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.
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.
Thank you, December
and anthropologists that love cultures.
I’m grateful to the complainer
that didn’t want the crèche in Town Square.
“Gracias” to this last month.
That exclusion gave me realization
all holy days are for all from now on.
Holy days holidays for anyone.
“Shehr-scher,” holydays, for epiphanies!
Bodhi, Kwanzaa are journeys
Yalda and Christmas help families.
Hanukkah, Winter Solstice love peace
“Ahhh Bahd,” December 8
Bodhi Day is what Buddhists celebrate
and their own enlightenment
and that Buddha awakened!
Hebrew: “To-dah Rah-bah,” Hanukkah,
8 days lighting the menorah
500 BC a temple restored
in Jerusalem where many found their Lord.
“Moo-shoo-sha-kuh-rahm,” first day of winter
The Solstice and Yalda December 21rst
Yalda is Zoroastrian from Persia
Pssst! Freddie Mercury’s their most famous worshipper!
“Goh ruh MAH Hahhguct,” gods and goddesses
The Pagans’ fires and earth’s excesses
are the sun’s life-giving manifestations
and Winter Solstice’s celebrations!
“Danke Schoen,” Christmas day,
created for baby Jesus in the Middle Ages,
doesn’t have to be about money.
It’s really a day that you create
“Engosee,”
South Africa, giving us all
the Day of Good Will as its own reward.
For Christians that aren’t commercial
the day after is quite thoughtful!
“Ah-sahn-te” for the first of January is holy.
Kwanzaa’s seventh day of GROWING
harvesting Faith, Unity, and beauty
and living responsibly and creatively!
“Wanìshi,” Powerful Creations:
the air, water, earth inspiration
plants, animals, humans living
night and day thanking all imaginations.
Thank you for listening,
and being understanding
‘cause I believe in love, peace
and every spirituality!
