Brooklyn Poetry Outreach Resumes

Thursday, September 27, 2007 marks the beginning of the sixth year of the collaboration between Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Barnes & Noble for
Brooklyn Poetry Outreach.

“Brooklyn Poetry Outreach provides Brooklyn poets with an opportunity come together under one prestigious roof to share their talents with all Brooklyn communities”

Founder Brooklyn Poet Laureate Ken Siegelman will once again be spotlighting Brooklyn’s finest poets in a program available free of charge at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble located at 267 Seventh Avenue.  As per tradition, the first session on September 27th will feature the poetry of our own Poet Laureate, Ken Siegelman.

In addition, poets are encouraged to sign up for the Open Mic at 6PM before the readings.
(Please see Samantha)

Brooklyn Poetry Outreach Dates for 2007 - 2008

Thursday, November 29    6:30 PM

WINTER RECESS

Thursday, January 31, 2008   6:30 PM

Thursday, February 28, 2008   6:30 PM

Thursday, March 27, 2008        6:30 PM

Thursday, April 24, 2008          6:30 PM

Thursday, May 29, 2008         6:30 PM

Thursday, June 26, 2008        6:30 PM

 For further information, please call  917-559-1576 or email bard217@aol.com

Ken Siegelman is currently the subject of a new docudrama Fading toZero based on his life and work. The full length work of the multi -talented film maker duo,  Silvana Gallardo and John Gavigan, a Camellia South Film feature documentary, has been completed. Fading to Zero captures the essence of Siegelman's work“Ken Siegelman’s powerful poetry deserves to be known and read in every home, in every classroom, in every country of the world,” says Producer Silvana Gallardo.  Brooklyn has taken the lead in recognizing Ken Siegelman’s creative genius in the use of language and poetry as a critical tool in peoples’ understanding of their place in time.  Brooklyn is fast being recognized as a universal center for the arts.  “I feel the world, especially now, needs the hard, yet compassionate, clarity his imagery provides,” Gallardo added. To view the teaser for Fading to Zero:
 http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=BROOKLYNBARD

In addition, there will be a private screening of Fading to Zero at Kingsborough Community College (Leon Goldstein Theatre) on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. You can email Fading2Zero@aol.com for further information.

Check out the work of some of Brooklyn's most inspiring poets . .

KEN SIEGELMAN
Brooklyn Poet Laureate

1. BENSONHURST, GERRITSEN BEACH, FLATLAND SCHOOL
2. CITY SOULS
3. FRANKY FRINGE
4. TOUGH CUSTOMERS
5. TAIWANESE DOLLS(APRIL- NATIONAL POETRY MONTH)
6. GOLDFISH (May Poem of the Month)
7. Heaven's Gate™
   (poem will be read for the celebration of the
   anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge on May 24th)
8. SUMMER SIZZLE (June Poem of the Month)
9. Summer's Women
10. MIDDLE AGED WOMEN
11. TUNING OUT
12. THE LEPRECHAUNS
13. VICTORIAN IMAGES
14. UNOBTRUSIVE STARES
15. LONGFELLOW IN BROOKLYN (March Poem of the Month)
16. MARCH SPRING
17. OLDER PEOPLE (May Poem of the Month)
18. LIMITED CONTACTS (June Poem of the Month)
19. CIRCLING ELEPHANTS (September Poem of the Month)
20. THE BARREN YARD (October Poem of the Month)
21. THINKERS
22. “We” and “They”
23. FISH
24. THE HIDDEN (March Poem of the Month)
25. CONCRETE FIELDS
26. DYING DOG
27. OBLITERATION
28. STUCK IN A BLIZZARD
29. BROKEN TOYS
30. ALEX
31. Mute Canaries
32. PIGEONS
33. LEO
34. FATHER’S GHOST
35. ABOUT EASTERN DANCERS
36. FADING TO ZERO
37. FROZEN ROSES
38. GOTHIC DOORS
39. OUTSIDE LIGHTS
40. MY CHILDHOOD TOYS
41. MOTHS
42. SHEARS AND BAYONETS
43. JOHN BULL
44. THE LEAGUES
45. WASH OUT
46. Shadows of Tom Payne
47. TALES
48. Joe’s Weave
    
    

Alanna Blau - (Student Poet Winner for February 2003)
"Hidden Reality"

Alan Braverman
"Prospect Park"
Ken Siegelman-Our Poet Laureate of Brooklyn
A Return from Iraq
Am I shocked?

Alneta Knowles
TO THOSE WHO MOURN - (February Poem of the Month)

Alston Drew Devero-Belfon - (Student Poet Winner for April 2003)
THE SIT - IN

Alyssa M. DiMari - (Student winner for October, 2004 – Bay Academy)
I WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
The Death of a Legend
Silent Tears

Amanda Magistro - (Student Poet Winner for October)
"FROM MANY HEARTS"

Andrew Greissman - (The student winner for September)
HIGH DIVE

Anthony Vigorito
"Hey Mister, Can you spare a Dime?" - (February Poem of the Month)
Preservation
Ann's Lament
Cobalt
Empty Chair

Arsenion Stembridge - (Winner of the City College Poetry Festival, 2006)
The Key

Avron Soyer - (Featured poet for June)
VISITATION

Barbara Newsome - (Featured poet for April)
FEAR
THERE IS MORE

Bernadette Salem - (Student poet winner for September)
HOLDING WORDS

Bob Drojarski
Brooklyn

Brooke Serebryansky
BROOKLYN

Cal Begun - The Bensonhurst Poet
WHY I LOVE BROOKLYN

Christopher Blaise Spinelli -
WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN BROOKLYN
What Is White?

Coral Foxworth - (January Poem of the Month)
SOJOURNER SPEAKS

Daniela Gioseffi
THE BROOKLYN BUS DRIVER
Lover of All Things Brooklyn

Danielle Boykin - (Edward Murrow Highschool )
Family History

Danny Chow - (Student Poet Winner for November)
An Act More Than 1,000 Words

David M. Logan
Blockage

Desean Freeman 4-405 P.S. 5
LIFE

Dezhanae Gillett - (P.S. 5 Class 4-307)
LOVE IS IN THE AIR - (Student Poet Winner for June 2005)

Edward Kurre - (January, 2006's Featured Reader)
Forever Sunset

Erik Whitaker
ALL THAT JAZZ

Evie Ivy
LOOKING AT THE MOON IN 4 CINQUAINS
CRUMPLED SONNET
ANYWHERE

Francine Skye Morales Lentini
The Anniversary 9/11/02 - (Featured poet for October)
Poet Laureate

Frank Polizzi
Brooklyn and America in The Same Breath

Gwen Malone - (October's Featured Reader)
Waiting For The Rain

James E. Duncan
BROOKLYN'S GOT!

Jane Moon
BROOKLYN IN THE SPRING - (Student Poet Winner for June 2003)

Jennifer Lee
Mark Twain - (Student Poet Winner for May 2003)

Joe Allen
SHYSTER - (Featured poet for February, 2006)

Joseph Fox
Kindness
Help the World

Joseph P Martino
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Larry Garland
BROOKLYN UNBOUND

Mai Nguyen
YOUR CERULEAN EYES

Marion Palm
AT FULTON LANDING
LILY POND CARP, SPARROWS - (December Poem of the Month)

Milton Puryear
NAMELESS
Reflection in a House for Sale

Raymond Ng (Brooklyn Technical High School)
JEAN - (Student Poet Winner for May 2005)

Rob Bless
A Place for Dreams

Theo Donnelly
Visions of Alzheimer's - (January's Featured Poet)

Toni Bruno
"IF YOU EVER WONDER" - (Student Poet Winner for March 2003)

Veronica Lawrence-Willis
Happy Birthday To a Dear Daughter