Poetry – Nellie Wong

Nothing Like Freedom Bookstore Launch

By hoisanpoet | November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 by hoisanpoet

Reading by Nellie Wong, with special musical guest Destiny Muhammad Wednesday, November 6th – 7pm – 8:30pmBird & Beckett Books and Records653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA 94131 Chinese American revolutionary feminist poet Nellie Wong, joined by special musical guest, singer and harpist Destiny Muhammad, will read selections from “Nothing Like Freedom” at a bookstore launch event held on Wednesday, November 6th – 7pm at Bird & Beckett Bookstore. For additional information, please visit https://birdbeckett.com/ A Glen Park…

Rivertown Poets & Aqus Café present

By hoisanpoet | March 26, 2024 by hoisanpoet

Nellie Wong + Vincent Kobelt Monday, April 8th at 6:15 p.m. an online reading via Zoom Rivertown Poets is a first-Mondays poetry series that has been hosted by the Aqus Cafe in Petaluma, CA since 2013. Vincent Kobelt has written poetry for the page, stage, and the mic. His early work explored the murals of the Mission where he grew up, the music of jazz, a cry for justice, the birth of his daughters, milkweed…

Calendar Poetry

Poets! Every First Thursday @ Bird and Beckett

By hoisanpoet | March 25, 2024March 26, 2024 by hoisanpoet

Featured Poets: Nellie Wong and Robert Eugene Rubino Thursday, April 4, 7pm – 9 pm Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA 94131 On the first Thursday of each month, Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host a poetry reading that showcases local legends, poets passing through and folks from around the Bay — typically two featured poets followed by an open mic. We can count on a warm group of…

Calendar Poetry

“Poetry in Chinatown” Double Feature at Clarion

By hoisanpoet | January 31, 2024February 8, 2024 by hoisanpoet

“3rd Saturday Poetry in Chinatown” Feb 17, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA Encounter poets and poetry in a cozy space every 3rd Saturday of the month, 1-3 pm. We begin with a toast of plum wine or tea, and proceed to two hours of expressive audio pleasure. Curated by Bay Area poet Greg Pond, there are two features and an open mic.…

Movies Poetry

My Eyes Follow Them (2002)

By hoisanpoet | January 1, 2002September 3, 2023 by hoisanpoet

My eyes follow themWomen in Burqas of gold, cream, blue,Burgundy, women unseen, travellingto a wedding party to somewhereIn KandaharHow do I know that they are womenExcept that only women wear Burqas,Covered from head to foot with squaresOf opening, netted or crocheted,Framing their eyesAnd even in their embroidered beautyThe intricate stitching of the coversOver their heads do not distract My eyes follow themChildren in cotton in colors of birdsTheir eyes fixed on the unseen viewer,Their eyes…