her poems on February 20, at 7 pm. This event takes place at Mon Amour Coffee & Wine, 234 W 238th St, New York, NY,  The venue phone is 718- 708-7804.

This get-together takes place off of Broadway, in Riverdale, and is on the 9 and 12 bus routes, and the 1 Train.

Art in the Basin’s event page is www.eventbrite.com/o/art-in-the-basin-30517892264?fbclid=IwAR13Q5UGqChS1jH8ioTETiMjDkVgMrrR3l5A4BQzpORwvbRdzk0zmEOhgsU.

Their Facebook page is www.facebook.com/artinthebasin

Anne’s program will include new poems including one dedicated to her female ancestors, especially her late Mom Halin, who would’ve been 100 years and two days old on the day of her reading.  “My Mom taught me to collaborate with my creations,” says Anne. 

She also plans to read fan favorites from her poetry and prose book, The Leighton Explosion (Soul Asylum, Canada). Her work shows a range of stories and interests, especially in rock music and creating peace and love in her world. Anne’s publisher Ken Cowle says she “made me laugh.” Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, who writes the book’s foreword, praises her “lilt” and “personality” in an encouraging note to her. 

While Anne usually works as a music publicist with musicians including Jethro Tull, Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius, Sharon Katz & The Peace Train, and Michael Veitch, she’s made money and helped improve her social status from her poetry work. The “rock climbing” includes appearing on the Grammy-nominated album, Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat, (Audio & Video Labs) with Anne reading her poem “Feed Your Parents Well.”   

Her poems have been published in The Indie Collaborative’s “Holiday Program,” “The Literary Parrot Anthology,” “Elephant Journal,” “BOG GOB,” “Powerline,” “the Aquarian,” and “Nickel.” A member and occasional officer in the Bronx Toastmasters Club, she has performed live at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Peter Max’s Studio. Some of her plays have been performed live—one by the Poets Repertory Theatre of Long Island and another by the San Antonio Living River Church, and at New York City’s Howl Fest.

Anne’s other books are Paws For Thought: How to Understand What Your Cat is Thinking (Rockwell Books, UK), Using Your Art & the Media to Comfort People (Free To Run Books, West Hills, CA), and the self-published e-book, Get the Gig (Common Sense Career Consulting). Anne recently started producing pop singles. 

Poems and songs on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/leightonmedia/sets/the-leighton-explosion?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Why Do Good Girls Like Bad Boys?

Angel and Devil

on each shoulder

changing their minds

sometimes

we agree

and disagree

ambiguously

unpredictably

 

-Jan.2024