That’s a paragraph that’s gonna stick with me for a while. Woof.

Thrilled + Honored to be Nominated for a Pushcart Prize from Moon Tide Press!

Pride Poets founder rentpoet reading a poem inspired by a Hadley Rossenbaum piece at Art Lounge Collective

#writer #writing #art #photography #poetry

For our 2023 season, we featured our first poetry series. With award-winning hosts Brian Sonia Wallace, Mike the Poet, and Shonda Buchanan, 'Friday Night Verse' showcased some of LA's most talented poets and writers. We heard spoken word from the LGBTQIA community🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, poems

Send in your manuscript before 11:59 pm ET on Friday, 9/1, to be considered for the 2024 First Book Award. The winner, selected by Victoria Chang, will receive $5000, publication with Graywolf Press, a 6-week residency Civitella Ranieri & book distribution to thousands of Academy

Personal Essay I (Summer)
Come write with Instructor Brian Sonia-Wallace in this 5-week intensive class.

August 12 - September 9
Saturday 10:00AM - 5:00PM PT
REG# 392496
Remote/Zoom

Link here:

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Thank you for a great Friday night Grand Performances with leader rentpoet, friends from pridepoets, and other poet friends. #queerpoetry #poetrycommunity

Join us for Fri. Night Verse 6/23/23, as poets from the righteous 🌈of LGBTQ+, aged seventeen to seventy, share their own work and write new work in dialogue with the audience about what we all share -- the capacity to feel. Meet us in the amphitheater.
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This Friday 6/23 we do the first ever poetry show at Grand Performances - The Poetry of Pride! 7-9pm RSVP grandperformances.org/events/the-poe…

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Looking forward to this event on Friday, June 23 Grand Performances ! Thank you rentpoet for including me!

#pride
#poetry
#poetry lovers

Bringing this back in light of recent news:

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Self-care is a radical act. Come lounge with a poet.

WeHo Reads: Lounging with Poets 
4/26, 6p @ The ARC Respite Deck, West Hollywood Aquatic and Recreation Center 
RSVP recommended: weho.org/wehoreads
rentpoet @linda.ravenswood Jen Cheng • she/her Steven Reigns Charles Flowers

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TY rentpoet City of West Hollywood WeHo Arts for featuring me on WeHo light post banners this month!!

Sharing this incredible poem by Reece Lyons on International Trans Day of Visibility! Reece is an incredible poet, writer + actress + recently ran one of our poetry workshops with Queercircle. We love Reece’s writing so much! Cally Pool is taken from Issue 6. 🏊‍♀️ 🏳️‍⚧️ #TDOV2023

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: Poetry Coalition member Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center celebrates ROŌT FOR THE UNDERDOG by Meliza Bañales w/ Angela Aguirre, Sean Hill, Poet Laureate Fellow rentpoet & Jen Cheng • she/her. 3/17 @ 8 p.m. PDT @ Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center. Register: poets.org/event/root-und…

One of my favorite projects this year, a poem celebrating 50 years of advocacy for Justice in Aging

my aesthetic is kinda vibe-y and my vibe is kinda aesthetic

Omg thanks Audrey Gorl