30 Days of Gratitude

On this day I am thankful for...

1/30: Resolution training that evokes great poems that deserve to be born.

2/30: The gift of thought and thinking.

3/30: Learning more and more how to be a woman.

4/30: Frank (Deceased co-worker who always made sure to make me smile when he saw me)

5/30: CheZee's laughter and a side of creme brulee french toast (women love like this)

6/30: My father and his home cooking and being able to fill a void for him

7/30: Slam Nuba and the love so much love even when they cut heads it's still black & it's still hot #Family

8/30: Being a good teacher and knowing I'm good at what I do

9/30: My body talking loud and clear. She say I got heart but still got first dibs.

10/30: Pushing through

11/30: Rest, good homemade soup, and #love in many forms

12/30: Good people and poetry happening all around me but I can't do nothing but watch season 1 of The Cleveland Show (P.S. Rilo got Stewie beat) oh and Happy Birthday Zell

13/30: Writing on top of my rest and searching self because the answers have already been given to me

14/30: The ability to discuss stereo-types and relationships the good the bad and the bees knees (women love like this)

15/30: The Universe does not want me to fail/The Universe will NOT let me fail

16/30: Feeling good and loving easy

17/30: I get to be humble, vulnerable, bold, and ambitious for any reason all at the same time while I'm on stage.

18/30: Coming into the know.

19/30: Women that are friends to love letting them in one at a time.

20/30: Consistent, persistent, continuously, trusting...

21/30: "...they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” ― John Lennon

22/30: People love me publicly

23/30: Love and the road to get there.

24/30: Family and good food make for round bellies and smiles.

25/30: Boogie times!

26/30: Sisters night out

27/30: Those words were for me

28/30: "I gotta say... today was a good day" (then insert Isley Brothers tune here)

29/30: All smiles with a closed fist and a pen to help me bite my tongue. P.S. Sometimes, my students get on my last nerves! lol

30/30: This month, I've learned to smile more and love myself more too

This was much needed and good reflection. Loving myself is bigger than all my problems... look at all the blessings I just put into power.

Buddy Wakefield and Anis Mojgani's Big Show - Write Bloody Poetry Month

Time Thursday, November 17 · 8:00pm - 11:30pm

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Location The ND

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Created By Austin Poetry Slam

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More Info Once again at the ND Austin, it's our biggest show yet: a double-bill with two multiple-time national champions, Buddy Wakefield and Anis Mojgani, once again at the ND Austin.

Buddy is best known around Austin for opening for Ani DiFranco last year and his own great show earlier this year. Buddy is the two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion featured on NPR, the BBC, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and most recently signed to A...ni DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records. His website is buddywakefield.com.

Anis is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam. He has performed for audiences as varied as the House of Blues and the United Nations, and his work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and he is a National Book Award Nominee. For more on Anis, check out thepianofarm.com.

The Buddy and Anis Show also features opening acts by Kevin Burke, Ebony Stewart, and others, as well as some aerial silk performances by Sky Candy, and will be hosted by Fellow Write Bloody Author, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz.




http://writebloody.eventbrite.com/

10 spots left and registration closes by October 12th.

Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival

Oct.21-22

$1000 Grand Prize
2nd place $500
3rd Place $250

4th-10th get their entry fee back

free food during event
and option of staying at a hotel we are providing for the first night.

We would love to have you.

For more info and to register:

www.miccheckpoetry.com

UpRise! Productions and VORTEX Repertory Company present
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange | Directed by Zell Miller, III
Aug.25–Sep.17, 2011 | Thursday-Saturday @8pm
Friday nights after the show: Talkback sessions with Zell!

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UpRise! Productions and VORTEX Repertory Company present this vibrant new production of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning play. This salute to contemporary women warriors is a choreopoem that changed the face of American Theatre when it premiered in the 1970’s. It went onto inspire a new genre of theatre artist and later inspired a hit film (2010).

Talkback sessions with the director, Zell Miller, III, will be held on Friday nights after the show.

• read the Austin 360 review
• read the Austin Chronicle Review

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is directed by award-winning theatre artist Zell Miller, III. Choreography by Ananda Mayi Moss and Sadé Jones.

The stellar cast features Whitney Weathersby, Sadé Jones, Chelsea Manasseri, Patricia Robinson, Ebony Stewart, Minerva Villa, and Chandra Washington.

Tickets: $30 - $10
$30-$25 Priority Seating
$20-$15 General Admission
$10 Starving Artists and Students
Thursdays 2-for-1 admission with donation of 2 non-perishable food items for SafePlace Pantry.

Thursday- Friday August 25 at 8:00pm September 10
Location	The VORTEX
Created By	Vortex Repertory
More Info	When: August 25 – September 10, 2011. 8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 3 Weeks only! Friday nights after the show: Talkback sessions with Zell! Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722 Free Parking. Bus Route. The Butterfly Bar @ The VORTEX – 5pm – Midnight (beer, wine, savory snacks, and desserts) Tickets: $30 - $10 $30-$25 Priority Seating $20-$15 General Admission $10 Starving Artists and Students Thursdays 2-for-1 admission with donation of 2 non-perishable food items for SafePlace Pantry. Available at www.vortexrep.org or call 512-478-5282. Advanced Reservations Recommended. Limited seating. UpRise! Productions and VORTEX Repertory Company present a vibrant new production of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf , opening Thursday, August 25 at 8 pm. Talkback sessions with the director, Zell Miller, III, will be held on Friday nights after the show. This salute to contemporary women warriors is a choreopoem that changed the face of American Theatre when it premiered in the 1970’s. It went onto inspire a new genre of theatre artist and later inspired a hit film (2010). For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is directed by award-winning theatre artist Zell Miller, III. Choreography by Ananda Mayi Moss and Sadé Jones. The stellar cast features Whitney Weathersby, Sadé Jones, Chelsea Manasseri, Patricia Robinson, Ebony Stewart, Minerva Villa, and Chandra Washington. For tickets and more information www.vortexrep.org