Poets & Patriots
It was a strange night at Zen last night... And not only because the Moon was full and Mercury was retrograde, but because we were saying a poetic farewell to one of LA's poetic "fixtures," Jeff Jurgens.
See, Jeff is re-enlisting in the Navy today, and last night was his last time in town for a (long) while. So, Larry came to a great idea to give him a Guest Poet spot at last night's event and let us get a fill of his poetry to hold us until he returns. And, that was the right thing to do, for Jeff had some mighty words...
Apart from the "farewell party," the rest of the night was as usual: quite unusual. There were open mic readers and a PL mic virgin among them, B. Jonsie ("...and all of that from across the room"). There was a featured poet, Iris Berry, accompanied by some mellow guitar sounds. There was the newly refurbished stage, the mic, and the poetic warmth of the audience... There was Zen. And, in the spirit of zen, we went into the night in silence.
Zoning out at Zen and raving for LitRave,
Jelena aka Helen the Bashful Dragon
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