Word Walking:
The 2nd Artist Bar of the 21st Century will feature Be Davison Herrera who will be joined by the following performers:
Ray Tatar, Sandi Wasserman, frank andrick, Graciela Ramirez, Rita Szuszkiewicz, Patricia Canterbury, Yoshiko Kage, Barbara Range, JoAnn Anglin, Maggie Frost, and Le Trong Nghia.
This is an Inclusionists event with poetry in languages including: Polish, Russian, African American, Japanese, American English, French, Vietnamese, Spanish, Yiddish.
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Open mic. Music. Refreshments. Free.
Host: Rebecca Moos
Sponsored by the Sacramento Poetry Center and Poets and Writers with funding it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
Be Davison Herrera‘s life is based on laughter as dogma liberally sprinkled with hope spiced by peace & justice practice of literary, performing & visual arts. Her literary & visual work has been shown, performed and is located in libraries, museums and universities on 5 continents. She worked for California Poets in the Schools for 15 years, Very Special Arts for 12 years, taught at UC Davis for 7 years, did two 6-part Public TV series on visual and poetry practice, and currently is on the art practice team (poetry & labyrinths) for the Oak Creek Correctional Center for women 12 to 24 years old in Albany ,Oregon. She is one of 12 lead artists included in THE MILLENNIUM BOOK copies of which are located in public repositories in Egypt, India, the Netherlands, El Salvador, & the USA in 15 locations. Her poetry may be found in 36 print anthologies, and 12 books. She is currently working on 3 poetry manuscripts HEROES, HOW THE MOON BECAME A BOAT & BEMA’S SONG; the Phenomenal Women Series, & her North American Labyrinth series (27 so far in Mexico, Canada & USA portable, permanent and found). Her studio sits on a hillside populated with oak trees, squirrels, blacktail deer, garter snakes, 2 other humans, 1 Tuxedo cat with a long view of the Oregon Coastal Range. She is a proud member of the Sacramento Poetry Center and grateful to all who have worked to keep this vital institution alive.
Poem by Be Davison Herrera:
FAN LABYRINTH SPINDLE
For Rita & Toot
(Rita my friend and fellow art
practitioner; Toot my birthday gift
baby sister when I was 3—both
anamchara for me who are happy
when I arrive, comforting when I
go and willing to share adventures
often at the drop of a hat)
there are no simple toys
just many teachers
“ have spindle labyrinth will travel”
my longtime credo
today I added “have fan”
there are roads
to follow cherries to eat
songs of courage
to sing perhaps to dance
in leaf season
to notice trees detach branches
during snow season
to better canvas for their
sky calligraphy practice
© Be Davison Herrera
in the Eyrie 5:45 pm
Sacramento, California, USA
5 / 22 / 2012
