10OCT
FIRE / EMERGENCE / BEGINNING
BIPOCA Incubator & Gallery
October 10, 2026 · 5–7 PM
Featured poet: Tyrece Franklin
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omowalé-kétu oladuwa
Poets speak
truth into chaos.
I count my Self among their number!
Read. Listen. Hear. Root Your Self.
NINTH BOOK · ADVANCE ORDERS OPEN
poetry iz lyfz konversayshun with deth
revolushun smellz uv sayg & rayn
A lifetime of poeting in conversation with memory, ancestry, resistance, spirit, love, grief & becoming.
Publication: December 13, 2026
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POETRY AS ROOTWORK
The Elder Ruminaytz
Language reaching backward for memory,
inward for meaning & forward toward possibility.
the elder re-memberz the saykred songz hiz muthr sang
her forcefield—her strength—her resilyent tuch
rememberz elementalz gyding protekshunz
in kottonfieldz, on northern faktory floorz
thru songz given to thoze
uthrpeeplz inharmonik nursery rhymz
again now
the elder re-memberz the field-hollerz, the bluuz,
re-memberz re-mynding divyn feminin-tym,
bilding rekall
to manifest immanence
—ancestorz vibrayting—
the olewunz singing the oldsongz nuu
IN COMMUNITY
Gather around the word.
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A community book-raising
Tall Rabbit Café
November 14, 2026 · 4–6 PM
Featured poet: Jessica E. Sorya
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A community book-raising
Jennings Center
December 12, 2026 · Noon–2 PM
Featured poet: Breanna C. Johnson
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ROOTWORK · THE WRITINGS
Words with purpose.
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THE POET & THE PRESS
Memory. Witness.
Collective life.
A poet, cultural worker, elder based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He began writing poetry in 1967 while on death row, and walked out of the deathhouse on August 17, 1971. His poeting carries ancestral memory, Afrikan enspirited identity, jazz, witness, and collective life.