Out-and-About / Poetry · July 30, 2021

Tokyo Poetry Journal Vol. 10: Park Launch!

It was wonderful to see all these beautiful faces in Yoyogi Park on Saturday, proudly hoisting Vol. 10 of a journal that’s near and dear to my heart!

Great readings and performances from Jordan A. Smith, Oshima Takeo, Taylor Mignon, Todd Silverstein, Mat Chiappe, Ryan Dzelzkalns, Zoria Petkoska, Simon Scott, Steven Karl, and others. Plus, Joan Anderson played her flute!

As for me, I read my poem / lyrics “Consensual Nipple”, and if you’d like to listen to the amazing song Holly Lanasolyluna made out of this, you can do that! You can also pick up a copy of the journal from the ToPoJo web site.

I bumped into Jeffrey Johnson as I was leaving and pestered him for a copy of his new book, “Conjurers Dream of Voyage”, which he has agreed to post to me. I’ll either review the book or interview Jeffrey, or probably both, so watch this space!