The poetry series that packs a punch!

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FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO LOS ANGELES:
THE SPARRING WITH BEATNIK GHOSTS
POETRY SERIES IS MAKING THE ROUNDS!



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"Astonishing! Startling! Fantastic! Poems, music and something special to stagger everyones imagination...by poets braving the boxing match with those long-gone Beat ghosts -- finding their way to our magnificent, underground stage with their inspiring legacies -- as we lure them close with shouts from the bottom of our bohemian hearts-- for brothers and sisters of the Beat afterlife, sharing our sympathetic-poet-state-of-mind and our hunger for meaning in a mediocre world -- finding rollicking words to rattle the senses -- knocking the audience right out of their same-ol' chairs with that somethin'-new, spoken word renaissance -- beings rising from the depths -- no barriers of concrete, wood or stone can stop those ghosts from rising, drifting in from their mystic realms. Don't miss the spectacle, the magic, the mystery revealed."  -- Yaryan

Upcoming Sparring...

Sunday, May 26 @ 5 p.m.

Round 50 poster by Mat Fitzsimmons. Round 50 of Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts is brought to you by the Mystic Boxing Commission and takes place Sunday, May 26th at 5 p.m. at The Last Bookstore (453 S. Spring St.) Downtown Los Angeles, CA. This will be a colossal poetry event featuring some of the City Of Angels best mystic boxing poet champions... Featuring: Lewis MacAdams Host: Mike The Poet Sonksen Special Guests: Charles Davis, Yvonne De la Vega, Joe Gardner, Ashaki Jackson, Armond Kinard, Joseph Lapin, Kevin Opstedal, Dani Roter, Nicky Schildkraut, Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, Pam Ward and Peter Woods.

Poetry Festival Santa Cruz brought a world-class poetry revival to the Cocoanut Grove on February 12, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom - 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz (photos in the works). There was also a "Sparring Artists Exchange" concurrently in the Bay View Room (adjacent classic Casino window room) with the ultimate book, art and memorabilia fair. The festival was produced by Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts. Click the following link for all of the festival performer bios...

      

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Santa Cruz Sentinel article "Back in rhythm: Poetry Festival returns after 30-year absence" -- 2/13/12. You know poetry is back in the safety zone when it can make the newspapers. But when it makes the cover
and above the fold, you know we're in good shape, folks!

 Part of the proceeds of Poetry Festival Santa Cruz
benefited the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz.

RECENT SPARRING...

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SPARRING WITH BEATNIK GHOSTS GOES 21 ROUNDS IN ONE YEAR...
JANUARY 2011 TO JANUARY 2012...

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Visit the Facebook L.A. Sparring Tour album for complete bios of the performers by clicking on the photo below: 

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Photo taken at Round 17: Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts @ Grand Star Jazz Club on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Pictured, left to right: Herbert T. Schmidt, Jr., Rick Smith, Melissa Alvarado, Rafael Francisco Jose Alvarado, Laurel Ann Bogen, Douglas Kearney, Lorraine Perrotta, S. A. Griffin (Producer and Host), Pam Ward, Marc Olmsted, Michael C. Ford (back with fedora), Mike The Poet Sonksen (with stocking cap) and Daniel Yaryan (Executive Producer, with hat in hand).

L.A.. SPARRING TOUR VIDEOS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE OR POETRY.LA

 

 

View the trailer for Poetry Festival Santa Cruz

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