Fwd: Caffe Lena Poetry Featuring Cheryl Clarke

[Dan Wilcox]

open mic at Caffe Lena with a stunning featured poet --

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From: Rachel Baum <rache...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Subject: Fwd: Caffe Lena Poetry Featuring Cheryl Clarke
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Hope to see you there!

Rachel

Rachel R. Baum

Founding Member

Saratoga Writers Center

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Subject: Caffe Lena Poetry Featuring Cheryl Clarke

Date: May 21, 2026 at 5:07:08 PM EDT

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Poetry Open Mic with featured poet Cheryl Clarke   Hosted by Carol Graser Tuesday, May 26 SIGN-UP 6:30 PM / READING STARTS 7:00 PM          ADULTS $5 / STUDENTS FREE   Live stream of the featured poet starts at 2 pm  at these links on Facebook  and  YouTube. Donate to Caffe Lena    Cheryl Clarke is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator and Black feminist community activist. She is the author of eight books of poetry, includingArchive of Style: New and Selected Poems, as well as  the literary study After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement, and the collection Days of Good Looks: Prose and Poetry.   Forthcoming in 2026, from Sinister Wisdom Press is Acts of Resistance: Essays and Archival Encounters. She is a co-organizer, since 2013, of the annual three day Hobart Festival of Women Writers, which brings up to 20 professional women writers to the Hobart Book Village to conduct writing workshops and public readings. She lives and writes in Hobart, N.Y.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Clarke   i come to the city for protection and to witness the thick transactions of women and women and dance with my head. My turns are calculated to end on the right foot to subdue the hip movements. The city fumes with expectations and the smells of women wanting women. I been in love six times in the last six months and ain     t done tryin yet. -Cheryl Clarke, Beltway Poetry Quarterly    POETRY OPEN MIC Please share two short poems (less than one page) or one longer poem, with a limit of about 5 minutes. The open mic will not be streamed or recorded Join our group on Facebook!   Find Out More Copyright © 2026 Caffe Lena Poetry, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Caffe Lena Poetry 47 Phila St Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-3264 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.