The Reading Takes Place Online Sunday, September 1
Poets for Harris Walz are inviting poets inspired by the candidates of Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz to join our online reading event. Poets for Harris Walz takes place on Sunday, Sept. 1, 7-9 pm ET/ 4-6 pm PT/ midnight–2 am in the UK.
Poets for Harris Walz is the brainchild of Bronx friends Dona Elena Hatcher, Tina Jackson, Rhonda Lyles, and Anne Leighton. All four have had a range of relationships from friends that were unkind to others with what’s become known in healing circles as “weird behavior” (mean people). We know there are others that have come out with poetry that can help move us all forward.
Twelve poets will be selected to read their poetry within a seven-minute performance time. They will be chosen from submissions based on the relevance to our topic by the four curators of this event.
All
submission and contact information listed below:
*Poems should be attached as a word docx and in the body of one
email including all contact info.
*Poems should be single spaced and 12-point font, and titled.
*Include a one or two sentence bio and recent career
highlights.
*Deadline for submission is August 23 midnight ET/9 pm PT/ 5 AM 24 of August UK Time.
Curator
Emails for Submissions: Dona Elena Hatcher dramadona1@yahoo.com, Tina Louise Jackson: jacksontina578@gmail.com, Anne Leighton: LeightonMedia@aol.com and Anne@AnneLeighton.com, Rhonda Lyles: lylesrhonda@yahoo.com
Poets own their writing and biographies, and acknowledge we will be posting their performances on YouTube, Facebook, and Linkedin. The video might be shared by others around the world.
If this event goes well, we’ll do more online events.
Dona
Elena Hatcher is
the owner of Take Flight Talent Workshops. She is the author of the poetry
book, “Word Dances Poems on Pointe.” https://store.bookbaby.com/profile/WordDancesPoemsonPointe
Email: dramadona1@yahoo.com.
Tina
Jackson will be releasing her long-awaited poetry
book, "Scars From An Addict" soon. Her most recent book, “Love Don’t Hit” is a
novel about a woman who is physically, mentally, and verbally abused by her
man. www.instagram.com/tinajackson7858/
Email: jacksontina578@gmail.com
Anne
Leighton’s poetry book
“The Leighton Explosion” is published by Soul Asylum Books, Canada. She’s working on The Anne Leighton Inclusion
Interview Show. WorkingGalRockandRoll.blogspot.com.
Email: LeightonMedia@aol.com and Anne@AnneLeighton.com.
Rhonda
Lyles is an Author, Entrepreneur, Mother,
Grandmother, and Inspirational/Motivational Speaker. Since publishing her first book, “My Thoughts”
in April of 2015, she written 13 more books—most recently “Loved Despite My Scars.” Email: lylesrhonda@yahoo.com
